Mad About Udon

Recipe from How It All Vegan:

• 2 cups fresh tomatoes, chopped
• 1 cup fresh basil, chopped
• 1/4 small red onion, minced
• 1/8 tsp black pepper
• 3 cloves garlic, grated or finely chopped
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 French baguette, halved and sliced
• 2 tbsp flax oil

Preheat over to 400F.  In a small bowl combine tomato, basil, onion, and pepper, and mix well. Set aside. In a small bowl, still together the garlic and olive oil. With a knife, spread garlic mixture over each slice and arrange bread on baking sheet. Place in oven and bake until lightly toasted (5-7 min). Place bread on serving tray and spoon tomato mixture on top. Drizzle with flax oil befor serving. Serve immediately.

This is one of my favourite new recipes! Yum! What I like best about this recipe (which I christen an enormous success!) is how alluring the ingredients smelled during preparation. This would be a good recipe to “make” when you omni friends/relatives are visiting. “Oh my god, what are you making?  It’s smells amazing.” “Oh, I’m just doing a little vegan cooking…” It’s also super easy and cheap, and the product is very photogenic. As you can tell, it also pairs well with red wine!

Aside: onions make my cat Sasha cry. She likes to hang around the kitchen looking for attention, and aften some prolonged onion-chopping, little tears pour out of her eyes. Collective AWWW.

Sasha when she’s not crying:

-Maureen

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I came across PC Guacamole Seasoning Mix yesterday. It looks like a jar of salsa and contains all wholesome ingredients; no chemical voodoo. Just add 3 avocados to 3/4 cup mix et voila! Tastes like heaven.

Happy long weekend!

-Maureen