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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Banh Mi! Galette! Burrito!

Lulu's Food hosted another vegan pop-up brunch this past Sunday at Fuel Cafe. The theme this time was sandwiches! Don made homemade bagels and did a vegan carrot lox & bagel sandwich thing, and he also made Breakfast Banh Mis. As much as I love a bagel, I cannot resist a banh mi!

Don's homemade baguettes were stuffed with tofu scramble, mushroom pecan pate, harissa, and pickled carrots — all made-in-house. Served with roasted potatoes. Sooooooo good.


But before I ate that around 11:30 am on Sunday, I had this tasty slice of Avocado Toast with a side of fresh berries. First breakfast to tide me over. I topped the toast with sriracha and Spice Hunter Bagel Crunch, a knock-off of TJ's Everything But the Bagel. It's good, but it's salt-free so it's not as good as the original.


I've been eating a lot of Black Bean & Brown Rice Burritos lately! I'm using the oil-free refried black beans from the No Meat Athlete Cookbook (which I made a few weeks ago and froze some) with brown rice and various fillings. This one, enjoyed in the dark yesterday because my power was out (thanks to a transformer blowing up!), has beans and rice, steamed potato, vegan cheddar, salsa, and lettuce. Luckily, when the power goes out, I can still cook on my gas stove. It came back on around 8 pm last night (after being off for 12 hours!).


And I've saved the best for last! Ali, our baker at the cafe at Crosstown Arts, made these amazing Black Sesame & Almond, Mixed Citrus, and Blueberry Galettes this morning. I wasn't sure how I'd feel about the sesame seed in there, but I could not resist those flaky layers. And turns out the sesame was a perfect complement to the sweet fruit filling. Was planning to split with a co-worker, but I decided it was too good to share.


3 comments:

  1. OMG yum!! That banh mi looks incredible and does everything else. The burrito fillings sound seriously perfect, that is my ideal burrito! The galette is gorgeous and I bet so so delicious. I am totally living vicariously through you.

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  2. Those brunches always make me so envious! The mushroom pate is such a great idea for bahn mi- i make a mushroom walnut lentil one that i never would have thought to use on a sandwich.
    Glad your power wasn’t out too long, that’s not fun.
    That pastry chef is so talented it’s baffling that everything is vegan too- which isn’t easy when baking!
    Ttrockwood

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  3. That banh mi looks so good! I wish I could go to a Lulu's brunch one day. Perhaps you could suggest that they write a recipe book? But maybe they don't want to give all their secrets away. I guess I just have to visit!

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