Vegan Avocado Hors d'oeuvres

These Simple Truth crackers are topped with Treeline Herb Garlic plant-based spread and chucks of avocado. This tasty vegan snack is a very easy way to get the party started. Your non-vegan guests will think you've fallen off the vegan wagon, because Treeline plant-based spread tastes very much like the real thing.

 

More Vegan Christmas Hors d’oeuvres

I made these with Milton's Multigrain Crackers, Treeline Herb Garlic cream cheese alternative, and orange and green bell pepper chunks.

Peppery Vegan Christmas Hors d'oeuves

This is Milton's Multigrain Crackers with Treeline Herb Garlic cream cheese alternative with cracked pepper and pimientos. The cracked pepper gets the party started. The cool pimientos and cream cheese alternative keep things from getting too crazy. Unfortunately, this was a Christmas party for one because of the COVID-19 epidemic.  Things didn't get crazy at all.

Vegan Hors d'oeuvres For One

It's 2020. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic I am unable to go out to holiday parties and share my love for vegan food with like-minded people. I decided to make party food and eat it alone in a cold dark house.

This is Back To Nature Stoneground Wheat Crackers topped with Kite Hill Plain Cream Cheese Alternative with a sprinkle of dill weed and a few shreds of carrot.

Vegan Fruit And Cheese Platter

I made a vegan version of a fruit and cheese platter. This included strawberries, blueberries, green and red grapes, and a Daiya Cheddar Style Wedge cut into bite-sized cubes.

Peanut Butter Banana Crackers

Lucky Spring Rolls, Chicken Flavor

This says it's chicken flavor, but it's vegan. This product is really good. The exterior wrap is nice and crunchy. The interior is soft. It comes with a dipping sauce.

This was my first time buying this product. Here's my first impression thoughts. The filling could have been a bit more filled and textured, and the dipping sauce was a bit watery. But this was a very satisfying snack. The taste was great. The price was right. It's so good to eat spring rolls again. Most spring rolls are not vegan. My conclusion is that they aren't perfect, but they're good enough for me. I'll buy these again.

Vegan Key Lime Tarts

I made these vegan Key Lime Tarts using a combination of two recipes I found online. These were mostly made of tofu, soaked cashews, lime juice, lime zest, agave nectar, and graham crackers.

Hummus Pinwheels With Capers

This is just tortillas with hummus and capers. I sprinkled some spice on top. Very cheap and simple!

Vegan Holiday Party 2018

I went to a holiday gathering of like-minded people. We shared and ate plant-based foods, shared a few gifts, and socialized. I will share with you photographic documentation of some foods that were available. I'll end it with the home-made Vegan Key Lime Tarts I made myself just for this event.

When I arrived, there was already a table set up with Sabra Hummus, tortilla chips, fruit, and a wonderful plate of vegan cream cheese and crackers. Wine, beer, and vegan holiday nog were the drinks available.

You can see that the crackers and vegan cream cheese were a huge hit with the crowd. Treeline makes excellent vegan cream cheese products. I believe this was the Herb and Garlic and Scallion flavors. And the Milton's Multigrain crackers are some of the best I've tried.

Milton's Crackers With Treeline Vegan Cream Cheese

One guest brought what appeared to be some kind of "meat" pie. It was vegan and tasted like taco meat. Taco shells were also available. This was very good and tasted just like real taco meat, but I was a bit confused by this presentation. I wasn't sure if I should eat it as a slice of pie or ruin potential pie slices and scoop from the filling.

Taco Flavored Vegan "Meat" Pie

One guest brought garlic kale with pecans. That guest took an empty plate home, because we ate every scrap of the contents. This was a simple but very tasty plate of food.

Garlic Kale with Pecans

One guest brought "chicken" and dumplings. It's been so long since I've had real chicken and dumplings that I have no idea if it tasted like the real thing. This reminded me of my home-made biscuits and gravy but with less salt and pepper.

