Fun With Your Food

It’s an epic battle: Tempeh vs Setien. Each have their own uses, their own pluses and minuses but everyone must have a favorite. Can you guess mine?
Yep. I prefer tempeh most of time. It’s just SO good!
Today’s lunch is fried tempeh drizzled with shoyu on top of sautéed mustard greens and sweet red onions on a bed of brown rice/barley. It’s not lunch time for me yet but I love it when I have a good lunch to look forward to. What a nice way to start my busy weekend.

Tonight Will Tuttle (the author of The World Peace Diet) is speaking at my school
Tomorrow is my holiday party for work and school AND a band I like is playing
Sunday there is a vegan potluck that I may be attending.

And I was all excited for my relaxing weekend. I’m too much of a “yes” person. Anyone asks to hang out and I automatically say yes and before I know it I’ve got about 390584908 things to do. This is both a blessing and a curse…
I should mention, if I end up going to that potluck I will be posting step by step instructions for making those dumplings from a few weeks back.

Teddy

Note to self: changing my background image on my phone to a picture of cookies makes me want cookies… all the time.

At some point in time it must be agree on that peanut butter and chocolate are simply made for each other. There’s no need for an argument to be made, it’s pure and simple fact. Hence, my need for a peanut butter chocolate cookie has been born. This batched tastes batter-licking good but may be (dare I say) a smidge too sweet. Also, I like thick cookies. The amount of fat I added to these thinned them out a little too much and caused them to cook quick on the edges but not in the middle.

I thought about bringing these into work. Yea, I THOUGHT about it, they’re still at my house save the 2 in my lunch. I’ll bring my second batch in next week for sampling.
How does everyone like their cookies? Thick, chewy, thin, crisp?

Teddy

I have visited VegNew’s restaurant of the year more times than I count. I’ve even reviewed them before (veggie grill march 2007)
So why post about this place again?
Because they give out FREE lunch or dinner to birthday girls like me! If you’re signed up for their mailing list, they will send you a voucher for a free bday meal. You better believe that in the 3 days I was home, I had to redeem this gift.

As I walked in I noticed that they had changed their menu around. Added some new items and removed the less popular ones. For me free= trying something new because you have nothing to lose right?

Normally I order their drool inducing sweet potato fries but BOY was I sick of sweet potato. I needed something leafy and green. Steamed kale with a creamy dressing hit the spot.

I’ve said it more than once, if you can go to Veggie Grill in Irvine, CA- it’s a must eat (especially if it’s your bday and it’s free haha)

I’ve been home a day now and finally have some groceries but no time to upload all my food photos. So to hold everyone over, and get to know me a bit, I found a quick foodie survey.
I’d love to hear your answers. Let me know if you’ve posted.


1. If you could live on two foods for the rest of your life…what would they be?
curry and chocolate… hm those don’t go well together but they’re my 2 favorites

2. When you stay at a hotel, what are your fave items to order from room service?
I don’t think I’ve ever ordered room service. Wait, does it count if I do it in South East Asia? If so, curry hahahah

3. What food do you hate?
Not HATE just dislike strongly. Asparagus

4. What is your best and fave dish to cook up?
any dessert- usually cookies. Chocolate chip cookies are a culinary masterpiece to me

5. Is there something you’d love to be able to cook but can’t?
CREPES. I’ve tried and failed several times

6. What is your fave type of cupcake?
Stout cupcake with raspberry ganache

7. Do you have any food allergies that limit your choices?
Thank goodness NO

8. Choose a restaurant you go to all the time, what is the dish you always order?
Wait, I can’t choose one. I’ll choose one PER type of food
Jasmine Thai- Panag Curry
Mamma Testas- Potato or Gauco tacos
Wasabi- Veggie Tempura

9. What are you fave condiments and sauces?
Anything with tahini

10. What food smell do you love the most?
In the fall, cinnamon.

11. Favorite movie scene involving food?
hmm Benny and Joon