by : Reiko Breakfast, Potatoes/Squash, Sandwiches, Tempeh, Vegan Egg, Vegan Meat

Spiced Pumpkin Rye Sourdough Waffle Breakfast Sandwich
シナモンかぼちゃライ麦ワッフルで朝食サンド

When I make vegan eggs, I start with egg yolks.

The smallest batch that is easy to make yields 8 to 10 yolks.

I don’t make them too often (although they are quite easy to make), so when I make them, I like to utilize them the best I can.

That means my next several meals have to be something that showcase those eggs.

So I already made a plan last night to make this breakfast sandwich for today’s breakfast.

These waffles are made of sourdough batter mixed with rye flakes, Sunshine Kabocha, and cinnamon, etc.

The color screams autumn, doesn’t it?

I got a few things ready for the sandwich, including this homemade vegan bacon.

I decided to go with “double protein” toady: bacon and tempeh steak.

Also cheesy kale and sweet creamy buffalo sauce.

The waffles were buttered and lightly coated with maple syrup.

It’s a bit hard to see because of the lighting, but on the waffle are cheesy kale, tempeh steak, V-bacon, sweet Buffalo sauce, and V-egg.

Loved how it turned out.

Just having an egg on top makes anything “breakfast”.

The power of egg (-look)!!

This sandwich got two thumbs up from my husband!

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by : Reiko Breakfast, Sandwiches, Vegan Egg, Vegan Meat

Breakfast Biscuit Sandwich
あさごはんビスケットサンドイッチ

Breakfast sandwich is always popular around here.

It goes with almost any type of bread, but biscuit is probably one of my favorite.

I quickly made this scallion vegan omelet.

Cookie cutters come in handy.

I’m so proud of this sandwich.

Everything is homemade, including the sourdough biscuit, vegan sausage, and vegan scallion omelet.

Plus, roasted red pepper butter was spread on the biscuit.

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by : Reiko Sandwiches

Green Goodness Pepper V-Chicken Sandwich
ブラックペッパーVチキン入りグリーンなサンドイッチ

I was going to make a V-chicken sandwich with the usual suspects, lettuce, tomato, and mayo.

But at the last minute, I decided to go with a healthier version in place of mayo.

I happened to have a ripe avocado, and I like to use avocado when I want to add a little tasty “fat”.

I used my recent found, PlantFare’s protein shreds for the “chicken.”

They brown nicely.

I like “French Bread” for this type of sandwich.

I buy it at a local Asian grocery store.

It’s crunchy outside and so soft and light inside.

A perfect lunch!

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by : Reiko Breakfast, Sandwiches, Tempeh, Tofu

Breakfast Sandwich Plate
ごまごま朝食サンドプレートと別々のごはん

I wake up hungry most of the time.

I think it’s healthy, right?

On weekends I can’t get out of bed fast enough because I’m ready to eat (lol).

(During the week? It’s a different story.)

I like to buy my yogurt unsweetened and add sweetness myself so that I can adjust the sugar amount.

This ↑ is my current favorite combination, Forager plant-based yogurt and Trader Joe’s fig butter.

Fig butter (or jam) is too sweet for me to eat by itself, but it is great when eaten with yogurt.

This is fig “butter”, so it’s pretty thick.

Sandwich: homemade sesame “almost bagel”, homemade vegan

cheese, BBQ tempeh, turmeric tofu, mashed avocado.

The sandwich was served with yogurt with fig butter, wilted kale, and tomato slices.

My husband (from MN) and I (from Japan) usually eat the same thing at home, but once in a while I prepare two different dishes, one for him and one for me.

Today was that kind of day.

I wanted to make him a sandwich for breakfast, but I had craving for Somen noodles (Japanese thin noodles).

So this is what I made for myself, using similar ingredients.

My husband was happy with his meal, and I was happy with my meal.

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by : Reiko Asian Food, Root Vegetables, Sandwiches, Tempeh

Shiso Renkon Banh-Mi
紫蘇蓮根バインミーサンドイッチ

When I have a sandwich, I usually feel like I should have another dish like soup or salad to go with it to provide additional nutrition, but with Banh-Mi I don’t feel that way because it’s full of vegetables and passes as a complete meal.

I usually make bread myself for sandwich, but for banh-mi I go to a specific Asian grocery store that sells this called “French Bread.”

It’s crunchy outside but soft and super light inside, perfect for banh-mi

I also bought Renkon lotus root from the same store today to use for the sandwich.

This is one of my husband’s favorites.

For the “meat” part I used Renkon and tempeh steak.

Inside the bread you’ll find homemade vegan “pate”, cucumber slices, tempeh and Renkon steak, pickled radish and carrots, and Shiso leaves.

The flavors are a bit different from the traditional one because of the use of Shiso instead of cilantro.

We loved it though!

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by : Reiko Sandwiches, Vegan Cheese, Vegan Meat

BBQ Rhubarb Sandwich
BBQルバーブサンドイッチ

BBQ Sandwich!

Always a winner at our house.

Freshly made buns.

Soft and slightly sweet.

Perfect for the sandwich.

One of the reasons why I wanted to make this sandwich is because I wanted to feature this homemade rhubarb pickles.

Can you find where it is in the sandwich?

Well, it was mixed with cabbage and made into delicious coleslaw.

The crunchiness and pretty pink color made the coleslaw a bit special.

You’ll also find BBQ sauce smothered homemade burger patty and homemade vegan cheddar.

Messy.

Delicious.

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by : Reiko Breakfast, Sandwiches, Vegan Cheese, Vegan Egg, Vegan Meat

Vegan Egg Bacon Cheese Croissant Sandwich
V卵ベーコンチーズクロワッサンサンドイッチ

I met with a friend yesterday for the first time since this COVID19 started.

She brought beautiful croissants from her husband’s vegan bakery for me, and I was ecstatic!

So this morning I knew I wanted to make a sandwich with one.

I wanted to keep it simple.

Egg, bacon, and cheese.

Vegan and homemade, of course.

Oh, I smothered the cut side of the croissant pieces with maple syrup and vegan butter first.

Love the sweet and salty flavor combination.

I’m proud (?) of myself because I stopped myself from adding anything green, which I always want to do.

Isn’t it beautiful?

Okay, I didn’t put anything green in the sandwich, but I did put spinach salad on the plate.

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by : Reiko Sandwiches, Tempeh

Apple Fig Tempeh Sandwich
林檎いちじくテンペサンドイッチ

We recently had a great sandwich from Herbivorous Butcher the other day.

It had their vegan meat and cheese (of course), but we really enjoyed that they were combined with apple and fig jam.

So I decided to re-create the flavor combination, with tempeh and my homemade vegan cheese.

I had high expectation, and I was not disappointed.

Fig jam is too sweet by itself (for my taste), but it shines when paired with saltiness and bitterness.

Thus, the tempeh, cheese and arugula were the perfect companies in this sandwich.

I will make this again for sure!

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