Vegan poppyseed chicken!

It's a tradition for me to make jimmy poppyseed chicken every Valentine's day. Last year I used free range chicken. Ha. So this year I had to figure something out bc we love it and its a tradition! So I mixed a box of vegan mushroom soup, vegan sour cream and some fake chicken cutlets together with some cracker bites (to give it more texture) and threw some crushed crackers and poppyseed on top. Baked on 350 for 30 minutes. You couldn't tell a bit of difference!! Although next time I will use seitan or tofu. The best part about this, I didn't have to boil a dead chicken and shread it's body! I always HATED doing that! So by simply choosing the vegan option, you cut out 30 minutes worth of work from the process!!! Oh, and you save some poor chickens who are treated worse than any animal by the way. It took literally 5 minutes. I'm going to start making this more often! Oh, and we also had vegan muddys cupcakes. Did you know vegans can still enjoy muddys? Hell yes! I didn't have time to take a pic of it bc I was too busy scarfing it down. Oh I love Valentine's day splurges!

Broccoli, mushroom,sundried tomato garlic sautee over polenta topped with tofu: I'm too full to even be typing. Ugh

I can't even look at this without wanting to throw up right now. That's how good and filling this is. And as you can see, its not a ridiculously huge portion. That's the thing about polenta. Its hearty! Just sautee the veggies and tofu and serve over polenta. So simple. 

"Potato" tofu veggie scramble

So I went random tonight and made some cauliflower potatoes, sauteed tofu and veggies and threw it together. I used Italian seasoning but you can spice it up with whatever you like. I'm so so full. Blah

And for Saturday night dinner...

Pizza with daiya cheese! Available at whole foods. They're like seven bucks but totally worth it. Mellow mushroom has this cheese there too. My kids are being satanic today so we opted to stay home tonight. You're welcome anyone who is at mellow mushroom tonight :)

Nutritional yeast and daiya, my bffs

Cheese. So good, yet so bad for you. Cheese is truly addicting, no lie! So when people say they're addicted to cheese, its the truth! Did you know that that yummy cheese also has puss and blood in it? Not so yummy right? If you really stop to think about the fact that it cones from a cow boon, it's not so appetizing. A lot.of people are grossed out by human breast milk. This makes no sense to me. So human milk is disgusting but you drink milk from a cows boob? Personally, I think I'd rather drink a humans milk if I had to choose. For now I will stick to almond milk. Ok so back to cheese. Vegans sometimes miss cheese so for those cravings and to get a cheesy taste in a dish, we use nutritional yeast. Perfect name for it bc its very nutritional packed full of b vitamins and amino acids. We need those! I've used it in pasta sauces, cheese grits sprinkled over popcorn, the possibilities are endless! Go grab some at whole foods. Its worth the price!
Another cheese substitiute I love is daiya cheese. I melt it on my Ezekiel bread when I need a cheese fix. So when you think you can't live without cheese, try these options! And BTW, that's BS. Everyone can live without cheese and happily at that!

Seitan veggie scramble

I love seitan! No, not the devil, seitan! Its a fake and delicious meat great for stir frys. I threw it in the skillet along w some veggies using shoyu (or soy) sauce. This was our superbowl meal. It was over the raw zucchini noodles so it was extra crisp and crunchy. I was ridiculously full after eating this!

Quinoa brown rice combo

This comes in a bag in the organic section at Kroger. Its quinoa and brown rice combined. Throw it in the microwave for 90 secs. I sauteed tofu and mushrooms and mixed it all together. Delicious and easy!!!