Friday, March 13, 2009

Vegan Convenience

Dinner tonight, one of my favorites:

Polenta cakes with chunky tomatoes, Italian soysage, and wilted spinach
Steamed carrots and yellow squash
Strawberry-coconut-banana-flax smoothie

I had the dinner ready in about 30 minutes thanks to carefully chosen convenience items: canned tomatoes with garlic and basil, refrigerated polenta, readymade soysage, and washed spinach. Easy, colorful, and tasty. And it beats a preservative, chemical, and saturated fat laden frozen meal any day.

You?

5 comments:

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j said...

nice! ok, i think i found my first all vegan meal that i can make easily. :)

how do you cook your polenta? i've had it and i like it, but i didn't cook it. :)

lazy susie said...

What a lovely pile of veggies.

I ate out on Friday night, which meant a salad, garlic mashed potatoes, and asparagus. The chef was kind enough to put a vegetarian (but not vegan; at least he tried) lunch on the menu for me. In our 16 years in this town, I'm the only one to request vegetarian meals.

At one restaurant I was told that I had to order an entree or leave; I couldn't just order appetizers and cobble them together into a meal. They allowed me to stay after I told them that I didn't eat meat and pointed out that all their entrees were meat. The waiter had to discuss it with the owner first though. I think that she had trouble finding him; he was constantly squirreled away in the apartment above the restaurant impregnating young waitresses. TMI?

Anonymous said...

We had your chick pea noodle soup! Sooo good! I love your menus and the photos of the food you have prepared. Thanks for taking the time to blog what you are having for dinner. I have used many of you ideas!

W.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful!