The pressure is on!



Saturday morning and I'm thinking themes.... Halloween coming up, maybe tie in some black beans and pumpkin cooking. Spicy stews and hearty breads, party foods for Lisa's annual Halloween gala are simmering in the back of my head along with a promise to provide some tofu recipes to a new Lisa who has shown some interest in all things tofu. And how can THAT be a bad thing?

That said, I got out the trusty PC, refreshed my bean timing via the Vegan Coach website - http://www.vegancoach.com/pressure-cooker-beans.html
and popped in a batch that had been soaking since yesterday morning. Let's face it, I had grand plans to cook them last night but somehow the motivation disappeared in the parking lot at work at 8:30. One must be grateful to be employed, and I am not complaining, but the idea of cleaning up at midnight was an epic fail at glamorous things to do on Friday night.

So I played Mafia Wars instead.
And the theme came to me....
ready?

See, the way I see it, the best way to allow people to see that vegans are real, and eat real(ly good) food is to interact with them and then use a little humor, a little mutual respect, and a lot of food pron pics.

Now, since Mafia Wars has taken off into all corners of the world (with players all over the globe) I thought "wouldn't it be cool to tie in MW with VeganMoFo?" and I did. Mafia Wars has opened Cuba and so will I. So, get ready for some Sopa de Frijoles Negros con arroz amarillo, y'all. I'll be frying up those platanos later.

In the meantime, for my new Lisa, Lemon Pepper Tofu from Vegan Brunch by Isa Chandra Moskowitz, page 131

You see the tofu in my TofuXpress? Want one of your own? Of course you do! Go see it at Tofu XPress

Dinner on the Vegan Fly

No word yet from ApplianceRepairGuy, cryptic or otherwise, so my objective remains to not add to the spoilage. Indeed, I used the half container of extra firm tofu to its' fullest potential by slicing and saute'ing in Liquid Smoke and Tamari, thereby converting it to BACNot! Also on last night's agenda was a "roughing it" sort of Yukon Gold potato bake that impersonated those cheesy bits of goodness masquarading as food in the "easy to prepare" and "easy to get you to part with hard earned money" departments of the GrossATeria. Aforementioned easy cheesy potato bake consisted of parboiled Yukons sliced about 1/4 inch thick, combined with a shaken (not stirred) melange' of rice milk, (about one of the little tiny ones) a couple tablespoons of that flour for making gravy, three slices of vegan Jack Cheese and a bit of pepper. Add some paprika, and toss in the ubernuker, and minutes later - Voila!

So.... today's lunch was leftovers from yesterday in the form of a NOTBlt, delish! and some of the potatoes. Dinner was the rest of the potatoes (I KNOW but I can't STAND to toss food!) with a spinach salad that was topped with some more of the BACNot! and some beets, olives, and other goodies. This fridge on fritz is wearing thin.... But I'm so not bitching, I'm grateful for the opportunity to see how creative I can be. Film at eleven.