I Love Big Lots

They have lots of items that for one reason or

another, didn't succeed in a regular store. For

instance, today I saw bags of Pringles Potato

Chips. I was able to scarf up several bottles

of this Annie's dressing for 80 cents each. The

wafer cookies were vegan also. The JujyFruits

were just an impulse item at the checkout.

Day After Leftovers...

Spinach, Stuffing, Celebration Roast, Mashed
Potatoes all topped with Whole Food's Wild
Mushroom Gravy.

Thanksgiving Fixins

GRAVY

Wild Mushroom Gravy from Whole Foods.

MASHED POTATOES...

I boiled..

..and mashed five pounds of Yukon Gold potatoes

with a stick of Earth Balance, a cup of TJ's Soy

Creamer and some Roasted Garlic.

STUFFING

This Pepperidge Farm Stuffing mix is vegan,

but does contain High Fructose Corn Syrup.

You just boil 2 1/2 cups of veggie broth w/eight

tablespoons of Earth Balance, dump in the bag

of stuffing mix...

and a cup of sauteed celery, onions & peppers

BREAK

This buffet server is to keep things hot when

there's no room in the oven.

SPINACH

Seven and a half pounds of spinach was steamed

down to this:

DESSERT

Costco Apple Pie is apparently vegan.

My Birthday

Mr. SV brought in dinner (Curry Supreme) tonight

from our favorite restaurant, Sunflower.

And I baked myself the worst cake ever. Dry

and crumbly -- those white bits are stale

confectioners sugar.

Once-A-Year Pumpkin Pie

I baked the pumpkin.

Scraped out the innards.


Pureed with silken tofu.

Added sugar & vanilla....


...salt, cinnamon, ginger and cloves.


Spread it into a Keebler Graham Cracker pie
shell.
.
Baked it for an hour.



I only make this pie once a year and I am no
longer bringing it to Thanksgiving dinner because
I'm sick of hearing 'Ewww! There's tofu in it????'
Well, screw you, more for me!

Vegan Suet

When the weather gets frosty, I keep these
treats out for the birds, squirrels and
raccoons.

I combine inexpensive peanut butter with

corn meal (some people include flour).

Mix it into a putty-like consistency.

and create these patties that fit in standard

suet feeders. I store them in the fridge.

It may take a few days to get noticed, but once

it does, the birds -- woodpeckers, nuthatches,

tufted titmice and, unfortunately, starlings --

will come. Often, a squirrel will manage to

open the holder and just take off with the

whole patty. I take that as a compliment.

(Try to avoid putting them out before a

rainstorm).

Whole Foods Stuffed Seitan Cutlets

Just in time for Thanksgiving, Whole Foods

has Stuffed Seitan Cutlets in their prepared

foods case. The cutlets are stuffed with wild

rice and cranberries and coated in bread

crumbs. They're about $4 each, but

I believe they're worth it.

Weekly Soup - Split Pea

This week's soup was CPK's Split Pea Soup.
Started with boiling the peas with onions, herbs
and spices.

Pureeing the pea soup.

Adding carrots and celery...

...and cooked barley.

It was not as good as CPK's, but it was very
delicious. I would make this recipe again.

Taste Of Burma

Lunch today was at Taste Of Burma in Sterling.

We started with the Samosas and Fermented

Tea Leaf Salad

I had Tofu and Pickled Mustard Greens.

Mr. SV had Spicy Stir Fry Vegetables.

The portions are small and the food

is expensive but it's good for a rare

treat. I wish I could provide more

details, but the website is currently

down.

Spicy Vegan Chicken

Whole Foods had the Spicy Vegan Chicken on

the hot bar today. Colorful and flavorful. I

am so lucky to work near a Whole Foods.

Weekly Soup - Butternut Squash

Roast.

Mash.

Boil with onions, cinnamon and curry.

Puree

Add TJ's Soy Creamer.

Wonder why picture of soup is green....

Grains, Squash & Beans

I mashed up some roasted acorn squash and
served it atop quinoa with a sprinkling of
black beans. An excellent combo. Mr. SV
approved!

$3/350 Calorie Lunch

Yes, I ate all three servings the package says

it contains, but it only totals up to 330 calories.

With a drizzle of Mushroom Gravy, it was an

inexpensive and delicious meal.

Lunch At Home

I was telecommuting today, so I just made an

open-faced Avocado, Spinach, Tomato and

Goddess Dressing Sandwich on Trader Joe's

multi-grain bread. I still cant figure out what

to eat for dinner, but if it's something different

I'll post the pics.

Veggie Sub

I brought some Yves 'Salami' to have with my
Veggie Sub from A Deli in Herndon today, but it
was totally unnecessary. The sub was delicious
without the faux meat. Piled high with lettuce,
tomato, onions, sweet peppers, hot peppers and
oil & vinegar. A Deli currently has the best
subs in Herndon. It's all in the bread.

Weekly Soup - Chili

My usual chili recipe. This week I added sliced

creminis.