This is my kind of ideal weekend breakfast.
Toasted cinnamon swirl raisin bread, scrambled turmeric tofu, salad, vegan bacon, and vegan yogurt with fruit.
And coffee, of course.
Colorful and nutritionally well-balanced!
Love having homemade cinnamon swirl raisin Pullman bread.
Lightly toasted and served with vegan butter.
Homemade vegan bacon was great too!
I like to make crackers when I have sourdough “discard.”
It’s so easy to make, and it tastes great.
This time I added Aosa (Japanese seaweed) and white sesame seeds.
So good!
There is a little cafe in our neighborhood, and they sell vegan cookies.
Their cookies are good, but their hours are irregular.
We never know when they are open.
Timings have been off lately.
When they were open, we were too full or we did not have money with us.
And when we really wanted a cookie (and had money with us), they were closed or out of cookies.
My husband has been craving for cookies the past few days, and I decided to make some for him.
These turned out perfect!
I added some Kinako (roasted soy bean powder) to the batter for an extra flavor.
I hope you can see the crispy edge from this picture.
These cookies are crispy outside (bottom) and moist/soft inside, just the way we like.
I know a lot of people like milk when they eat cookies, but I prefer black coffee with my chocolate chip cookies.
BLTQ.
Bacon (vegan).
Lettuce.
Tomato.
Q: cucumber.
I just happened to have all the right ingredients.
Lucky me!
Vegan bacon.
I decided to have a little fun and added mustard and lingonberry jam to my homemade mayo.
Homemade pita bread.
I was at W-F Market the other day, standing in front of the vegan meat section.
Since we don’t go out to eat anymore, we’ve started trying new store-bought vegan products for fun lately.
I saw a package of vegan bacon, and I thought it would be fun to try something new.
But then my husband said I could make better one at home.
I looked at the ingredients on the package and looked at the bacon again, and I put it back.
I add a little extra oil when I cook my vegan meat to make “bacon.”
It’s not the healthiest thing in the world, but what do you expect?
It’s bacon!
And it sure is TASTY!
My mother was (and is) a fantastic cook and baker.
Unfortunately, I didn’t have a sweet tooth as a child, and I didn’t appreciate her creations as much as I could have.
But I do remember her madeleine very fondly apparently because that was one of my favorite pastries she made.
It’s a simple buttery type of cake, and it’s usually baked in a pretty shell-shaped pan.
I was so excited when I found this pan.
This is so pretty!!
These turned out exactly how I wanted my madeleines to be.
Their outside is wonderfully crispy, and inside is soft and moist.
I poured the batter a bit too much, and they resulted in forming a “ring” around it.
I actually really liked the crispy ring part, but next time I will put less so that they will look more like real shells.
By the way, this is another pan that I initially purchased.
It looked the same as the Chefmade one on an online shop.
But…
This is the Chefmade brand, and when you compare them side by side, you see clear differences between them.
My first one was from a different brand, and it was much cheaper.
It’s a personal preference, but I like my new pan better because of it’s overall shape and clearly defined lines.
These are the ones baked in my first pan.
This is another somen soup dish I love.
I make this when I want something light yet rich and satisfying, if that makes sense.
The soup is not the cream type, but it’s full of flavor.
Then chili garlic oil was drizzled at the end.
Tasty!!
This dish is good cold or hot.
Topped off with tempeh, scallion, and sesame seeds.
The name is confusing, but this is a lemon-shaped orange-chocolate cake.
The cakes were decorated with orange icing, semi-sweet chocolate drizzle, orange zest, and cacao nibs.
I am so excited because these cakes turned out exactly how I wanted them to be.
Pretty and sophisticated, but not girly.
Serve these with black coffee.
I just recently bought cacao nibs for the first time.
I had been interested in it for a long time, and I had read about it,.
But this was something you never know exactly what it is until you actually try it.
It tastes like chocolate, and it tastes like nuts.
Slightly sweet, and then somewhat bitter.
Did I like it?
Yes I did.
This was a perfect topping for these cakes.
I love having avocado toast for breakfast.
I had a couple of avocados sitting on the kitchen counter for several days, and I was patiently waiting for one of them to ripe.
And today was the day!
This was made of homemade crusty bread, spicy hummus, avocado slices, tomato, amaranth caviar, and Shiso leaves.
If you are interested in amaranth caviar, take a look at my previous post.
Who likes eating salad for breakfast.
Well, I do.
Spinach, arugula, kale, cucumber, olive salad with oil, blueberries, cucumber, nutty Parm, and a bit of agave syrup.
The breakfast plate was complete with scrambled tofu.
This was so good!
Fresh, flavorful, and nutritious all on one toast.
A new and fun discovery.
This is called Amaranth, and it’s a type of seed.
Apparently, it is very nutritional, and because of the unique texture and look, some people use it to make “caviar”.
This is my first attempt, and it turned out great!
I enjoyed my first Amaranth caviar with pasta.
This was really good.
I enjoyed this dish so much!
