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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Food Fix

I’m a pretty healthy vegan overall, but sometimes I just need my junk food fix! Here are some things that I’ve tried in the past month…
Last week, I bought some Tofurkey products at the health food store. I know any processed food (whether vegan or not), isn’t the best thing to eat EVERY day…but it’s great for a weekend, or a last minute meal.

There are multiple types of Tofurkey pizza, and they even have their own cheese substitute on top. We tried the Italian Sausage and Fire Roasted Vegetable Pizza. I compared it to a frozen mini pizza with extra toppings. I still prefer homemade pizza, but I will probably buy this again.

I also purchased Tempeh Curry in a package. We fried up some peppers, onions, carrots and garlic and then added in the tempeh. We put this mixture on top of brown rice, and voila—tempeh curry! Tempeh has such a great texture and it is very easily digested. The only thing about this packaged stuff it that the creamy mixture the tempeh was marinating in just got soaked up during the cooking process. So, our stir fry ended up being a bit dry and we needed to add some soy sauce to the mix! One night, Tyson made some yummy homemade potatoes skins. Talk about delicious! He first cooked the potatoes, then fried the slices, then topped them off with vegan cheese, green onions and simulated bacon bits—then baked them again! Vegetarian Chili is still one of my favorite meals. It’s full of different beans and tons of vegetables. But, topped off with Tofutti Sour Cream, Vegan Cheese and Green Onions…watch out! This tasted like a dip, so I ate it up with some whole grain tortillas.

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