Vegan Chicken and Dumplings

My drink of choice was this awesome coconut milk holiday nog by So Delicious. I wanted to drink much more, but there was only one carton. I had to be nice and save some for other people. This product was excellent!

So Delicious Holiday Nog

This vegan chocolate cake was a crowd favorite too. The taste and texture was as good as any non-vegan cake. The strawberries were a nice touch.

Vegan Chocolate Cake with Strawberries

Not pictured was a vegan chili made with Amy's chili and other canned beans. I coordinated with the chili maker and made some vegan queso with Daiya cheddar, pimientos, and leftover packs of Taco Bell taco sauce. We poured the vegan chili and cheese over the tortilla chips. It was a huge hit, but my photos didn't turn out very well. I have that same combination posted HERE at an earlier party if you're interested.

And near the end of the party I brought out my home-made Vegan Key Lime Tarts. I made these with lime juice, tofu, cashews, agave nectar, lime zest, and vegan graham crackers.

Vegan Key Lime Tarts

Vegan Christmas Hors d'oeuvres

I put Miyoko's Vegan Cream Cheese on Sprouts Multigrain Wheat Crackers. Then I carefully topped them with diced green and red bell pepper. This was very good.

Olive Bar Sampler

I like to nibble on these goodies from the olive bar. Here you can see a variety of olives with garlic and peppers, dolmas, cherry peppers, and olive tapenade. I usually eat these with rice crackers.

A Thanksgiving Feast at Work 2018

We had our company's Thanksgiving party. The company bought the meats, and we all had the option to volunteere and bring a side dish. I wanted to show off some of my vegan cooking skills, but I didn't have enough time to prepare anything. I'm sure most of my coworkers would not be impressed by anything I would bring. As far as I know, I'm the only herbivore at work. Surprisingly, I was still able to find something to eat. Someone brought a raw veggie platter. Another person brought a hummus and baguette plate. I seemed to be the only person enjoying those.

Vegan Hors d'Oeuvres with Capers

I used a baguette to make toast. I put Go Veggie cream cheese alternative, rosemary, and capers on top. The final product was a nice snack. I didn't share these at a party. This treat was all mine!

Vegan Party Pinwheels

To make these party pinwheels I used wheat tortillas, Tofurkey slices, Kite Hill jalapeno flavored vegan cheese spread, and green leaf lettuce. This was very good, but it needed something red in there, maybe pimientos or sun dried tomato spread.

Home-made Miniature Vegan Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

I used a French Baguette and Daiya Cheddar slices to make miniature vegan grilled cheese sandwiches.

More Vegan Hors d'oeuvres

I used Simple Mills Jalapeno Sprouted Seed Crackers, Kite Hill Cream Cheese Style Spread (Chive flavored), red pepper stuffed green olives, and small cherry peppers to make these delicious snacks. They didn't make it to the party. I ate them all myself.

Home-made Veggie Balls

I had left-over veggies that I needed to eat, so I used an altered version of my cornbread recipe as the foundation for these Indian-inspired balls. This was surprisingly good.

These balls are made with corn meal. whole wheat flour, a vegan egg replacement, white flour, sugar, corn, potato, spinach, garlic, Sharwood's Mild Curry Powder, fennel, cumin, chili powder, salt, black pepper, oil, and water. I combined the ingredients and rolled the nasty mess into bite-sized balls. I coated them with oil before baking them. I couldn't find enough ingredients to make a chutney so I just topped these with Huy Fong Sriracha sauce. Next time I'll go heavier on the fennel and cumin and lighter on the sriracha sauce.

Mellow Mushroom Bruschetta (Vegan Style)

This is the Bruschetta with no feta and no butter at Mellow Mushroom. This was excellent!

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Chao Tomato Cayenne Slices On Back To Nature Stoneground Wheat Crackers

This is an excellent snack as shown, but don't even try to heat up the Chao. Trust me. It turns into a gelatinous brown mess. It's great just like this. Very spicy and delicious. And these crackers are my favorite Back To Nature crackers. Very crisp with tasty flax seeds.