Chicken Pineapple Stir-fry

I finally tried a new recipe. I got this sauce recipe from vegweb. and just added some Morningstar chicken nuggets and brown rice with it. It was pretty good! I don't have a pic cause I was so hungry plus I wanted to make sure it was good before I posted it.

Pineapple Stir Fry Sauce
1 c. crushed pineapple +juice
1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes
1/2 tsp minced ginger(I just used a spinkle of ground ginger)
1/8 tsp. blk. pepper
2 tbsp. brown sugar
2 tbsp. vinegar
2 tsp. soy sauce
1/4 c. water
1 tsp. cornstarch

Mix together all ingred. except water and cornstarch. Bring to a boil over med. heat. Remove from heat then put in a blender and puree it. Return to pot and add water and cornstarch, stirring constantly til mixture thickens.

It's been awhile and My Favorite Vegetarian Mex. Restaurant

I know it's been a couple of months since I added something new. I've just been really busy since my son is out of school. I plan on getting back in the groove though. Just wanted to tell everyone about this great little Mexican restaurant that serves Vegetarian food.

Sorry don't have any pics but I usually just eat there.

Here's My favorite dish : It's what they call a Art Vandalay

What is it you might ask? Just a burrito filled with your choice of pinto beans or black beans,(I get black beans), seasoned rice, shredded cheese, Pico do gallo, shred. lettuce, sour cream , & guacomole. You can also get other toppings in there also. I tried the jalepenos in it today & it was so yummy!!

I want to try some other dishes also. The Unanimous Decision(which is a vegetarian taco), The super KingPin (Which is a Chesse Quesadilla), The Personal Trainer (Which is a vegetarian taco Salad), & a Ruprict (Which is Vegetarian Nachos.)

I hope to try these pretty soon!

Chicken Parmesan (Athena style) & Review on Garden Burger Riblets

I saw a recipe online for chicken parmesan but I decided to change it up a little. Here's the recipe: (This will feed 2 people or 2 meals)

I cooked 2 chicken patties(Morningstar Farms Orig.) (1 for one meal, 1 for another)

2 slice of swiss cheese

Opt. can add shred. Mozzarella but I didn't

Spag. Sauce I used the whole jar of a garden variety

Was in the mood for more veggies so added 1 squash, sliced, steamed in a steamer bag (If making 2 meals cook one more squash)

Opt. Can add 1/2 c. Parmesan cheese

I used wheat spiral pasta but you can use any pasta you would like

Cook the pasta accord. to the directions. While that is cooking cook the chicken patties.Microwave the sliced squash in steamer bag. When pasta is done drain and put on plate.Warm spag. sauce. Layer pasta, sliced squash, 1 chicken patty, cut into pieces, spaghetti sauce, and 1 slice of swiss cheese, pop it in microwave to melt cheese. Ta-Da!

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On Vegan Lunchcast I had read he had took this to work with him one day so I decided to try it. It was good!! He had said if you like Mcdonald's riblet sandwich you would love this!! I agree!! I will not eat McDonalds meat version ever again!! Give it a try! I'm loving how these meatless versions of my favorite foods are so good and I don't even miss the meat versions.

Banana Black Beans

This combination might sound a little weird but it's really quite delicious.

It's also superquick! Here's the recipe:

1 can black beans( I used seasoned blackbeans)

1/2 c. coconut milk

1-2 banana's, chop. into small pieces.

2 stalks, grn. onion, chop

1 tsp. chili powder

Drain blk. beans. Then put in a lg. bowl. mix the coconut milk in with the blk. beans, add grn. onion, chili powder and if you want the bananas (you might want to add the bananas later to make sure doesn't get mushy)

Warm the mixture til heated through. Serve on a bed of brown rice. It's so yummy!! This recipe was also a vegweb creation.

Garbanzo Tacos

I love these tacos!! I don't want to eat tacos the other way ever again!!! No more mystery meat for me. yuck! I have these almost every other week.

Here's the recipe :

1 can of chickpeas, drained

shredded lettuce

Hard taco shells

salsa

sour cream

(opt.)I used some matchstick carrots I found in the produce aisle

Lemons

1 tsp or more taco seasoning

shred. cheese

couple of grn. onions

I only have a mini chopper so this is how I do it. Put some of the chickpeas in the chopper w/ some lemon juice, taco seasoning, and grn. onion. whir it til it is the consistency of refried beans. taste if need more j. or taco seasoning add. *I have to do this a little at a time :(

Cook taco shells. now layer chickpea mixture, lettuce, carrots (if using) salsa, cheese and sour crm. Yum!!

I got this recipe from vegweb. I have been waiting weeks to put this recipe on!

Mexican Tortellini

I made Mexican pasta today. I got this recipe from Vegetarian Times Magazine. I will make this again! I had to modify it some because I realized too late I didn't have any chili powder oops. Here's the recipe:

Ingred.

1 tsp.chili powder *(I used taco seasoning)

frsh sliced mushrooms or 1 sm. can sliced mushrooms

It asked for taco seasoned soy crumbles but I didn't use

Shred. Cheddar cheese(lowfat) Or my preference *Monteray Jack cheese

1 pkg. 3 cheese tortellini

6 plum tomatoes *(I used 1 can diced tomatoes)(coarsely chop.)

1-2 tbsp.Veg. oil and diced garlic(I didn't use)

Cook pasta accord. to directions. Drain. If using the garlic saute' in veg oil

for 30 sec. and add tomatoes & chili powder.* ( I added some j. from canned tomatoes( just a little) and drained the rest of the liquid. Added drained canned mushrooms and added some taco seasoning and heated the tomato mixture) Cook the tomatoes & chili powder for 5-8 min.

remove from skillet. Add mushrooms and soy crumbles. saute 2-3 min. Stir in tomatoes and cheese, cook stirring often, 5 min more. Top pasta w/ soy crumble sauce.

*topped pasta w/ tomato mixture and added monteray Jack cheese. *

A little bit of this & a lit bit of that

Today's blog will be about a couple of things but sorry no recipe. Originally I was going to make Sw and sour chicken (using meatless chik'n nuggets of course!) Well I read the label on the sw and sour sauce and found a gross ingred. It contained Carmine ewwww If you don't know what it is it's basically ground up beetles. They use this as a coloring ingredient in many foods including yogurt, juice drinks, and other foods you have no idea it's in there. If you want to read more about this read this article by http://www.naturalnews.com/002043.html. I'm starting to read the labels on food as I think everyone should. You could learn alot!!

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In other news I picked up a new cookbook yesterday. I can't wait to try some of the recipes in there. It's called









The recipes are simple and many of them are healthier versions of your favorite foods. She also has a website called http://hungry-girl.com/ . It has more recipes, news about new products that come out and much more! Check it out!
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