Breath a little cooking

I'm trying to breath a little cooking life back into this blog which I have been quite neglectful of. I just returned from a week long visit to Maui which while it had beautiful beaches and lovely weather, best of all had one of the best grocery stores I have ever been in - Mana Foods in Paia. While I didn't take any pictures, I can report that Mana foods bakes excellent vegan scones fresh every day, has a large selection of baked on site vegan bars and cookies, and a salad bar that contains a number of vegan items including salads with Veganaise. So awesome that I went there almost every day!

Upon arriving back home, I cooked up some Tofu Florentine from Veganomicon, happy to be back in my own kitchen. I especially enjoyed the potatoes as I am usually too lazy to boil them before frying them, although it makes a much tastier result.

A post before the month is over

Rice bowl with raw vegetable topped with a peanut sauce. I usually make a quick peanute sauce by dissolving 1 Tbsp. of peanut butter in a mixture of 2 Tbsp. water plus 1 Tbsp. soy sauce with a drop of apple cider vinegar in the pot that held the rice on hit heat until it thickens.

Chickpea noodle soup from Veganomicon which is such good comfort food.

Chocolate and vanilla muffin or perhaps it was a cupcake adapted from the matcha chocolate cupcake recipe on Have Cake Will Travel which had a nice texture.

Rice bowl from Fresh with crispy tofu and wakeme hiding under the sprouts and carrots. Topped with a tahinish sauce.

Borsch made with home grown, by my parents, beets. So sweet.
Eggplant fried in a nutritional yeast and wheat germ coating with a ranch style sauce and chopped vegetables.

Curried split pea soup looking less than apetizing though it was pretty good.