Coconut banana flax waffles

It is my daughters 14th birthday, and we are celebrating this morning with waffles! She loves pancakes, but I thought it would be fun to dust off the waffle machine ( I haven't used it for years). I am planning on making some owl cupcakes for her...check them out at happy vegan face.

I am loving all the new blogs I am discovering because of Vegan MOFO. There is so many recipes that I can't wait to try. It is challenging trying to post something everyday, but it is also fun trying to come up with recipes.

I had a poll on my blog asking my readers what they would like to see/read more of? Kid friendly was voted for the most, so that is what my goal is for a little bit trying to  making fun vegan food for kids.

1/2 ripe banana-mushed
1 cup non-dairy milk ( I used rice)
2 tbsp coconut oil melted + 1 tbsp for brushing on waffle maker
1 tbsp ground flax seed- mixed with 3 tbsp boiling hot water

1 cup flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt

Mix up wet add to dry.
Use waffle machine according to direction.
Brush a some melted coconut oil on the griddle before adding the batter.

Weekend vegan breakfast

I can never have too many fresh veggies in my fridge! I had no idea what I was going to make when I stepped into my kitchen this morning.  I opened the fridge and started from there. Mushrooms(check), red pepper(check), onion (check), potatoes (check), tomatoes (check), avocado (check), a very small piece of tofu that we had used yesterday (check).

Yes there are a few steps in this recipe but it was fun! First I grated up 3 medium sized potatoes, placed  in a bowl of water. Once everything was chopped and ready to go I drained the potato of the water. Grated 1 onion, chopped 1 tbsp fresh parsley, 2 green onions sliced ,1 tbsp flour,1 tsp baking powder,1 1/2 tbsp cornstarch, sea salt, freshly ground pepper. Mix it up. In a hot pan add oil, and make a patty sized amount of potato mixture fry both sides. Place on a baking sheet and in the oven at 375 for 20 minutes.

Next with the same pan that you used to fry the potato, drain off any excess oil. On medium high heat add 1/2 small diced onion, 5-7 mushrooms sliced, 1 red pepper small diced, 1/2 cup crumbled tofu, 1/4 cup nutritional yeast, pinch of cumin powder, 1/2 tsp sea salt, and 1/4 cup water. Cook it down until all the water is absorbed.

The salsa is the easiest part...1 tomato cut into quarters, place it in a food processor, a handful of fresh cilantro, 1 clove garlic, and sea salt. Blend until desired consistency.

Layering potato, tofu, salsa, potato, tofu, salsa. For the top I cut up a little avocado.

Sunday Brunch: Beach Session

We went down to the beach last night and had a fire, it was nice. I probably had one too many glasses of wine...hence the breakfast. I don't usually make breakfast, unless we have a guest and we do. Our good friend is staying with us...he leaves in a couple of hours. This is a tofu scramble with dilly baked potato wedges and fresh salsa.


I pulled out the Tofu Xpress that I got in the mail the other day...and squished all the water out of the tofu. I got a good cup worth of water out in a matter of minutes! The Tofu Xpress is heavy duty...it has a big spring that pushes all the water out. It made the scramble texture really good, I used medium instead of firm.

Viva Granola sells them in Canada

The potatoes wedges I baked in the oven, drizzled with sunflower oil and sprinkled with dill, garlic powder, sea salt and freshly ground pepper. This time of year I  get my potatoes from a vegetable stand on the side of the road, I think its an elderly couple that lives there? Its a pretty cute set up, just a small red stand and they put at the end of there driveway with a price list. Its on the honour system, they just leave a can out. I really like where I live.

Here are a few of the pictures we got of our beach session.....something we do a lot.

Our Oceans and beaches are precious.

 beautiful bubble gum clouds

Ocean having an sunset swim

having a nap

Brunch- Tofu scramble

We had a friend come for brunch this morning, I made some carrot & raisin muffins last night, and this morning I cooked up some potatoes and tofu scramble. My daughter juiced a few grapefruits and oranges, we added some carbonated water, sorta a virgin mimosa:)
Everything was delicious!

• 2 tbsp sunflower oil
• 1 onion-chopped
• 2 cloves garlic-minced
• 6 mushrooms-chopped
• 1 green pepper-chopped
• 1/2 tsp ground turmeric
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1 block tofu-crumbled
• 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
• 1/2 lemon-juiced
• sea salt
• freshly ground pepper

In a pan heat oil on medium high heat, add onion saute for 4-5 minutes,
add garlic saute for 2-3 minutes, add mushrooms, saute for another 3-4 minutes.
Add Turmeric and garlic powder, saute for 3-4 minutes.
Add tofu, and mix together until evenly coated with turmeric color, adding a little water as needed, to moisten.
Add nutritional yeast, and a little more water, mix together.
Add green pepper and lemon juice.
season with salt and pepper.

Serve with toast.