Tempeh Sausage

Tempeh Sausage
1 tempeh crumbled, steamed
1 t fennel seeds
1 t rosemary
1 t basil
1 t oregano
1 t thyme
1 t garlic
1/4 cup olive oil

Steam the tempeh.  Combine seasonings and the tempeh. Fry the tempeh until brown.
Enjoy!

Vegan Breakfast Sandwich

Vegan Sausage Breakfast Sandwich

The boys have been craving a real breakfast. Begging me for something other than a smoothie, cereal, or baked good. So I thought how about a S.L.T.? Sausage Lettuce Tomato breakfast sandwich?
Well, it was a huge hit! I started with some Black Russian Bread, then fried up some Gimme Lean Sausage, lettuce, tomato, and vegan cream cheese.

The boys have already requested to repeat this breakfast again. It's a win/win! They get to eat veggies for breakfast and have a fantastic breakfast!

Avocado, Chocolate Chip & Pecan Scones

Avocado, Chocolate Chip and Pecan Scones

Today I wanted to give my family a hot breakfast. Something sweet and good. I did some research and found out that some cooks were using avocados to replace fat in vegan dishes. This got me thinking. This would be a good fit for my scones.  Besides, how much food do you want to taste like bananas, coconut or apples!

If this works for my family......
It will be a nice change to change up my fats.

I started with 1 frozen scone and mixed white whole wheat flour, 1/3  cup brown sugar, baking powder, vanilla almond milk, chocolate chips, pecans, and energ egg replacer. 

They came out moist and good! YUMMY!!

Mothers Day Carrot Cake with Creamy Cashew Frosting

Happy Mothers Day!

Today was a fantastic day. We began the day with Mass. 

Then we went into Baltimore to have brunch. We ended up eating at a Indian restaurant. They had 6 vegetarian dishes of those 3 did not have dairy. So, I filled my plate with the 3 wonderful options. I only hope to one day be able to make Indian food taste so well! 

We then went home~the boys gave me my lovely aprons. They did a impromptu skit for me with the aprons on. How sweet are my boys! 

The Aprons can be purchased at The Hip Hostess

Then they surprised me with cleaning my truck! 

Lucky me! 

So, while they were working hard I decided to make a carrot cake. This cake has no added sugar or fat! This cake was a modification of The Joy of Vegan Baking

Lets just say this cake is very moist and heavy. I am working on how to eliminate processed oil and refined sugars in foods. I substituted dates, coconut, apples, pineapple and more carrots to make up for the loss of fats and sugars.

It is very good. 

The icing is made of soaked raw cashews, 1/2 banana, 1 date, and coconut flakes. It was adapted from The Daily Dietribe

What a very good way to end the very best mothers day a lady can have. I hope you day was filled of your family loving on you! 

Hopefully, you got to kick your feet up and enjoy a piece of cake too!

I saw this video about Moms "One Instinct" Thought you would enjoy!! Thanks Mrs. Bush.

Banana, Oatmeal, Raisin Breakfast Bread

After seeing the Cupcake Right Now Blog from Peas and Thank You I knew that I had to revise the recipe to make it for my family!  The original recipe had way to much sugar in it. So I used my "tricks" to make this breakfast bread. 

 Banana Oatmeal Breakfast Bread

• 2 c. old fashioned oats
• 1 1/4 c. hot water
• 1 blended ripe banana
• 1/4 c. peanut butter
• 1 c. dates pureed
• 1 c. vanilla almond milk
• 1 1/2 c. whole wheat flour
• 1/2 t. baking soda
• 1 1/2 t. baking powder
• 1 t. ener-g egg replacer
• 1 t. cinnamon
• 1/2 t. nutmeg
• 1/2 cup raisins (optional)
• 2 T. crushed flax seeds (optional)

Combine the oatmeal with the water. Add the dry ingredients. Blend the banana and the dates with the vanilla almond milk. Mix the wet with the dry ingredients. Fold in the raisins. Top with the crushed flax seeds and a few raisins. Bake in 350-degree oven for 35-40 minutes, until a tooth pick comes out clean.

I know the original recipe looks fantastic and I am sure it taste as good as it looks! In order to keep my family on the path to great health I had to modify this cake. With the modification...it is yummy! It taste like banana oatmeal cookies. ;-)