Home-made Vegan Soul Food Plate

I had the opportunity to cook myself some good home-made soul food, vegan style. I love soul food! Look at this plate of deep south comfort food. I also had sweet iced tea to make the meal as authentically southern as possible.

Here's what I cooked and a brief description of each item.

Kidney Beans
I used canned beans and put jalapeno peppers in them with a sprinkle of sea salt. Simple. Excellent!

Cabbage
I cut steamed the cabbage, then tossed it in olive oil and a generous amount of cracked black pepper. This was excellent! I forgot how good cabbage can be. So simple.

Rosemary Garlic Carrots
I fried sliced baby carrots in canola oil and sprinkled in some rosemary and chopped garlic. I gave it a sprinkle of salt. This was not as good. It was too bitter, possibly under-cooked. I still ate most of it.

Green Peas With Vegan Butter Alternative
I used frozen peas and Earth Balance. The peas tasted freezer burnt. I ate half and shared the other half with my canine friend.

Corn Bread
This is just a mix of corn meal (I prefer non-GMO), water, sea salt, diced garlic, diced red onion, and canola oil heated in a casserole dish until brown on the edges. I topped it with a scoop of Earth Balance butter alternative. This was great! A bit dry and crumbly though. It needed more oil.