Category Archives: vegan comfort food

Organic Vegan White Chocolate Easter Bunnies

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Making organic vegan Easter bunnies

I’ve never attempted this before, but I had this idea to make our own Easter treats this year. They turned out pretty swell, here’s how I did it.

Use a package or organic vegan white chocolate chips, they sorta looked like flat medallions.

Put the whole package in a double boiler, add a dash of organic vanilla extract, stir with a whisk until melted.

Use a heat proof spatula to get the chocolate out and put into bunny molds (the mold needs to sit on a flat tray that will fit in the fridge and freezer).

Put the mold in the fridge until chocolate seems hard. Then put in the freezer for 5 min to make sure the molds pop out perfectly.

Now here is the ‘creative part’: The bunny mold has holes for eyes and a nose, so I gave my young helper some mini chocolate chips and a box of organic sprinkles. I assumed there would be a few sprinkles used for the bunny face parts in the molds. Never assume with kids! Sprinkles were liberally applied to the molds.

Here’s what we got:

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Organic Sprinkle Vegan White Chocolate Bunny candies

 

And they are deelicious, even though they are a bit crunchier than I imagined before this project started

 

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4 Pepper Arrabiata Sauce w/ Olive and Chard, Vegan Sauce

It’s all in the sauce! 4 pepper arrabiata

I learned long ago that sauce and seasoning can make or break a meal. It is the same with vegan eating. If you are having a hard time eating vegan, or healthy in general, I recommend starting with the sauce.  If you have a great sauce, you will never miss eating lower on the food chain.

Here is a variation of marinara sauce (Italian red tomato sauce), made arrabiata with the addition of peppers.

 

This includes:

1 Hot Tomato Pepper

1 California Sweet Yellow Pepper

1  Paparik pepper (which I grew hotter than usual this year)

1 Wenk’s Yellow (grown to orange, very hot!)

Start out w/ your favorite marinara sauce recipe (uncooked), then:

Slice up all the peppers except the Wenks Yellow, leaving out the seeds and rinds, rinse in cool water and toss in the sauce at the start of cooking. Leave the Wenks Yellow whole, and make sure to take out before eating the sauce. No one wants to eat that hotness. If you like it extra hot, poke some holes with a fork in it to let out more heat.

Next: add sliced organic olives, and chopped up chard leaves. (optional)

Cook the sauce.

This will add a nice flavor to the sauce, and it is what I had on hand from the organic garden, so that is what went in it.

Enjoy!

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Quick Vegan Mac n Cheese

Quick vegan mac n cheese

This was super quick:

Make your favorite small shaped pasta (here I have bowtie), then when the pasta is done put in a bowl and top with some shredded vegan cheese. Stir it up until melty.

If your’e vegan cheese is not melting then, put it back in the pot you cooked the pasta in to warm it up a bit more. Fast n easy!

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Vegan Loaded Nachos

Loaded Vegan Nachos

Loaded vegan Nachos!!

I cooked the nachos w/ cheese and soyrizzo,( In the oven at 375 for 15 minutes)  then topped it all with guacamole, olives, tomatoes, sweet peppers, vegan sour cream and salsa.

Vegan guacamole is easy to make. Get an avocado, moosh it up with a fork and stir in seasonings (like lime, cumin, chives, etc. what ever you like).

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Vegan chili fries, Dog and Green Beans

Vegan chili fries, dog and green beans

Super easy to make vegan comfort food.

Put some vegan chili on top of fries. Make a vegan dog, top with your favorite condiments.  Boil the beans and serve when cooked.

The beans are from our garden, there are several organic varieties shown here.

 

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Vegan Spinach Quesadillas

Vegan Spinach Quesadillas

These are quick and easy to make.

Get a wrap, put on a griddle, sprinkle some vegan cheese some baby spinach leaves, and a spoon of salsa, put another wrap on top of it. Flip when browned and cheese is melting.

Served here with a side of organic vegan frijoles (refried beans) and a dollop of vegan sour creme seasoned with my favorite spices.

 

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Vegan Pasta Vegetale, Zucchini, onion, squash, peppers, peas

Pasta Vegetale,

When the garden is booming, it is time to make a vegetale sauce.  Basically make your usually red gravy and put in a ton of veggies from the garden. And there you have it!

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Vegan Wrap ideas, Tomato, Bean, Coleslaw

Vegan wrap, tomato, bean and coleslaw

I made this coleslaw, so there are probably going to be a lot of wraps with it this week.

I used organic Follow Your Heart Mayo, and spices, including poppy seeds. Coleslaw w/out poppy seed, just doesn’t taste right to me.

In this wrap I used a giant organic pineapple tomato that I grew, (yay, finally ripe), huge Greek tomato dill Lima beans and the coleslaw.

 

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