Another Week has Already Gone By!?
This week went by quick and it was a pretty interesting one - I am still having broccoli/rapini/spinach stirfry in olive oil for breakfast. This week there was some cheap asparagus on sale - so I threw that in too. I just keep chopped greens in tubs in my fridge
so that it's easy to cook them up each morning.
On Monday I had greens for lunch too - but for supper I made what I think are awesome veggie burgers:
Annette's Awesome Veggie Burgers
2 potatoes, boiled and mashed
1 package veggie ground round
1 onion chopped into a puree in the mini chop
2 carrots grated in the mini chop
2 cups of fresh parsley (most stems removed) then chopped in the minichop
3/4 cup of oatmeal
ground black pepper, celery salt, cajun seasoning, oregano, onion powder
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp water
1/4 cup psyllium flakes
You could also put tomato paste.
Mix all these ingredients together with your hands until it is very well combined
and is sticking together.
Form into patties or smaller meatballs and fry in some olive oil until browned
and cooked through.
We had these as big patties, but I think they would be great as little meatballs
because the crunchy crust it the best part.
I made some "french fries" out of potato wedges dipped in rice milk and my usual
coating mix (see previous blog entries). Put these on a cookie sheet coated in a little olive oil in a 400 degree oven for about 40 minutes (until soft inside - but flip once so the top side gets crisp).
I also made some coleslaw to go along with it - that was chopped carrot, chopped cabbage,
a little chopped onion and some tofu "mayonnaise" (see recipe in a previous blog entry.)
It was not too bad.
I brought a veggie burger with greens with me for lunch the next day and then
we had a nice tofu and veggie stirfry with rice for dinner the next night.
The next day I decided to pull out my Indian food cook book to see if I couldn't find
a recipe to make. I am thrilled to realize how many vegetarian options India food really
has to offer! It is exciting!
I actually ended up making Vegetable Korma with Coconut rice
and an appetizer of Onion Baja:
Onion Baja
2 onions sliced extremely thin
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
salt and pepper
2 cups of chick pea flour
1/2 cup water ( to desired consistency)
This makes almost like a pancake dough - but it has all the onion slices mixed
through it. So you just take a spoon full of the mixture and drop it into
hot olive oil and cook both sides until quite brown (you have to make sure that it
is cooked all the way through - if you're not sure, pull it open and see.)
Coconut Rice
1 can coconut milk
1 1/2 cups water
1 cup basmati rice
1 cinnamon stick
Cook on high in the microwave for 10 minutes, then on low for 20 minutes.
About 10-15 minutes through, double check that there is enough water in the dish
if not, add up to 1/2 cup more of water.
Vegetable Korma
Take 1 can coconut milk and soak 1/2 cup raw cashews (can also use ground almonds)
for 1/2 hour in it. After that blend into a fine milk in the blender or mini chop. Set aside.
Stirfry in some olive oil
2 carrots, sliced
2 cups green beans
1 chopped onion
1 cup frozen corn
2 cups cauliflower
When these are barely tender, take them off the heat and set aside.
Toast 1 tbsp of coriander seeds, then grind in a coffee grinder until fine.
Sautee in 2 tbsp of olive oil - 1 pureed onion, 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp chili powder
4 cardamom pods, 1 tsp curry powder, 2 tsp finely chopped fresh ginger
2 tsp finely chopped garlic, as well as the toasted ground coriander seeds.
When the onions are soft, add the vegetables and milk mixture back into
the pan, and combine. If it needs thickening, add a little cornstarch or arrowroot flour.
This dish turned out great and I look forward to trying more of the options in that cookbook!
On Thursday night we actually ordered chinese takeout and I actually ordered all vegetarian options: we had vegetarian spring roll, mushroom fried rice, vegetables with shrimp and cashew, and a vegetable with rice noodle mixture - it was great! It is fun to find vegetarian
fast food/ junk food - it is great to have options!
Friday night I had a bit of a disaster experiment - I had found wheat/gluten free bread maker
bread mix at the bulk food store and had put that in the bread maker. I was going to turn it
into pizza dough. So I put olive oil in the bottom of a glass baking dish, put the dough in there, then put some veggie mozza and lots of roasted veggies on top (I forgot I had no tomato sauce
on hand). Well first of all it was very hard to guage how long it would take to bake. I took it out after 40 minutes and it was still very doughy. I left it in for another 20 minutes, but although it
was cooked - it had formed a great tasting but hard to remove from the pan CRUST on all sides of the pan that was hell to clean up. I think I had better just stick to making it into bread next time!
Today we stopped at an old favourite buffet for breakfast - MAN was that a mistake! We went in and all they had to choose from was: 6 types of sugary boxed cereals, 3 half slices of toast that had been sitting there for an hour, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, fried potatoes, oatmeal,
fruit salad and some mini muffins! What a joke! There was not a vegetable in sight! So basically I paid 8 bucks for some fried potatoes, a half a slice of hard as a rock toast and a bowl of oatmeal with fruit on it. Then they charged us $5 for two glasses of orange juice!
That makes me a little nervous for our brunch buffet outing planned for Easter Sunday - that one costs $16.50 and I am a little doubtful that there will be much choice of anything to eat there either!
Oh well - I will go just to enjoy the company!
