Pancakes

Again! Hola!

Once, again, as I did note - I love breakfast! So, no surprise that pancakes is one of the first recipes I tackled. This recipe came from The Happy Herbivore - highly recommend it to any vegan! Love the book. They are a bit dense, though. Just your FYI, if you prefer light cakes, which I do. Still! They were good, and yummy...and well, I'm willing to share!

Ingredients: 

1 cup whole-wheat pastry flour

1 tbsp baking powder

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/8 tsp fine salt

1 cup non-dairy milk (I use almond milk. A post on that later!)

2 tbsp pure maple syrup

Instructions:

1.) Whisk flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt together in a large bowl. Next, add the non-dairy milk and maple. Stir until well combined; a few lumps are okay!

2.) Let rest for 10 minutes

3.) Meanwhile, heat a skillet over very low heat.

4.) Spray the skillet with cooking spray, and pour batter with a 1/4 cup. 

5.) Cook on one side until bubbles form, flip, and cook for another 3 to 4 minutes.

Cinnamon-Banana Toast Crunch

Hello everyone!

This is one recipe I can, and do, eat over and over, again! I love breakfast food, can eat it any time of the day, and I LOVE my sweets. This is a combo of both. Be forewarned, it is sweet! If you don't like sweets, gasp, you might want to skip this recipe!

Cinnamon-Banana Toast Crunch

Ingredients:

1 slice of whole-wheat bread

1/4 cup of pure maple syrup

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp vanilla extract

1 banana, sliced

1/4 cup of walnuts

Instructions:

1.) Toast the bread to your preference. I like my toast almost burnt! 

2.) While it's toasting, whisk the syrup, cinnamon, and vanilla together. 

3.) Plate toast, top with the banana and walnuts, and drizzle mixture on top!  Enjoy! 

Kicker Sesame Noodles

Hello Everyone!

Today, I present you one kicker of a noodle dish! When I say kicker, I mean, BAM, watch out for the spice. It isn't too bad, but it does that pleasant linger of a burn. And it builds. You are forewarned. Or, well, watch...I'm going to learn I'm a heat wuss. Anyhow, a non-vegan took a bite of this, and LOVED it. In fact, he took half of the freaking bowl. Save some for me!

So, it has approval from meaties!

I hope the rest of you enjoy as much as I did.

P.S. Check out addition of a Green Find I made at the bottom.

Kicker Sesame Noodles

Ingredients:

2 pounds of whole-wheat spaghetti

1 cup of reduced-sodium soy sauce

4 tablespoons sesame oil

4 tablespoons vegetable oil

4 tablespoons of rice-wine vinegar

3 tablespoons of crushed red pepper

1/2 cup of scallions

1/2 cup of cilantro, chopped

4 cups of snow peas

1 cup toasted sesame seeds

Instructions:

1.)  Cook the spaghetti per package directions!

2.) Meanwhile, in a LARGE bowl (this is one big recipe!) whisk together the soy sauce, vegetable oil, rice vinegar, crushed red peppers, the scallions, and the cilantro. 

3.) When pasta is done, and drained, toss into the bowl and add in the snow peas and sesame seeds. Mix and serve! Ciao!

GREEN FINDING ALERT

Check it out! This is the ULTIMATE winner. This is the box of the whole-wheat spaghetti. It was store brand (Ralph's, for those wondering), and the cheapest on the aisle. I will point out the ingredients, yeah, no extras!  Also, made in USA. WOO. I support world commerce, all for it, but with how our economy has been suffering, and having personal friends suffering hard from it, I like to always support our country, if I have the choice! So, extra woot-woot!

Finally, look at the lovely recycle symbol. Made from 100% recycled paperboard. Can this guy get any better? A win! This pasta is a score.