Friday was National Doughnut Day! There's currently nowhere in Memphis serving vegan doughnuts on the regular – only occasionally at Imagine Vegan Cafe and the cafe at Crosstown Arts. So I had to make do on my own! I went to bootcamp Friday morning, and then I followed that with some FitQuick Protein Doughnuts (made from the chocolate brownie and orange cream bar waffle mix and topped with chocolate peanut butter and plain almond butter). I used to eat FitQuick waffles and doughnuts all the time! But I got a little burned out. Luckily, I still had some mix in my freezer.
Later that night, I picked out a recipe for Baked Frosted Lemon Doughnuts from Chocolate Covered Katie's cookbook. These were a little healthier than fried doughnuts, so I felt pretty good about eating two.
Last time I was in Nashville, I ordered the OG Bowl from Wild Cow and added grilled tofu. Such a simple and healthy meal! But I LOVE it. I had to recreate it at home, and I think I nailed it — brown rice, garlic kale, pinto beans, and grilled tofu topped with garlic aioli. For the aioli, I thinned out a few tablespoons of Vegenaise with water and then added a few grated cloves of garlic.
Here's another yummy — but not as pretty — bowl with roasted butternut squash, chickpeas, kale, quinoa, and tahini sauce.
On Mother's Day, we made naan pizzas at my parents' house, and my dad had the foresight to suggest I make an extra one to take home and freeze for a busy week night. This Vegan Sausage & Veggie Naan Pizza came in very handy one night! I just re-heated from frozen it in the air fryer, and it was perfect. My dad is so smart!
And here's a random Vegan Deli Sandwich with BE-Hive seitan slices, avocado, tomato, and lettuce. Served with my favorite Food Should Taste Good sweet potato corn chips.
We'll end this post with CAKE!! My friend Vaughan turned 65 a few weeks ago, and Stephanie baked him a Vegan Chocolate Cake. IT WAS SO GOOD. The party was kind of late on a week night, so I ate cake at 9 pm and then went to bed at 9:45 pm. Not the best idea. Definitely affected my sleep, but it was worth it.
5 comments:
I remember the fitquick protein waffles and doughnuts! I think I recall a protein pizza waffle?
Your recreation of the OG bowl looks so incredible!! I really love simple meals with an amazing sauce!
Those sweet potato chips are one of my faves too! I love them with hummus!
Sometimes you can get vegan cake donuts at the Whole Foods in Germantown. Not sure about the one closer to you though.
Oooh everything looks so good. I could go for a donut right now and the bowls look awesome. That sandwich looks like perfect, I need a good sandwich in my life and that cake is GORGEOUS.
This all looks amazing. I want to eat everything.
That was such a good idea to make an extra pizza for the freezer. I did that a few months back with personal-sized lasagna. I had all of the ingredients, and so I made a few extra. It's so nice to just pop it in the air fryer for a meal that's homemade & ready in 20 minutes with no extra work.
I love the look of that tofu bowl! It's totally my speed.
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