Are you thinking about ham for the holidays?
For God’s sake don’t do it! There’s so much good food out there that has nothing to do with animal pain and suffering.
Zucchini Gazpacho With Basil and Yogurt
Serves 4| Hands-On Time: 15m| Total Time: 15m
Ingredients
4 scallions, chopped
3 cucumbers, sliced
2 zucchini, sliced
3/4 cup olive oil, plus more for drizzling
1/2 cup fresh basil leaves, plus more for serving
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup plain yogurt (not Greek), plus more for serving
kosher salt and black pepper
Directions
- Puree the scallions, cucumbers, zucchini, oil, basil, and lemon juice in a blender until smooth.
- Add the yogurt and 1 teaspoon each salt and pepper and pulse to combine.
- Serve topped with additional yogurt, torn basil, and pepper. Drizzle with olive oil.
By Lindsay Hunt, July, 2014 via realsimple.com –>
Make it vegan
Purchase some vegan yogurt. There are many different brands on the market. Find something plain.
Or make your own vegan yogurt. I found good instructions on this website and the author claims it is easy, although I have never tried it myself. Make your own vegan yogurt –>
Vegan Salad Dressing from Fox News – Yes, Fox News!
I found a number of what look to be very tasty vegan salad dressings on FOX News, no less. What they were doing on there, I don’t know. Here’s the vegan Caesar Dressing:
Vegan Caesar Salad Dressing
Serves 6
• 1/2 cup raw cashews
• 1/2 cup sesame seeds
• Juice of 1 large lemon
• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1/3 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 1/3 cup organic vegetable broth or waterPuree all in a blender or food processor; pulse until smooth. Adjust ingredients as necessary for desired taste and texture.
gardein – garden grown protein
These gardein meat-free, meat products are so good. Just had a couple of their beefless sliders. I am starting to use the beefless tips in all sorts of dishes. And I just got a few suggestions/recipes on their website. – http://gardein.com
My brand new Mejier store in South Haven, Michigan has a large selection of gardein, garden grown protein so I have a whole new vegan resource to indulge in.
Real Simple – Vegan Recipes
I love Real Simple magazine as well as their website and their very nice eNewsletter. Here’s a great article – 20 Easy Vegan Dinner Recipes, Real Simple >>>
Thanksgiving 2013
If you are looking for something different for your vegan Thanksgiving main entree instead of Tofurkey, which I love, look for this from Field Roast —
Hazelnut Cranberry Roast En Croute
Made exclusively for the holidays – a rich, hazelnut-infused vegetarian grain meat stuffed with Field Roast sausages, crystallized ginger, cranberries and apples – wrapped in a savory puff pastry. From family feasts to a festive dinner for two, our Hazelnut Cranberry Roast En Croute is the centerpiece to any holiday meal.
Field Roast – Vegetarian Grain Meat Sausages
It says on the wrapper of my very, very favorite fake meat – Artisan * Vegan. These are indeed artisan vegan sausages. I use these in so many dishes and they are fantastic.
cooksimple Tibetan Dal
I found a box of this Tibetan Dal by cooksimple at my local Village Market. It was on sale.
This stew was amazing. I ate it all already, though I did share it with a neighbor and friend. I had it over white rice and it was very nice.
Here it is finally, the all new and improved Almost Vegan
This is the new and improved site! Like it? I do. So sorry it took so crazy long. I have been busy doing other things. But I have so many new vegan foods to add to the blog, I just had to come back. I have a new house on 22 acres of wooded land. My neighbors are blueberry farmers so there is some good food close by, walking distance actually.
Update coming soon…
So sorry about my lack of posts for quite a while. This old Movable Type program (one of the original blogging programs) is just breaking down like mad on the backend. I am in the process of installing a new version with an updated look and moving all the posts.
Not easy and not easy to find the time, but soon, soon, promise…