Day 10: Monday, July 6th ~Vegamite Spaghetti~

I made spaghetti today. First I started the noodles boiling.
Then I combined the following:
1 Saucepan
1 layer of greens- mostly kale with a few dandelion leaves
1 layer of frozen red and green peppers
1 layer of water.

I boiled/stir fried the stuff in the saucepan.
If you don't believe me, here is photographic evidence:

Why won't you trust me?

Once that was all softened, I poured store bought spaghetti sauce over it. Prego Fresh Mushroom flavored Italian sauce, if you must know. 

After the sauce heated to a slight boil, but before it started covering the kitchen in tomatoey bursts, I removed the saucepan from the heat.

I put a wad of noodles in one of our genuine reproduction White Star Line Titanic 3rd class dinner plates and covered it with the sauce/vegetable mixture. Then I took the following photograph:

Fork added for garnish.

We ate it, and afterwards Cosmo licked Liv's plate clean while we were watching Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D on Netflix. Liv says the plate still needs washing, even though he licked it to a shine. 

Day 47: Tuesday Dec 4 ~ Blue Corn Chip Salad ~

~ Blue Corn Chip Salad ~

Liv had gotten good at making our own chips, but for tonight's dinner we broke down and bought some.
(see http://freedomfromfastfood.blogspot.com/2012/09/day-1-friday-sept-28.html )
 They're blue.
I made Blue Corn Chip Salad. It's pretty much a vegan taco salad.
http://www.pcrm.org/health/diets/recipes/vegan-fourth-of-july-menu

Let me tell you about making roasted red peppers. It's easy to do. Turn your oven to the underused Broil setting. Line your favorite cookie sheet with your favorite brand of aluminum foil. Broil the red peppers for two minutes. Turn them over and broil another two minutes. Continue until you've done all four (they're square-ish enough) sides. That's all there is to it. Don't waste your money on expensive pre-roasted red peppers. I'M JUST TRYING TO SAVE YOU SOME MONEY.

Day 15: Friday Nov 2 ~ PSPizza w/Red Pepper & Broccoli

~ Plant-Strong Pizza w/Red Pepper & Broccoli ~

Jesse's working late tonight, so it's quick dinner time. Pita Pizza can be super fast (especially if pre-prepped!). Pita, leftover Sweet Potato 'sauce' (see below), Broccoli, Red Pepper, dash of Crushed Red Pepper, Italian Seasoning, and Nutritional Yeast.
 We decided to make a second one Mexican-style. We added salsa, kale, black beans (frejoles negros) , corn and taco seasoning.
Oven 350, 15 minutes or until warmed through. Yum! :)

Two to eat, two to freeze for a night when we're too lazy to cook.

From the book "Heart Healthy Pizza" by Mark Sutton. http://www.hearthealthypizza.com/

Original Version:
Using the following recipe from this link for the sauce:
http://engine2diet.com/the-daily-beet/plant-strong-pizza-recipes-and-a-giveaway/
SWEET POTATO, OATS, CARROT, AND GREEN CHILI SAUCE

Jesse altered:
But I made the sauce as such:
1 sweet tater, 4 sizeable carrots, Dijon mustard, oats, and delicious, delicious corn starch. while blending it up, I think I added too much water. To get it back to a more solid consistency, I added a can of garbanzos (Chick Peas in the common tongue). The addition of garbanzo made it very hummus-ey, but either way it's quite tasty.

Day 14: Thursday Nov 1 ~ Burritos~

Tonight we had burritos.
1 can black beans- mashed up with a generous scoop of taco seasoning
home made salsa
leftover black bean dip from yesterday
red pepper
jalapeno
flour tortilla
taco sauce to taste

Heat stuff
Fill tortilla
top with sauce
eat

Day 12: Tuesday, Oct 9th

Jesse's Peppery Red Spaghetti with Red Peppers

Hiya, Foodsters. Citing some lame excuse like "Home-Work" or whatever, Liv left dinner up to me. I didn't know where the kitchen was, so I shook a baggie of cat treats (New Crispy Friskies- milk flavor) and followed the cats who sprung into action at the sound of food. They led me to the kitchen.

First, I made some boiling water. Then I added Whole Wheat Spaghetti Noodles to the water and heat mixture. Gordon Food Service noodles, if you need to know.
 While the water/noodle situation was working itself out, I sauteéd some red peppers in a thin layer of water. Cooking spray is for sissies and worry warts. I gave it a generous dusting of crushed red pepper seeds. At this point, the whole ensamble looked a little something like this:

Actually, it looked EXACTLY like that, because it is a photograph I took of it all.
Next, I decided to open a can of crushed fire roasted tomatoes, and dump in in my red peppers. I let that heat up for a little while. Soon, the noodles had reached the desired level of softness.
Here's where stuff gets crazy.
I strained the water from the noodles. I strained the excess liquid from the peppers and tomato mixture. I put the noodles in the peppers. The burner was still on, by the way. Then I took some Prego spaghetti sauce. Ragu or store brand would have been fine as well. Heck, even one of those expensive brands with the tan labels that usually have some kind of map-like decor in the background would work- if you think you need to impress someone.
 I put just enough sauce in so that all the noodles could be covered in tomatoey flavor. That way you don't run out of cooked noodles while half a dang pot of warm sauce sits all forlorn on the burner. The result looked thusly: