May 27, 2008

Scrambled Tofu & Potatoes and Chickpea & Potato Casserole

What do these two things have in common? Not much other than they are a couple more recipes I came up with over the weekend. I'm not sure which of the two was our favorite as they were both quite tasty. (You'll have to forgive us as we forgot to take pictures again.)

Scrambled Tofu & Potatoes

Ingredients:

  • 1 package extra firm tofu, pressed and cubed
  • 2-3 medium russet potatoes cubed
  • 1 medium onion chopped
  • 1/2 medium green pepper chopped
  • 1 8oz can tomato sauce
  • 1/4c tomato paste
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • Chili powder
  • Garlic salt
  • Oregano
  • Black pepper

Directions:

  • In a large skillet add olive oil, green pepper, and half of the onion and cook over high heat for approximately 7 min. Lower to medium-high heat and add the potatoes. Season potatoes with garlic salt, pepper, and chili powder as desired.
  • While the potato mixture is cooking, in a separate skillet, add tofu, half of the tomato sauce, and the rest of the onion. Cook for approximately 10 minutes over medium heat until tofu is cooked and sauce is absorbed.
  • Add tofu mixture to potato mixture in the large skillet. Add tomato paste and the rest of the tomato sauce. Continue cooking 5-10 minutes over medium heat seasoning with chili powder, garlic salt, pepper, and oregano as desired.

Update: You can now see a picture of the Scrambled Tofu & Potatoes here.


Chickpea & Potato Casserole

Ingredients:

  • 3c Chickpea gravy from Vegan With A Vengeance
  • 2c cooked chickpeas or 1 15.5 oz can drained and rinsed
  • 3-4 medium russet potatoes cubed
  • 3-4 carrots chopped

Directions:

  • Pre-heat oven to 425F
  • In a casserole dish, add potatoes, carrots, chickpeas and gravy, mixing thoroughly. Cover dish with lid or tinfoil.
  • Cook for 30 min. Stir thoroughly, replace cover, and cook for an additional 10-15 minutes.

May 24, 2008

Three Day Weekend Begins

So the Memorial Day three day weekend has begun, and begun with a bang. Last night Jenn and I kicked off the weekend by breaking out a bucket of frozen Margarita's and perusing the Internets for some of our favorite musics from the 80's and 90's.

Hanson, Ja Rule, Aerosmith, Elvis, Snoop Dogg, Coolio...it was a riot to go through and remember all the old songs we would dance (or yes, even skate) to in our younger years.

We whipped up another batch of pancakes for breakfast the morning, and we're getting ready to watch Dangerous Minds - our nostalgia weekend continues!

May 21, 2008

:D

Happy anniversary baby!

May 19, 2008

Bowling!

Friday night Jenn and I decided to meet up with some of our friends and try our luck on the lanes at Diversey River Bowl.

We met up with three of our friends and the five of us rolled a couple of neck and neck games - we may not be professional bowlers, but boy howdy we have a lot of fun. After finishing our games we ducked into the pool lounge and played a few rounds of 8-ball, which was extremely enjoyable as Jenn and I paired up on the last game of the night. As with everything else in life we take to each other naturally, and really played well off each other.

We'll update here shortly with pictures from the evening. Stay tuned!

Update: The pictures have finally been posted! Click here to see them!

May 14, 2008

Easy Peasy 'French Toast'

I came up with this recipe this morning and made it for Jeremy and I for breakfast. He seemed to approve :)

Ingredients:

  • 2-3 3/4" thick pieces of french bread per person
  • Earth Balance or non-fat cooking spray
  • Peanut butter (creamy kind works best)
  • Syrup (I like Sugar Free Log Cabin)

Directions:

  • Heat griddle pan over medium-high heat
  • If using Earth Balance, lightly butter both sides of each piece of bread
  • If not using Earth Balance, lightly spray griddle pan with cooking spray
  • Place bread on pan, cook each side until golden brown
  • Place on plate
  • Lightly coat top side of each piece of bread with peanut butter
  • Cover with desired amount of syrup
  • Consume

The only bad thing about coming up with recipes at 6am is that it's easy to forget to take pictures before consuming the yummy goodness so you'll just have to imagine what it would look like. If yours comes out black and charred, you did it wrong ;)