Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Stuff I Ate

Some random meals! Last Tuesday, the Crosstown Memphis CDC — of which I sit on the board — hosted a National Night Out event at Crosstown Brewing Co. These events happen all over the country and give community members a chance to meet the police officers who serve their neighborhood.

Ours was potluck, and the CDC provided some free beers. I love that we invited the cops over to the brewery. Ha! Of course they didn't drink since they were on duty, but it's so very Memphis to invite cops over for beer. Anyway, the potluck wasn't very vegan-friendly, but I made a Black Bean Quinoa Mango Salad from Veganomicon and my vegan co-worker Madelyn made a Lentil Salad, so we managed to fill up on our dishes. And the non-vegans there gobbled up our vegan offerings! Pictured here with Crosstown Brewing's Peligo Mexican Imperial Chocolate Stout.


Here's a random salad I ate — with all the veggies in my fridge, plus Miyoko's Vegan Mozz and a balsamic-olive oil vinaigrette. Low oil though!


And a Tempeh-Black Bean Veggie Bowl with tempeh, kale, mushrooms, squash, broccoli, and quinoa served over rice. The veggies and tempeh were stir-fried with fermented black bean garlic paste. So good!


My friend Susan and I were invited to the grand opening of Hopdoddy's new location in East Memphis. I went with the La Bandita Burger — black bean & corn patty with vegan smoked gouda & vegan mayo.


Plus Sweet Potato Fries! And a beer and an Old Fashioned. Fun night!




5 comments:

Hillary said...

I need to look up the quinoa and mango sala. I've only recently discovere using mangoes in savory recipes! I'm so happy the non vegans love the vegan offerings!

Sarah said...

What a great event!! The food all looks so good and especially colorful! The salads look so great and fresh. And those sweet potato fries, yum!!!

Barb said...

I've only eaten at the DopDoddy's here once and I didn't think they had vegan cheese... so now I need to go back and check again! :)

Unknown said...

I always strategize to bring a vegan dish that will double as my meal to potlucks! Although it makes me very happy to see everyone enjoy it.

Those everything in the fridge salads turn out to be the best ones. I finally finally found some miyokos mozzarella- i even had a $1 off coupon!- and i am completely baffled as to how amazing it is even straight from the package!
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Susan said...

I love that mango and quinoa salad!