Welcome to Monk Island, a food blog with a new perspective. This blog documents my experiences as a roaming vegan with limited time, money, and resources. I search the land for simple, plant-based meals for one person, and I share those here with you. This blog is for herbivores on the go who don't live in the kitchen, don't have a kitchen, or don't have a home. No politics or extremist rants. Just peace, respect, and veggies.
Friday, December 25, 2020
More Vegan Christmas Hors d’oeuvres
Sunday, December 20, 2020
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.
Monday, December 17, 2018
Vegan Holiday Party 2018
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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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!
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Vegan Key Lime Tarts |








