I found a few good vegan items at Mountain Top Flea Market just outside of Gadsden AL. These all came from Mexico. I got 2 poblano peppers, 2 bags of spicy nuts, and a nut bar. Excellent!
Thursday, September 23, 2021
Flea Market Vegan Foods
Gina's Stovetop Vegan Mac and Cheese
Kroger sends a coupon book with recipes to those on their mailing list. I found a great vegan recipe in there. It says Gina F. submitted the recipe for this delicious vegan mac and cheese. It's also found on Instagram at @HealthyLittleVittles. When I saw the recipe I knew I needed to try it. Here's what mine looked like.
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| Gina's Stovetop Vegan Mac and Cheese |
Surprisingly, it doesn't have that much vegan cheese in the recipe. It includes 1/4 cup vegan parmesan, but I didn't even have that, and it still tasted like real cheesy mac and cheese. The cheesy flavor and creamy texture comes from nutritional yeast, tapioca flour, pimientos, and coconut milk. Even without the cheese listed in the recipe, this was better than most vegan mac and cheese I've tasted in vegan restaurants.
This did have a very subtle sweetness. Next time I make this I'll go heavier on the pimientos to balance it out. This would be even better as a baked dish with Panko bread crumbs on top.
Because this was so good, I may try some other recipes found at @HealthyLittleVittles.
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Home-made Fried Rice With Barbecue Tofu Nuggets
I made another home-made Asian style meal. This was mostly made with things I already had sitting around.
Fried Rice
To make fried rice I used Minute Rice as a base. Once the plain rice was done, I added half a can of peas and carrots, some leftover fermented tofu in sauce, diced green onion, soy sauce, sriracha sauce, chili oil, and leftover mushrooms. Because my wok is in storage, I put it in a hot skillet with avocado oil to give it that toasty fried rice flavor. It still had a sticky rice texture but the flavor was right on. This was excellent! I'm proud of myself for this one.
Barbecue Tofu Nuggets
I got the tofu from a small neighborhood store, and all they had was silken tofu. So I just went with that. I cut it into chunks, breaded it lightly with flour, baked it a while, then added the barbecue sauce and baked it again. This was not bad, but I need to work on this one. The the flavor was weak. I probably needed to batter it more and deep fry it.
Fried Rice
To make fried rice I used Minute Rice as a base. Once the plain rice was done, I added half a can of peas and carrots, some leftover fermented tofu in sauce, diced green onion, soy sauce, sriracha sauce, chili oil, and leftover mushrooms. Because my wok is in storage, I put it in a hot skillet with avocado oil to give it that toasty fried rice flavor. It still had a sticky rice texture but the flavor was right on. This was excellent! I'm proud of myself for this one.
Barbecue Tofu Nuggets
I got the tofu from a small neighborhood store, and all they had was silken tofu. So I just went with that. I cut it into chunks, breaded it lightly with flour, baked it a while, then added the barbecue sauce and baked it again. This was not bad, but I need to work on this one. The the flavor was weak. I probably needed to batter it more and deep fry it.
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Garden Of Eatin Chips And Garden Fresh Gourmet Salsa
I found a great deal with these Garden Of Eatin' chips. I ate them with Garden Fresh Gourmet Sweet Onion Salsa. Both of these vegan products are some of my favorites.
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Tasty Bite Punjab Eggplant With Basmati Rice
This is another great Tasty Bite meal. I don't have a photo of the packaging, but it looks like all the other Tasty Bite microwave pouches. As usual, Tasty Bite did not disappoint. This stuff was good! And this was a non-GMO meal!
Ben & Jerry's Non-Dairy Coconut Seven Layer Bar
Ben & Jerry's has another winning product here. This plant-based ice cream is great! This is just one of several Ben & Jerry's non-dairy ice creams. There's other plant-based ice cream products out there, but Ben & Jerry's makes the good stuff!
