Butternut Squash

Tonight's dinner was a success! Even my husband (not vegetarian/vegan) liked it!

Butternut Squash Macaroni:

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 large yellow onion, thinly sliced
1 butternut squash (about 2 pounds), peeled, seeded and cut into 1-inch pieces
1 (15-ounce) can coconut milkSalt and pepper to taste1 tablespoon chopped sage
¾ pound dried elbow macaroni
½ cup chopped toasted walnuts
½ cup bread crumbs (or panko)

Ginger (optional, I added this)

Nutritional yeast (optional, I added this)

Preheat oven to 350°

Heat oil in a medium pot over medium heat. Add onions and cook, stirring often, until softened, 5 to 7 min

utes. Add squash, coconut milk, salt and pepper and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to medium low and simmer until squash is tender, about 20 minutes. Stir in sage and simmer 1 minute more. (This part can be made ahead, up to 1 day in advance.)
Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add macaroni and cook until tender but still firm, about 8 minutes. Rinse in cold water, drain well and transfer to a large bowl. Transfer squash mixture to bowl with macaroni. Add walnuts, salt and pepper and toss to combine. Transfer to prepared dish and top with bread crumbs. Bake until just golden brown and hot throughout, about 30 minutes. Enjoy!

-courtesy of Wholefoods.com

Let me know what you guys think!

Thursday coffee

So this morning I decided to make some vegan caramel sauce for my coffee. Keep in mind that this is a caramel sauce made to drizzle on things, not a hard caramel. This is the recipe:

Caramel Sauce

1 stick Earth Balance margarine
2 c. brown sugar
3/4 c. soy creamer or soy milk (I used almond milk since I had it on hand)
2 T. arrowroot

Combine 1/4 cup soy creamer with the arrowroot. Set aside.
Melt the Earth Balance in a saucepan. Stir in brown sugar. Add remaining 1/2 cup soy creamer. Bring liquid to a boil and boil for 4 minutes, stirring frequently. Take the pan off the heat and immediately add arrowroot mixture. The liquid should thicken quickly.

So I poured a little caramel sauce into the bottom of my cup. I then poured part of the iced coffee in. (I cheated and bought some black iced coffee at mcdonalds.) Then add almond milk & agave to taste. I added a little too much agave, but other than that, it turned out great!

"Organic" milk?

I personally do not drink milk, and would much rather consume almond milk. Although, if I did drink milk I would chose an organic milk produced by a company who treats their cows humanely. I have been doing research and was sad with what I found. A lot of different sites online say that the Horizon milk brand has been cutting a lot of corners when it comes to following the organic standard. They produce milk under factory-farm conditions. They also do not always buy organically raised calves. They purchase them from conventional farms. These so called organic cows have been fed genetically modified grains among other things. So do some research on it and make your own choice whether you want to drink horizon milk and support that company or not. I know I don't want to.

Also visit the notmilk website.

*Give soy, almond, rice, or hemp milk a try*

Rate of Slaughter in US 2008

Poke

Today's lunch was "vegetarian poke". I think that's kind of an oxymoron, don't you? It consisted of watercress, onions, tomatoes, & tofu in some type of light sauce. It was good but a little plain, so I dipped the tofu chunks in salad dressing and it was great along with my organic carrot juice. YUM! I am slowly going to the vegan side of things, but it is hard in hawaii to be a vegetarian let alone a vegan! Vegetables in Hawaii are so expensive it's retarded. Plus I try to buy everything organic as well, so even more pricey. Does anyone have any good suggestions on soy cheese? I've heard follow your heart brand was the best, but haven't even attempted to try any yet. When I was at safeway I also picked up one of those Amy's brand pizzas. This one is cheese-less, vegan. We'll see how it tastes:)

It's my birthday, and I'll cry if I want to!

So this past week was my birthday. I have reached the age of 23. Miraculous! Thanks to my Lord & Savior! So he look me to Thai Villiage in Waipahu. It was our first time there. There was absolutely no one inside so it was great service! I order a thai tea (which I just recently discovered that I love), pad thai noodles, & garlic tofu. It was awesome!

Great Garlic, Coconut, Fried Tofu

Tasty pad thai

Yummy thai tea!

09/03/2009

This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us all rejoice and be glad in it! Today was a very long day. I drove to work today, and tried my best to get their early enough so that I could grab some coffee before work. So, I walked into Starbucks and there was a long line of course. I stood in line and decided to get something different this time. I normally get the venti iced soy caramel machiatto. This time I tried the pumpkin spiced frappuccino. I hated it. Which was weird since I nomally really like pumpkin things. I got into work 3 minutes late. Worked until five o'clock, then got off. Went home to make some amoxicillin mixture for one of the foster kitten's named 

Sarabi. Then I drove out to Schofield to pick up an abandoned dog. It is just so sad to me that 

someone would just abandon their pet! This dog was a sweetheart! She looked like a husky/

australian shepard mix to me. She had one light blue eye and one dark brown eye. I will post pictures

when I get some good ones. So after I picked up Whitey or Vanilla as the kids were calling her, I went

off to drop her at a foster home for the evening. Then I drove to the other side of the island to drop

off the medicine for Sarabi. He foster home wants to adopt her, so that was GREAT news!

After that was all done, I had a veggie burger from burger king. Then when I got home I walked 4 miles

and now I am ready for bed! Good night all!

*Don't shop, APOPT*

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