Alternative: Cinnamon Roll Ala Mode

Quick processed food treat.  Not healthy.  Not recommended for daily consumption...but it's an easy treat so go for it!

1 package Immaculate Cinnamon Rolls
1 pint Soy Dream Butter Pecan Frozen Dessert

1: Preheat oven to 350.

2: Unwrap rolls and place into a bread pan or small casserole dish.

2: Bake for 25 minutes or until rolls are browned at the edges

3: Drizzle frosting over rolls

4: Stack rolls on top of one another in tray and serve

5: I like mine with a scoop of butter pecan ice cream.  Yum!

Cheesy Goulash

2/3 package of Garofalo Pasta (I used Casarecce cut)
1 15 oz can of organic tomato sauce
2 tbsp Earth balance
1 tsp minced garlic
1/2 red onion
1/3 cup Daiya cheddar shreds
a bit of parsley or oregano

1: Boil pasta according to direction, the Casarecce I used was ready in 11 minutes.  Strain and set aside.

2: Chop onion and saute with garlic and Earth Balance.  I used 2 tbsp of this previously made garlic butter instead.

3: Add tomato sauce and and cook on medium-low heat.

4: Add the pasta (2/3 of the package, as the entire package will make a dry pasta) and parsley/oregano and stir until mixed.

5: Add Daiya and stir in until melted. 

6: Serve immediately, as the sauce is quickly absorbed by the pasta.

Brooke's Quinoa Medley

1 cup quinoa
1 cup water
1/2 cup black beans
1/2 cup corn
1/2 cup olive oil
chopped red onion, tomato, red pepper and fresh basil
minced fresh garlic, salt, pepper and balsamic vinegar


1: One cup of quinoa and one cup of water in saucepan and lightly salt water.
2: Bring to boil and once boiling, cover and lower heat to a simmer for 15 minutes or until quinoa has absorbed all the water and appears translucent.
3: Once cooked, pour into serving bowl and fluff with fork and allow to cool.
4: Drain black bean and corn and add 1/2 cup of each to quinoa.
5: Add chopped red onion, tomato, red pepper, fresh basil and fold into cooked quinoa.
6: In side bowl mix 1/2 cup of olive oil and minced fresh garlic, salt, pepper and add balsamic vinegar if you like (eyeball 3 tablespoons). You can also add dry italian herbs to the mix.
7: Pour wet ingredients over quinoa and gently fold in.
8: Let sit in refrigerator for an hour so it gets absorbed.

You can also double this recipe and play around with portions to fit your liking.

I recently enjoyed this dish at a family dinner and it was so delicious, I had to share.  Yum!

Spicy Burrito

 

jalapeno cilantro tortillas

1/2 red pepper and 1/2 green pepper

1/2 onion

1 can black beans
1 cup white rice
salsa

guacamole

cumin

1: Saute sliced peppers and onions

 

2: Cook beans with 2 tbsp water and enough cumin to suit your taste

3: Cook rice according to typical instruction (1 cup rice, 2 cups boiling water, reduce to low heat and cover for 20 minutes).  Add parsley and a bit of olive oil to flavor.

4: Assemble into a burrito and enjoy.


I made this to resemble Qdoba style vegetarian burritos.

Chocolate Vanilla Float

1/2 cup So Delicious Coconut Milk Chocolate Ice Cream
1/2 cup A&W Cream Soda

You know what to do!  :)

Tomato & Sunflower Seed Bread

3 small campari tomatoes

1/2 cup sunflower seeds

2 tbsp McCormick Bak'n Pieces

2 tbsp California French Dressing, Catalina or similar red dressing

1 small square focaccia bread, sliced

1: Slice tomatoes into wedges

 2: Add sunflower seeds and bac'n pieces to tomatoes

 

3: Gently stir in red dressing

 4: Scoop over sliced (warmed) focaccia pieces and serve immediately.

Italian Sausage Pasta

3 cups premade pasta

1 or 2 Field Roast Italian sausages
1 1/2 cup Bruschetta sauce

1/3 sweet onion

Daiya pepperjack shreds
1 tbsp Earth Balance
1 tbsp minced garlic

 1: Saute onions and garlic with Earth Balance

2: Melt Daiya into mixture and stir in pasta until mostly coated

 

3: Scoop on plate and set aside

 

 4: Slice Field Roast Italian with Eggplant sausage and saute with olive oil

 

6: Pour bruschetta in with sausage until heated

 7: Pour sauce over pasta; makes enough for two large portions or three lunch-time portions.  Enjoy!

Vanilla Mocha; Keurig-Style

 

1 K-cup sized coffee (I use Ekobrew and fill it with my own coffee!)
1/2 cup very vanilla Silk soy milk
1 tbsp Hershey's syrup

Optional: 1 tsp peppermint or vanilla syrup

1: Add Hershey's syrup (and optional syrups) to the bottom of coffee cup
2: Brew one 8 oz. or 10 oz. cup of coffee

3: Separately, in a pot, add soy milk on medium heat

 4: Whisk the soy milk until it is very foamy.

5: Add to coffee/syrup mix and enjoy!

Taco Burger

1 pack of Gardein meatless ground
Daiya Pepperjack shreds
focaccia bread
1/4 sweet onion
1 tsp chopped garlic
1 tomato
avocado/guacamole
cumin & paprika






1: Saute meatless ground in one tsp olive oil with chopped onion and garlic

 2: Add paprika and cumin, 1 tsp at a time until seasoned to taste.  Then add about 1/3 cup Daiya and stir until melted

3: Cut focaccia bread  in half and melt Daiya on the bottom half and spread avocado/guacamole on top half.
4: Add meatless mixture, tomato, lettuce and onion. 

*Loved this sandwich!  I saved the meatless mixture and the next day, made a taco pizza using a pita as a base and simply melted Daiya, added the meatless mixture and put a little guacamole on top!  Yum!

Creamy Potato Salad

10 russet or red (or both!) potatoes
2 stalks celery
1/2 red onion
1 large dill pickle
6 radishes
Vegenaise
mustard
celery seed
salt & pepper

1: Peel and cut 10 potatoes into cubes and boil until medium soft (too soft and they will be mash!)
2: Strain potatoes in a colander and run very cold water over them to stop them from cooking
3: Slice the celery, onion, pickle and 4 of the radishes and add to the a large bowl with the potatoes
4: Add two generous scoops of Vegenaise along with about 3 tablespoons of mustard and slowly fold the ingredients together, so as not to mash anything
5: Add the celery seed and salt and pepper to your taste preference.  I like to add more mustard just because I like a little more of a tangy taste.
6: Slice the remaining 2 radishes and place over the top of your salad and serve!  YUM!

Updated recipe here.