Veggie soup

veggie soup with pesto from panerabread

lunch

My birthday lunch was from Tomato Head.  Always delicious, this is my favorite:

The Vegan sandwich on wheat with potato chips, and a slice of key lime pie.

macaroni peas & seitan

I love this yummy comfort snack. I boil the macaroni noodles and add the frozen peas in during the last 5 minutes of boiling.  I then add about a tablespoon of earth balance, tofutti cream cheese, and a mix of different cheeses.  This one had swiss and cheddar cheeses.  I add enough soy milk to make it very creamy and add seasonings such as, s+p, garlic, flaxseed, and turmeric. I like to add a dash of bragg’s near the end too.

lunch today

Asian noodles (from Earth Fare) with vegan soy nuggets, walnuts and spinach

the vegan sandwich

from Tomato Head

One of my favorites.  Tofu, pesto, spinach, shredded carrot, onion, sprouts

tomato basil pasta

Such a lovely light, summery vegetarian pasta that I enjoy occasionally for lunch or dinner.  This makes enough for 1-2 people.

Tomato Basil pasta

Ingredients:

1 T evoo
1 clove of garlic
1 shallot
1 lg tomato
1-2 T basil
2 -3 T spinach
2-3 handfuls of bowties
couple artichoke hearts, quartered
a squeeze of lemon

Add whatever you like, this is pasta you can’t mess this up.  To keep it simple, you really only need tomato, basil, garlic, olive oil, s + p and some type of pasta.

First, get the ingredients chopped up.  Start the pasta boiling and warm the evoo in a sauce pot.  Add the garlic & shallot to the evoo and saute on medium low heat for a few minutes.  Then, add the tomatoes and cook several minutes on medium heat.  Season with s + p, add the basil and spinach and cook a few more minutes.  Add the artichokes (I love artichokes and try to sneak them in anywhere I can) and squeeze of lemon, along with the bowtie pasta.  Stir together, if you like add parmesan or nutritional yeast.

lunch

I have been putting all the garden veggies to use, just too exhausted and busy to take some pretty photos of my dishes.  All of the veggies below are from the garden, sweet!

My lunch yesterday:

cold orzo salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, onion, garlic, olive oil, basil, s + p

My lunch today:

raw veggie sandwich:  cucumber, zucchini, squash, basil pesto veganaise

lunch

our lunch from the glowing body, north downtown knox: glowingbody.net/cafe

ALT [avocado, lettuce, tomato] w/ veggie chips and moroccan mint green tea… Delicious, I think I could eat this daily.

guac & chips

the vegan

the vegan sandwich from tomato head:  tofu, pesto, sprouts, onion, tomato on whole wheat with a side of pasta veggie salad

dinner leftovers

For lunch:

veggie side salad, lemon potatoes, hummus & naan bread, with veggie morningstar crumbles for extra protein.