Spicy Butternut Squash Polenta

Ingredients
- 1/2 cup corn meal
- 2 cups butternut squash soup
- 3/4 cup of water
- red pepper flakes to taste
- garlic to taste
- salt & pepper to taste

Directions
- Mix all ingredients in a medium size pot
- Bring mixture to boil
- Reduce heat and cook until all liquid has been absorbed,  stir frequently
- Can be served hot or when cooled will harden and you can slice it to eat like a loaf

Pineapple Honeydew Drink

So I recently bought myself a nutrabullet. Therefore I'll be playing around with different things I can use this for.  I made yesterday's "Not So Tuna Salad" with the nutrabullet also.

Ingredients
- chopped pineapple
- chopped honeydew
- chia seeds about 2 tbsps
-omega oil (I used Barleans Omega Twirl - it's vegan) I put in about 3 squirts

Directions

-Put ingredients into blender for about 15 seconds and you have your drink!

Advice: depending on the consistency you like you may want to add a touch of water to make it more like juice

Not So Tuna Salad

Ingredients
- 1/2 small onion chopped
- 1/2 tbsp sea kelp
- 1 lemon juiced
- 1/2 water
- 2 cups almonds chopped

Directions
- Add all ingredients to processor or blender
- Blend until smooth
- Season to taste with salt and pepper
- Serve with crackers

Green Salad

Ingredients

• Asparagus (about 6 stalks - I used a peeler on mine)
• Green Beans (about a handfull)
• Garlic (1 spoonful)
• Onion (1/4 cup)
• Tempeh (1.2 package)
• Vegan Mayo (about 2 spoonfuls)
• Cilantro (1/4 cup)

Directions

• Chop vegetables
• Mix all ingredients into bowl 
• VOILA! 

Cinnaholic!

So Cinnaholic may be one of my new favorite places! It's a nice size store in Berkeley that is 100% vegan. I was so excited to find this. Often tooling through airports, the wafting smell of Cinnabon makes me want one.   Now finding Cinnaholic, this craving is fixed! In addition, this shop will even ship their rolls and frosting. Great to know for Holidays when sometimes finding Vegan baked goods is hard. I highly recommend this if you are in the area. It's definitely becoming my Saturday morning routine to go and get a Cinnamon Roll while walking around downtown Berkeley.

This was today's special in honor of the Star Wars Day! A Wookie Cookie!

Quinoa, Kumquat, and Asparagus Salad

Here's a nice recipe for a cold summer salad.

Ingredients 

• 1 cup Quinoa
• 2 Cups Water
• About 6 to 7 Kumquats seeded and chopped
• About 3 stalks of Asparagus sliced
• 1 Scallion sliced 
• Chia Seeds - about 1 to 2 tbsps
• Lemon Juice about 1 tbsp
• Olive Oil about 1 tbsp
• Spice Mixture (I used a mushroom spice mixture)
• Add salt and pepper to taste

Directions

• Boil 2 cups of water, add quinoa
• Prepare the kumquats, asparagus, and scallions
• Mix kumquats, asparagus, scallions, and chia seeds in bowl 
• Add spice mixture to quinoa - make sure the water has not been absorbed yet
• Once the water has been absorbed remove Quinoa from heat and let cool
• Add quinoa to veggie mixture, add lemon juice, and olive oil
• Stir mixture and chill
• Serve Cold

Tacos!

Don't forget how easy tacos are for a vegan! Grab your meat replacer, taco seasoning and go! I like to use Tempeh.

Ingredients

• Tempeh 
• Tortilla Wrap
• Taco Seasoning
• Black Olives
• Rice
• Tomatoes

Directions

• Chop and crush Tempeh into crumbles. 
• Add water and taco seasoning. Heat on medium for about 10 minutes. 
• Remove and add to your favorite shell or tortilla wrap.
• I like to forgo the lettuce and each my tacos with black olives, tomatoes, and rice!