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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by : Reiko Bread, Breakfast, Sandwiches, Vegan Cheese

Orange-Cocoa Bagel Cream Cheese Sandwich
オレンジココアベーグルクリームチーズサンドイッチ

This is what I had in mind…

… when I made the orange-cocoa bagels (previous post).

I already had homemade vegan cream cheese and orange confits prepared for this.

Spread a generous amount of cream cheese and sprinkle some cocoa powder.

Next.

Pile up the beautiful orange confits.

Pretty, isn’t it?

Scrumptious!!

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by : Reiko Bread, Breakfast, Sandwiches

“Carrot Cake” Bagel Sandwich
”キャロットケーキ”ベーグルサンド

I’ve made different “carrot cake” breakfast versions, but this time it’s a bagel sandwich.

As I always say, I loved the flavor combo of the carrot cake but not the sugar/extra sweetness that comes with it.

So I like to make a dish using the combo but minus the sugar.

Homemade bagel, homemade vegan cream cheese, cinnamon, a date (pitted, opened, and flattened), shredded carrot, raisins, and chopped walnuts.

Once you take the sugar out, it creates a guilt-free satisfying whole-food dish, and becomes perfect for breakfast.

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by : Reiko Bread, Breakfast, Sandwiches

Bagel Sandwiches
ベーグルサンドイッチ

Whenever I got to make bagels, I like making sandwiches.

Yesterday I made these beautiful vegan, gluten-free bagels.

They were not only tasty but also smaller than the regular size, which worked well because I wanted to make two different sandwiches (and eat them).

One was the savory one.

In this sandwich you’ll find homemade vegan cream cheese, crispy homemade vegan bacon, vegan egg, avocado, cilantro pesto, and arugula.

This was cocoa bagel with homemade vegan cream cheese and fresh strawberries.

I purposely did not sweeten the cream cheese, as I simply wanted to enjoy the natural sweetness from the strawberries.

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by : Reiko Asian Food, Sandwiches

Vegan Banh Mi
ヴィーガンバインミー

I love Banh Mi, but I don’t get to make it as often as I like.

Because this sandwich requires certain ingredients, I do need extra planning or time to make one if I have to make from zero.

Luckily today I happened to have several key ingredients already.

Thus, I was able to put this together without much hassle.

I just purchased Daikon radish and cilantro.

I had homemade vegan meat (actually two types of meat!) already.

I had some leftover dishes that could be put together to make “pâté”.

And when this idea came to me, I was at an Asian grocery store which sells the type of baguettes (soft and light) that were perfect for Banh Mi sandwich.

Doesn’t this look great?!

I used homemade “pork” and “chicken” vegan meat for this, and they worked great, by providing different flavors and textures.

Ta da!

You can probably see the meat better in this picture.

You can also see how strong I look (I’m not that muscular, but in this picture I look very strong, don’t I (lol)?).

Definitely satisfied my Banh-Mi craving!

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