Half day at work

This was my breakfast at work with a little coffee. My friend sent me this pumpkin butter from the Missouri farmers market near her house. She sent it to me in my "hippy pack" :) ! It was soooo good! It tastes like pumpkin pie!

I made some nachos with pita chips, Daiya cheese, avocado, tomato, onion, and garlic.

I had a sandwich with hummus, pimentos, pepper, and avocado on sprouted bread. Yum! Oh, and the beer is a new one I am into called LandShark. It's a light beer and goes good with an orange slice if you have one.

Pizza & Cookies

First off, the pesto.

1 bunch of Thai sweet basil

2 garlic cloves

1/2 cup soaked cashews

sea salt

1/4 an avocado

enough olive oil to process

Throw it all in the food processor until well incorporated.

I used some naan bread for the pizza crust and then covered it with pesto.

Some apple/kale juice while I'm cooking

My Pizza

2 naan

homemade pesto

handful of organic spinach

handful of crimini mushrooms

half a yellow bell pepper

half a tomato

1/4 an organic purple onion

mozzarella daiya cheese

cheddar daiya cheese

Bake at 375 for 15 minutes.

This pizza was AWESOME! I was so proud of myself. I had some organic chocolate stout with it and didn't really like it.

Next up, almond milk.

Almond milk is so easy.

Almond milk

3 cups purified water

1/2 cup raw almonds

1 Tbsp agave

pinch sea salt

Blend all ingredients on high for 2 minutes. I didn't have cheesecloth so I had to use my tea strainer to strain it after. Strain the milk through the tea strainer or cheesecloth into a clean glass. Drink! Check out the recipe for raw hemp milk HERE.

Lastly, vegan chocolate cookies.

Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

3/4 cup white flour

1/2 cup wheat flour

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup raw white sugar

3/4 cup vegan margarine

1/2 cup raw almond milk

1 tsp vanilla

salt

1 cup or more vegan chocolate chips

Mix wet ingredients. Mix dry ingredients separate. Mix them all together. Add chocolate chips last. Bake at 300 for 15-20 minutes.

I had a wonderful day, goodnight :)

Daiya Cheese

Daiya Cheese, where do I begin? Before this company came out with these two cheeses, I had pretty much come to the conclusion that if I was going to be a vegan, I would just have to live without cheese. Period. I have tried a few different brands of dairy-free cheese, and I hated every single one of them. I was very apprehensive to try Daiya. I decided that if this one didn't taste good, I was going to be over vegan cheese all together. This one was so different from any of the other brands I tried! It was AWESOME! I was so extremely thrilled with my first bite. IT TASTES LIKE CHEESE! Daiya is an awesome brand, because they are dairy-free (obviously), no preservatives, no artificial ingredients, and NON-GMO. The main ingredients are tapioca and arrowroot flours.

In this picture, I had a crescent with avocado, vegenaise, and nutritional yeast smeared on top and pita chips with a little Daiya Cheddar melted on them. I love how this cheese melts and stretches! It's amazing! I love you Daiya cheese! I am so glad that someone finally came out with a vegan cheese that tastes amazing!

~Grilled Cheese & Tofu Scramble~

Tofu Scramble

Half block of tofu

1/4 sweet onion, chopped

2 garlic, chopped

Small handful spinach

small handful mushrooms, chopped

Turmeric, to taste

Pepper, to taste

Nutritional yeast, to taste

Pinch of Parsley

Scramble the tofu & eat!