Breakfast Meats Are My Crack

My boyfriend and I make breakfast together most Saturday and Sunday mornings. Usually my choice of food is an egg white omelet with an crapload of mushrooms and spinach. One thing that I have had a problem with, while attempting to eat less animal products, is getting rid of that "breakfast meat." Mind you, we would either eat turkey bacon, turkey sausages, or roast beef hash (eep!).

Last weekend, it just so happened that my local Waldbaum's had Morningstar breakfast "meats" on sale - 2 for $5! What better time to try them than that?!

I bought the Morningstar Bacon Strips AND the Original Veggie Sausage Patties. I could not explain to you how excited I was to try them. I rushed home, took out my omlet pan and actually cooked one individual sausage patty. After it looked done enough, I quickly cut off a piece and...fell in love (while burning my tongue)! Yes, they were that good! As a testament to these Sausage Patties, I can tell you that my vegetable-hating boyfriend, and THE PICKIEST eater I have ever met, loved them!! If I didn't know any better, you could convince me they were the real deal!

The bacon strips were a little less exciting. Although a little off-putting in color, they satisfy that smoky, bacon craving with a little bit of crunch. My boyfriend did not hate these, either, and actually ate half the package with me during our usual weekend breakfast pig out! :)

So although not vegan (and the sausages are made of TVP, which a lot of y'all be hatin' on), I think both are a perfect, meatless substitute! If nothing else, they are a lot less unhealthy than the real thing, and I don't think they sacrifice much of the taste.

This fake meat experience was A LOT better than the time when I tried veggie dogs. ::vomits::

Tofu Scamble Terror

Last week, I decided to make a tofu scramble for dinner. I love me a good tofu scramble, that's for sure. Load it up with spinach and mushrooms and I'm in heaven. Now, usually I flavor my own scrambles with the spices I have on hand (always including Turmeric for that yellow, eggy look). This time around, I decided to try a packet of the Fantastic World Foods Tofu Scrambler.


I really, really wish I hadn't done that because I wasted a pound of perfectly good tofu on this not-so delicious seasoning. It smelled terrible and tasted like a moldy kind of sawdust, with some rolled oats thrown in for good measure. It was completely NOT salvageable and I threw out the rest of the seasoning packets without giving it a second thought.

I also have a box of Fantastic World Foods Nature's Burger Mix but after this experience, I'm a little scared to try it!

I've Been Away

But I did get to enjoy some yummy food in North Carolina, like these awesome home-made scrambled eggs with baby portabella mushrooms, onions, and American cheese.



I'm enjoying my new camera. :)

Fat-Free Vegan Strawberry Banana Muffins

I've been updating this blog like a mad woman!

Today I decided to make fat-free vegan muffins that sounded super delicious. The recipe was actually posted by another chikkie in the vegan cooking community on Livejournal. I decided to give it a go since the recipe was super simple and well...yum! I'm SO glad I did!



Ingredients:
2 ripe bananas, mashed
1 1/4 c. sugar
2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. soymilk
1 tsp. vanilla
15 or so strawberries, chopped.

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 F. "Cream" together bananas and sugar. Mix together dry ingredients and add, then blend in soy milk and vanilla. Make sure it's well mixed, then quickly stir in the strawberries (the more you stir once they're in, the more squished-up they get). Grease muffin tins, and spoon in. This made 12 large muffins for me. Bake 25-20 minutes.

These muffins are about 170 calories a pop and super delicious! Even my vegan-food hating boyfriend liked them!

Breakfast This Morning

Mmm...Kashi GoLean cereal, fresh strawberries, soy milk, and a banana.