silly mental images

Somehow Mark and I were talking about wild dogs, and I mentioned I knew of people who lived in rural Europe who told stories of packs of wild dogs that if they caught you alone on the road they would attack. Mark thought this a little far fetched, and maybe it is, I have never seen it.
But then Mark said "I wonder what a pack of wild dachshunds would look like? Just imagine like 50+ dachshunds in a pack running like the wild animals they are, tearing ass as fast as they could like they were on a mission. And after the pack runs past, the stragglers that had or need back surgery would come through, hobbling in their ataxic way." It juts formed such a strong mental image in my head and I couldn't stop laughing imagining it I thought I would share it.

great vegan meal weekend

this weekend I made a mexican chicken dish for dinner on Saturday and vegan berry crepes for brunch on Sunday, both fantastic!
The crepes were using the vegan yumyum website recipe, with some drizzled on vegan chocolate syrup from whole foods that I added.

The mexican recipe was modified from one I found online:
ingredients:
1 package fake chicken strips from trader joes
2 red bell peppers, chopped
1 bag frozen corn
1 can black beans
1 cup brown rice cooked as directed
1 jar salsa
2 TBsp chili powder
1 TBsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp cumin
2 TBsp liquid aminos Braggs
2 TBsp cilantro
2 TBsp olive oil
fresh avocado

Directions: fry the oil and fake chicken until brown. Then add the chili powder and cook another minute, then remove from heat. Apply a little more oil to the pan and fry the peppers, then add the corn, salsa, black beans, and all the remaining ingredients. After heating about 5 minutes add the fake chicken back in and cook another 2-3 minutes.
Serve over rice with freshly sliced avocado. Delish!

tofu and pistachio stir fry

http://www.cookveg.co.uk/vegetarian-recipes/recipe/tofu-snow-peas-and-pistachio-salad1/

This stir fry I pretty much made directly from the recipes, and I served it over cous cous, which was deilcious! I use trader joe's teriyaki tofu. Not a lot of sauce, but packed with flavor.

asparagus and brocollini with fake beef soy dish

This was a unique, modifed dish from a yum yum recipe, and I swear, it tastes a lot better then it looks (I forgot to take a picture so this was the 3rd day leftover that I took a picture of).
First I made some cous cous for the rice part of the dish.
Then for the main dish-
Ingredients:
1 package of your choice fake meat (I used fake beef cubes)
2 Tbs Oil
2 Tbs Garlic
1 TBs crushed red pepper flakes
1 package of brocollini chopped
1 package of asparagus, chopped
1 Tbs Brown Sugar
3 Tbs Soy Sauce
1 Tbs Rice Vinegar
2 tsp Toasted Sesame Oil
1 TBs Sesame Seeds

Directions:
Fry the fake meat, brocollini, and asparagus with the sesame oil.
Add in the garlic and red pepper flakes once the veggies are tender.
Add the sugar, soy sauce, and rice vinegar just prior to removing from heat. Toss.
Mix with sesame seeds and 1 more teaspoon sesame oil. Serve over the cous cous.

mexican mexican

Being a vegan I find random stir frys or something mexican is always a quick and easy stand by.
In the last month I have made fake chicken fajitas and fake crumbled beef tacos, both super tasty. I like tacos, esp since making my unique lime-cashew-tofu tacos, but I find it is hard to fit all you want to in to a taco.