Mad About Udon

Good news–I got my degree on the mail (having skipped convocation). So I officially have my Bachelor of Science in Biopharmaceutical Sciences (concentration Medicinal Chemistry). Whoo whoo!!

*crushes beer can on head*

Okay, so onto the food, I have so much to post. I’ve been re-making a couple recipes just for convenience. The other day I made falafels again from The Garden of Vegan. Let me tell you, that book is on fire! No seriously, it’s on fire, I turned the wrong element on (like I do every time!!) and it caught fire. Now my book is charred but my favourite recipes are intact so it’s all good.

Other foodz:

Banana Bread. I’ve made this before but with vanilla icing. Chocolate is equally good.

Grilled melons and pineapple with So Good soy vanilla ice cream

Not-yet-barbecued kebabs. I used PC Blue Menu Marinated Tofu and red and yellow peppers drizzed with oil and sprinkled with various herbs. Loblaws has been out of zucchini for like, a week (!!), and so peppers were the only vegetable I could come up with. Unfortunately, the BBQ was out of propane so I just baked these instead (didn’t get a picture, oops)… we’ll try again with the BBQ next week I think.

Another batch of Thai red curry, this time with little grilled tofu squares and served over brown rice vermicelli (upper left).

My friend “T” and I were wandering around the city last weekend, on a sweltering summer’s day, looking for a place to eat. We ended up at Sushi Go, right in the Byward Market. The prices were decent (also since I make sushi at home, no price for take-out sushi is every really satisfactory) and the sushi was excellent. We were, however, a little disturbed at the “Doors-Wide-Open-and-Air-Conditioner-Blaring” policy that Sushi Go and every other restaurant/cafe/business in the Market seemed to operate. Is it even remotely ethical or responsible—in this current age of environmental concern and reform—to engage in such a business practice?

TGIF!

-Maureen

This post has been brought to you by Jake, my catsitting charge last week, seen here crunching data and compressing files.

Today is the last day of classes at the U of O and hopefully also the beginning of a more active blog :). Here are a few of the meals that I have been consuming over the last month.

I <3 bean burritos

I last mentioned these tasty burritos in my guacamole post. The “recipe” has not changed significantly since then! All it requires is frying up some onions, mushrooms and black beans with a little soy sauce and whatever spices and herbs are within reach.

More sushi?

Yes, here is yet another post about sushi! This batch contained baked tofu, boiled sweet potato, avocado and a mixture of fried onions, mushrooms and soy sauce (mmmmm).

Vegan pizza

I am not sure if this can really be called a pizza since the dough was really a tortilla, and I used roasted red pepper curry instead of tomato sauce. It also had sliced tomato and green onion, strips of red pepper, rosemary, capers and vegan cheese.

- Aly

I love me some sticky rice. Mmmm, carby.

Contains sliced tofu, cucumbers, carrots, tomatoes, avocado. Garnished with soy sauce, wasabi, and ginger.

-Maureen

I decided to make the “fake” sushi pictured here in December when I ran out of sushi rice. I did this by using grated carrot and clover sprouts soaked in a small amount of rice vinegar and soy sauce instead of sushi rice. The filling included bok choy, avocado, baked tofu, green onion and orange pepper. I had to roll everything with careful attention as the carrot-mixture did not stick to the nori very well. The final product was amazing and I ended up making it for lunch again the next day!

Vegan sushi recipes can be found on The PostPunkKitchen. The FFVK has some other non-traditional sushi ideas. There is also a dessert sushi recipe over at dr. stonielove’s bewildered beast!

- Aly