The best news of all is today I got back to my parent's place - and I am down another 3 pounds this week! YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I am ON TRACK and loving it!
See you next time!
so that it's easy to cook them up each morning.
On Monday I had greens for lunch too - but for supper I made what I think are awesome veggie burgers:
Annette's Awesome Veggie Burgers
2 potatoes, boiled and mashed
1 package veggie ground round
1 onion chopped into a puree in the mini chop
2 carrots grated in the mini chop
2 cups of fresh parsley (most stems removed) then chopped in the minichop
3/4 cup of oatmeal
ground black pepper, celery salt, cajun seasoning, oregano, onion powder
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp water
1/4 cup psyllium flakes
You could also put tomato paste.
Mix all these ingredients together with your hands until it is very well combined
and is sticking together.
Form into patties or smaller meatballs and fry in some olive oil until browned
and cooked through.
We had these as big patties, but I think they would be great as little meatballs
because the crunchy crust it the best part.
I made some "french fries" out of potato wedges dipped in rice milk and my usual
coating mix (see previous blog entries). Put these on a cookie sheet coated in a little olive oil in a 400 degree oven for about 40 minutes (until soft inside - but flip once so the top side gets crisp).
I also made some coleslaw to go along with it - that was chopped carrot, chopped cabbage,
a little chopped onion and some tofu "mayonnaise" (see recipe in a previous blog entry.)
It was not too bad.
I brought a veggie burger with greens with me for lunch the next day and then
we had a nice tofu and veggie stirfry with rice for dinner the next night.
The next day I decided to pull out my Indian food cook book to see if I couldn't find
a recipe to make. I am thrilled to realize how many vegetarian options India food really
has to offer! It is exciting!
I actually ended up making Vegetable Korma with Coconut rice
and an appetizer of Onion Baja:
Onion Baja
2 onions sliced extremely thin
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
salt and pepper
2 cups of chick pea flour
1/2 cup water ( to desired consistency)
This makes almost like a pancake dough - but it has all the onion slices mixed
through it. So you just take a spoon full of the mixture and drop it into
hot olive oil and cook both sides until quite brown (you have to make sure that it
is cooked all the way through - if you're not sure, pull it open and see.)
Coconut Rice
1 can coconut milk
1 1/2 cups water
1 cup basmati rice
1 cinnamon stick
Cook on high in the microwave for 10 minutes, then on low for 20 minutes.
About 10-15 minutes through, double check that there is enough water in the dish
if not, add up to 1/2 cup more of water.
Vegetable Korma
Take 1 can coconut milk and soak 1/2 cup raw cashews (can also use ground almonds)
for 1/2 hour in it. After that blend into a fine milk in the blender or mini chop. Set aside.
Stirfry in some olive oil
2 carrots, sliced
2 cups green beans
1 chopped onion
1 cup frozen corn
2 cups cauliflower
When these are barely tender, take them off the heat and set aside.
Toast 1 tbsp of coriander seeds, then grind in a coffee grinder until fine.
Sautee in 2 tbsp of olive oil - 1 pureed onion, 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp chili powder
4 cardamom pods, 1 tsp curry powder, 2 tsp finely chopped fresh ginger
2 tsp finely chopped garlic, as well as the toasted ground coriander seeds.
When the onions are soft, add the vegetables and milk mixture back into
the pan, and combine. If it needs thickening, add a little cornstarch or arrowroot flour.
This dish turned out great and I look forward to trying more of the options in that cookbook!
On Thursday night we actually ordered chinese takeout and I actually ordered all vegetarian options: we had vegetarian spring roll, mushroom fried rice, vegetables with shrimp and cashew, and a vegetable with rice noodle mixture - it was great! It is fun to find vegetarian
fast food/ junk food - it is great to have options!
Friday night I had a bit of a disaster experiment - I had found wheat/gluten free bread maker
bread mix at the bulk food store and had put that in the bread maker. I was going to turn it
into pizza dough. So I put olive oil in the bottom of a glass baking dish, put the dough in there, then put some veggie mozza and lots of roasted veggies on top (I forgot I had no tomato sauce
on hand). Well first of all it was very hard to guage how long it would take to bake. I took it out after 40 minutes and it was still very doughy. I left it in for another 20 minutes, but although it
was cooked - it had formed a great tasting but hard to remove from the pan CRUST on all sides of the pan that was hell to clean up. I think I had better just stick to making it into bread next time!
Today we stopped at an old favourite buffet for breakfast - MAN was that a mistake! We went in and all they had to choose from was: 6 types of sugary boxed cereals, 3 half slices of toast that had been sitting there for an hour, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, fried potatoes, oatmeal,
fruit salad and some mini muffins! What a joke! There was not a vegetable in sight! So basically I paid 8 bucks for some fried potatoes, a half a slice of hard as a rock toast and a bowl of oatmeal with fruit on it. Then they charged us $5 for two glasses of orange juice!
That makes me a little nervous for our brunch buffet outing planned for Easter Sunday - that one costs $16.50 and I am a little doubtful that there will be much choice of anything to eat there either!
Oh well - I will go just to enjoy the company!
The best news of all is today I got back to my parent's place - and I am down another 3 pounds this week! YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I am ON TRACK and loving it!
See you next time!
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