Vegan French Toast

1 Banana
1/3 Cup Almond Milk
Ground Cinnamon
Few Slices of your favorite Bread

1 T. brown sugar or maple syrup

Mix in a blender the banana, almond milk, cinnamon and maple syrup. Get a pan hot and cook in a lightly sprayed skillet until golden brown. Flip and do the other side.

Eat with: fresh fruit, nut butters, jams, applesauce, etc, 

Cashew - Oat Waffles

This recipe is revised from the Dr. Diehl cookbook The Optimal Diet. It's a very good cookbook that i recommend to anyone that is on a low fat, low sodium, and a vegan diet. It was made for the CHIP program.

2-3 t. baking powder
1/3 c. raw cashews
1 c. water
1 c. soy milk
2 T. wheat germ
1 t. vanilla extract
1 t. olive oil
2 c. quick oats
1/2 t. salt
1 T. sugar or honey (optional)

1. blend cashews in water and soy or almond milk until smooth.
2. add remaining ingredients, blending together.
3. let mixture stand for a few minutes to thicken.
4. cook approximately 7 minutes hot in a waffle iron until golden brown. It depends on your waffle maker, so follow the manufacture's directions.

This recipe didn't have any baking powder in it, which had to be added and we didn't use the honey or sugar. We did add blueberry's one time and that turned out nicely.

Cornbread

This is a recipe that I like to make every week that we eat with soup or with milk on it.

1 c. cornmeal (yellow preferably)
1 c. flour
1/4 c. sugar
1/2 t. salt
1 T. baking soda
1 c. almond milk
1 fake egg
1 T. oil
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and lightly grease an 8x8 pan.
Mix the dry ingredients together and if you have the dry ingredient part of the egg, put that in too. Mix the water that the egg needs, the almond milk or water + soymilk powder and oil in a measuring cup and pour into the flour mixture, mixing with a whisk so there aren't any flour lumps.
Bake for 30 minutes on 400 degrees F.
Makes about 8 slices.

Bagels

1 1/2 T. sugar
1 1/2 t. salt
1 c. water
3 c. flour
2 t. yeast

Set bread machine t dough. When done, take out and shape. Raise for 20 minutes. Start 3 quarts of water boiling with 1 t. sugar, and when lightly boiling, put them in 1 minute on each side. Dust with cornmeal, bake at 400 degrees F. for 20-25 minutes. Makes 12 bagels.

Pinterest Findings

Here's a cute way to make a knitted mitten cookie!

Grandma's Oatmeal Cookies

These are my Grandmother's healthified oatmeal cookies. 

1 1/2 c. flour

3/4 c. brown sugar

1 t. baking soda

2 t. cinnamon

1/2 t. salt

1/2 c. applesauce

1/4 c. water

2 fake eggs

2 c. oats

Sift the dry all together except for the oats and then add in the wet. Beat. Stir in the oats. You can add more oats. The original recipe called for three cups, but that was a little too much, but you can add in as much as you want. Roll out 1/4 inch thick on a floured counter and cut out. Bake for 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees F. 

Vegan whole foods cake

I found this recipe on the Whole Foods App. I really like this recipe and used it to make a birthday cake for myself. And yes, I do make my own cake. haha.

1 1/2 t. egg replacer
1 c. almond milk (unsweetened origional silk almond milk is what I used)
1/2 c. (or less) maple syrup
1/4 c. applesauce
2 t. white vinegar
1/2 t. vanilla
1 c. all purpose flour
1/2 c. whole wheat pastry flour
2 t. baking powder
1/4 t. salt
1/4 t. baking soda

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray and flour a 9 inch round or square cake pan using a cooking spray. Set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together egg replacer, almond milk, maple syrup, applesauce vinegar and vanilla until completely combined. In a separate bowl, mix flours, baking powder, salt and baking soda, then add to bowl with milk mixture, stirring to combine. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 35-40 minutes. Test with a toothpick to make sure that it's done.
Makes 9 servings
Per serving: 134 calories, 1 g fat, 11.3 g. sugar, 2.2 g. protein

Peanut butter cookies

Finally, here is the peanut butter cookies recipe! :D

1/2 banana
1/4 c. peanut butter
1/2 c. applesauce
1/4 c. sugar
1 t. baking powder
1  c. white flour or whole wheat pastry flour
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Mash the banana with the peanut butter and applesauce. Add in the sugar and baking powder. When that is mixed all the way through, stir in the flour or preference and bake for 12-15 minutes on a greased pan. I used an airbake so it wouldnt have an extra brown bottom.

Lettuce wraps

I have been making lettuce wraps lately because that makes for a nice supper. This lettuce wrap pictured has tofu, spinach, sriracha, coconut, and peanut sauce in it. I usually take the leftovers that I can eat and put them in my lettuce wrap along with a sprinkle of coconut, squirt of lime, some cilantro and a tiny tiny dribble of peanut sauce. Try it sometime and tell me what you guys put in your lettuce wraps! :D 

Mini avocado!

Found a mini avocado at the local supermarket! Isnt he cute!!!

Rice and Hot Sauce!

I signed up to make enough fried rice to serve 100 people for our local international food festival. Since I'm Asian, I agreed to help out with the Asian booth. This is some of the rice that I cooked. It's just finished cooking. I put some vege burger, peas, carrots, soysauce, onion and garlic in my fried rice. It smells really good and I can't wait to try it tonight. I'll make sure to take pictures of the food festival and post them here. 

Okay, so a guilty pleasure of mine. Hot Sauce. And especially Sriracha and Marie Sharp's are both two amazing hot sauce brands. I got these while I was over in Belize. They were really cheap at the local market. (Don't get them on San Pedro, they're like double the price you can actually get them at. A local grocery store is a better place to get them at.) So I stocked up on that. What kinds of hot sauce do you guys like?