Almost Vegan

I love to munch. (I little too much actually)
Luckily, as a vegan there are plenty of things to munch on.
One of my favorites, especially with guests, is crackers and cheese. These California Pantry Gourmet Sesame Water Crackers are great. Extremely simple water crackers with a nice sesame flavor.
Try them with Havarti and Dill, Blue Moon Soy cheese. Their Gouda is really good too.

It’s actually tofu with some mushrooms, green onions, and spinach. Really yummy. Also a very good source of precious protein, which we vegans need badly. I’ve been vegan a long time and I feel the lack of protein in my body. Tofu helps.
A great thing to do with these “eggs” is toss a tortilla in that hot pan, cook a minute, turn it over. Place a heap of those “eggs” on it, then a generous amount of Feta Crumbles (see previous post) and make a fantastic breakfast quesadilla.
Serve with guacamole and chow.

First I found Blue Moon Feta Soy Cheese, and that is really wonderful. Now, I happened upon Del Sunshine Feta Crumbles. I love Blue Moon soy cheese, it is definitely gourmet.
But I must admit, Del Sunshine Feta is great for the mass amount they give you, for a most reasonable price. My 1lb bag was only $2.63, a steal!
And for that amount of money it is great feta soy cheese. I have so much of it, I am using it on everything. Pasta salad, scrambled “eggs” (mashed tofu, of course) I even made a really mean quesadilla with it the other night.
It’s almost vegan = contains casein (milk derivative)

But look at these Prime Pastries Croissants, real croissants, and there are no dairy ingredients listed. Now there is a disclaimer on the back of the bag: MAY CONTAIN TRACE AMOUNTS OF MILK INGREDIENTS. But I was so curious as to how they tasted, I was willing to take that risk. (I’m almost vegan for God’s sake)
They are really tasty.
Am I bad, you think…?

An Almost Vegan reader sent me this email today, which I very much appreciate. He is a programmer and IT guy, I could tell this by his website which I found at the end of his email address –> Joey’s Site.
———————–
Hey there, don’t know if you’ve ever heard of Dixie Diner’s Club or not but check it out: http://www.dixiediner.com

I found it when looking for some vegetarian sloppy joe mix(and found vegan!). I haven’t had much from there, but the chicken nuggets aren’t bad, and the sloppy joe mix can’t be beat!

A note for the chicken nuggets though, get some barbecue sauce from the store, don’t use the dip that comes with it.
Thought I’d let you know! Love the site by the way!
–Joey

———————–
Thanks so much, Joey.

The Original Boca Burgers are vegan, and not a bad tasting burger.

You have to be careful with Boca and Morning Farms especially. I always want to eat their stuff, but much of Boca has cheese in it and almost all of Morning Farms has egg inside.
Boca’s stuff is fairly well marked.
I was out to lunch with a client that would not really get or (I think) appreciate vegan. (nice guy though) He took me to Bennigans and I was so happy to see a Boca Burger on the menu I jumped at it.
It was really, really good. Very thick and juicy. Now maybe Bennigans just cooks them extremely well or…maybe they serve the Boca Burgers with cheese in them.
I realized they have 2 different kinds later and I don’t have the heart to call up Bennigans and ask. Oh well, no big deal either way, but I really wanted that burger to be vegan.

I made Uncle Ben’s Rice Pudding, using soy milk and soy margarine (optional), tonight and it was extra special.

My one complaint/suggestion: Put in more raisins, there are no where near enough included in the box.
Good and easy to make and completely vegan.
Happy New Year Everyone!

I love this stuff!

If you haven’t tried it, go out before the holidays are over and get some Silk Nog. It is better than the real thing!
Available at Wal-Mart.

This year my family is stopping by on Sunday and I’m gonna do it. I’m gonna make them eat vegan. (Don’t tell them, it’s a surprise!)
But I am going to make Green Been Casserole…Vegan Style. Now I can pull this off, (I think) even with them cause low and behold French’s Original French Fried Onions are vegan!

But here’s the twist…

Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup is not vegan, though Imagine’s Creamy Portobello Mushroom Soup is, but not condensed. I am going to play with the ratio of soy milk to mushroom soup and see how it goes…I’ll let you know.
Happy Holidays!!!!!

These Barbbara’s Bakery, Shredded Oats, Vanilla Almond are great. I taste-tested them in my health food store and then grabbed them.

Very healthy and very delicious. Vegan food from Canada.