Southwestern Corn Pudding, Red Beans & Rice

This was last night's "Lost" night dinner with friends :) I made the Southwestern Corn Pudding from the Veganomicon, I've seen it on so many other vegan blogs and it sounded delicious. I thought it came out super yummy, I'll probably go a lil lighter on the cilantro next time, but overall so creamy and delicious!

I made brown rice in the rice cooker and made up a red bean recipe as I went along :) I'm definitley going to make beans like this again!

ingredients:
1 small onion-chopped
3 cloves garlic-minced
2 stalks celery- chopped
1/2 red bell pepper- chopped
3 c. red kidney beans (i had these precooked in my freezer, so i just let thaw out on the counter for the day)
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp thyme
1 tsp red pepper flakes
1/2 tsp liquid smoke
salt
liquid from the beans/water

-sauteed onion for a bit in a lil oil, then added the garlic, celery, red pepper
-add in the beans and spices, liquid smoke, etc..
-cook for an hour or so until the beans break down in a creamy saucey concoction
-top with a lil hot sauce :)

yummy corn pudding!!!!

danny makes yummy food too!

Danny made serious veggie burger sandwiches with tempeh bacon, arugula and spinach (from the Greenmarket) :) I contributed oven fries! We make a good team!

tempeh bacon! yum yum!

1) Cut 1 block of tempeh in half, then slice into thin strips

2) Marinate tempeh strips in smoky-maple marinade

ingredients:
4 Tb Bragg's liquid aminos
1 clove garlic- pressed
1 Tb maple syrup
1/4 tsp liquid smoke
2 tsp tomato paste

(whisk ingredients together, and add tempeh, marinate for a couple hours, or leave in fridge for a couple days)

3) Fry marinated tempeh strips in a castiron skillet :)


Bacony breakfast sandwich :) Whole wheat bread with lots of EB :) :)

sundried tomato-arugula pesto pasta

It was a nice lazy saturday today :) I made a pesto-pasta for dinner.

ingredients:
1 small onion
1 clove raw garlic
4-6 cloves roasted garlic
1/8-1/4 cup sundried tomatoes
1/4 cup walnuts
1 tsp tomato paste
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
3 handfuls arugula
salt and pepper
starchy cooking water from pasta

1 batch cooked farfelle pasta
handful bread crumbs

-mix pesto ingredients together in food processor, process until nice and smooth
-mix pesto with pasta in large bowl, add pasta cooking water until moist
-top with some breadcrumbs