Fantastic Vegan Sloppy Joes Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 pkg. extra firm tofu
• 1 can kidney beans
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 carrots, diced
• 3-4 mushrooms (more or less if desired), diced
• 1/2 cup peas- 125 mL
• 1 green pepper, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoon nutritional yeast
• 2 tablespoon tamari
• 2 teaspoon oregano
• 1 1/2 tablespoon vegan Dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon blackstrap molasses
• 1 tablespoon vegan red wine vinegar
• 2 cups crushed tomatoes – 500 mL
• 2 tablespoon lemon juice
• hot sauce or chili to taste
• vegan buns- Portuguese or whole wheat
• kaisers work really well

Directions:

Crumble tofu into small pieces, fry in a decent sized frying pan (should be a couple of inches thick) with a bit of olive oil or non stick cooking spray. Add nutritional yeast, garlic, and vegetables (not the tomatoes). Saute about 10 minutes, being careful not to burn- it’s ok if the tofu browns a bit.
Add tamari, mustard, molasses, vinegar, tomatoes, hot sauce, lemon juice and oregano. Simmer a few minutes until heated through. You might want to add a bit of water or vegetable stock if it gets very thick.
Serve on open faced buns- its great if the buns have been toasted in a toaster oven or the oven a bit first.
This recipe was inspired by ‘Sloppy Steves’ on this website, and most of the seasonings come from it! (This is just my personal modification).
Great source of iron and protein, plus lots of other great nutrients!

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Franks in Blankets Recipe

Ingredients:

• a packet of your favorite tofu hot dogs
• vegan puff pastry dough

Directions:

In a skillet, cook the dogs till they brown and blister, while the dough sits out defrosting.
Wrap the dogs in a square and roll them up like a cigar. Then cut into smaller pieces to desired appetizer size.
In an oven preheated to 375-400 degrees F, bake the rolled dogs for about 25min. or until they are fluffy and golden brown.

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Peanutbutter and Apple Sun with Turbinado Recipe

Ingredients:

• peanutbutter
• apple (organic)
• turbinado

Directions:

Take an apple and cut it in half vertically. Lay flat and continue cutting into finger width slices. After apple is completly cut lay pieces around the outer edge of the plate all facing the same direction. They should resemble rays of sunshine. Then scoop the peanutbutter in the middle of the plate to fill the center. Sprinkle with turbinado sugar. This tastes great, looks pleasing to the eye, and can cheer up a glum fa

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Yummy Mac and Cheese Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 or 2 slices of soy cheese (either mozzarella or american, but I think the mozzarella tastes a lot better.)
• a large box of a good vegetable or fake chicken broth (Imagine Foods makes a great one!)
• elbow macaroni
• pam

Directions:

Spray a little pam in a pot. Place the noodles in the pot and put in enough broth so that the noodles ARE not totally submerged. You want to boil the noodles in the broth and keep it boiling stirring in the slices of cheese ( you can break them up.) add more broth and more cheese and basically cook it until the noodles are done, there is no more broth and it is cheesy enough. The broth and the cheese form a sauce, that is really tasty, and sort of thick. This recipe is nice because it doesn’t involve a lot of ingredients. Just make sure you watch the pot!

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