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!