This is the "Red Beans and Rice Casserole" from Vegan Fire & Spice. Well, it kind of is. I did my usual hefty dose of modifications. For starters, I didn't even use red beans. Ha.

Beans & Rice Casserole (with my changes)
1 cup chopped onion (about 1 onion)
1/2 c. chopped red bell pepper (don't like peppers...used some celery I had lying around ( Read more... )

I found this recipe randomly the other day and decided it was perfect for New Year's Eve, too... given how unhealthy and awesome it is, and that it's mexican food which I always love.  I'm not big on fake meats really, but these were okay, if very different from the kind of thing I normally eat.  My friend chowed down.

Soy Chicken Taquitos

1 lb. ( Read more... )

This is the taco dip that my former vegan roommate Melissa and I used to make to accompany our margaritas.  It's super easy, but crazy fattening... but still surprisingly tasty.  I hadn't made it in forever and I thought it might be a good New Year's Eve treat.

Annette & Melissa's Lazy Taco Dip
1 container of Tofutti vegan cream cheese ( ( Read more... )

Breakfast burritos are possibly my favorite breakfast food; I mean really... spicy mexican food for breakfast?  Awesome.  This is a very basic recipe I invented that's kind of my staple as far as breakfast burritos go.

Annette's Basic Breakfast Burritos
1 block silken extra firm tofu, chopped into small dice
2 small potatoes, scrubbed and chopped
1/2 a ( Read more... )

This is my all-time favorite hearty winter/fall soup.  It has a really complex flavor and it's leagues more delicious than chili.  I used to make it using an entire can of chipotles, and would make myself eat it all even though my stomach was on fire (and for me to say it's too hot and nearly inedible, you know it's hot).  This time I used 3 ( Read more... )

When I lived with another vegan in Indiana, she used to make burritos with a filling kind of like this. I think I successfully recreated it here, although the sauce I used tonight was a bit too salty.

Tofu Enchiladas1 small onion, diced ( Read more... )

At Trader Joe's today I found some soy chorizo for pretty cheap (I think it was like... $1.99).  Even though I really am not that into fake meats, it sounded kind of interesting and I'd never seen it before so I got 2 packs to try.  I've never had real chorizo before so I had no idea what to expect, really.

I'm not sure how I feel about it.  I think ( Read more... )

While I was in NY, we fired up the grill a couple times to make some tasty meals.  These are the black bean burritos from vegweb.com that I make sometimes; the filling is quick, easy, and cheap.  We folded the burritos (sundried tomato shells) and let them sit for a few minutes so they'd settle into burrito-shape, and then grilled them a few ( Read more... )

I  saw these lentil tacos and couldn't resist making them.  For the lentil filling I reverted to the original recipe that person posted:

• 1 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 teaspoon canola oil
• 1 cup dried red lentils, rinsed
• 1 tablespoon chili powder

So, I've had homemade guac before but B. made this for me on my birthday (plus one additional day because I love love loved it so much)... it's the best guac in the universe.   I of course will never be able to make it this good, because I will never have the patience to mince the ingredients as tiny as he does (we're talking microscopic mincing ( Read more... )