Weekend Review…
By Monica on October 9th, 2007
Instead of using my long ‘holiday’ weekend to cook up new elaborate feasts, I opted to make several easy, snackie foods that we could eat whilst lounging on the couch catching up on movies. So much for productivity!
I always thought eggs were disgusting and would rarely eat them unless disguised in baked goods, so giving up eggs was a snap even though I have hens which lay the most gorgeous brown and blue eggs! Nevertheless, in my omni-days, about once a year I would make egg salad. This satisfies that craving quite well!
Your Basic Eggless Egg Salad
1 block extra firm tofu, dried well and crumbled
1 small red onion, finely diced
1 stalk celery, finely diced
3/4 cup Vegenaise
1/4 cup pickle relish
2T mustard
2t dried dill
1t taragon
pinch of cayenne pepper
Then we moved on to Jess’s Sick Soup, which is truly delicious. I omitted the mushrooms as usual, but added a handful of green beans and sugar snap peas. This is definitely a recipe I’ll make again, and it’s a great excuse to eat more crusty Italian bread (like I need an excuse, I’m a carb addict.)
And finally, blueberry pancakes. I always make too many pancakes, which I think are disgusting reheated, so the dogs typically get a breakfast treat on pancake day. They enjoyed the pancakes thoroughly!
The Little Vegan says:
Darn it! You uncovered my secret plan ;o).
October 9th, 2007 at 9:24 am
VeggieGirl says:
oooh, the blueberry pancakes, soup, and the eggless egg salad (I was never really a fan of eggs on their own either, before going vegan - but it’s fun to have “egg” alternatives now, haha) look great!
October 9th, 2007 at 11:16 am
Kumudha says:
Visiting for the first time. Wonderful recipes with nice pictures!
October 9th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
urbanvegan says:
I adore eggless egg salad–with loads of relish. Your photos are so pretty.
October 10th, 2007 at 7:11 am
bazu says:
DAMN! Those pancakes are unbelievable! I want my pancakes to look more like your pancakes.
Oh, and I know exactly how you feel about eggs- there are so many things I didn’t like before going vegan (lasagna, beef stroganoff, etc.) that I like now!
Ooooh, you have chickens? Please post some photos of them- I have a small farm animal obsession. =)
October 10th, 2007 at 7:35 am
Monica says:
Aww, you guys are making me blush! UrbanVegan, thanks for the picture comment. I’m just using a silly point and shoot, while my husband is trying to talk me into the gazillion dollar SLR.
Bazu, this pancake recipe called for 4 Tablespoons of baking powder. It was crazy, the pancakes were an inch thick! I thought they were going to come bursting out of the pan at me!
October 10th, 2007 at 8:24 am
Turbo Couch Sitting « Bouncy Czech says:
[...] November 6th, 2007 at 11:43 pm (Uncategorized) I think I must have broken records in couch abuse today. Ok, so I got up to pee and eat this great eggless egg salad shared by Monica but that’s about it. Ok, so maybe I went to exercise in the evening but still - the couch stayed dented. I have powers! [...]
November 6th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
Veggie says:
It’s scary how realistic your eggless egg salad looks!
November 7th, 2007 at 8:31 pm