Vegan Chili

Dinner

My first shift at work since I've been back flew right by and I zipped home to whip up some dinner. I started with a salad of baby greens, cucumber, tomato, avocado, and home made oil and vinegar dressing with a few squirts of chili garlic Cholula (it's so good, you should try it if you can).

I concocted a vegan chili using

• 2 cans of stewed tomatoes
• 1 can of tomato paste
• 1 white onion diced and sauteed
• about 1/2 cup vegan "Soyrizo"
• 1 can kidney beans
• chipoltle chili powder, regular chili powder, black pepper, and garlic powder

Served with "Food Should Taste Good" Multigrain chips on the side.
And now I am stuffed! I still have ridiculous amounts of reading and a kitchen to organize so I am going to get cracking till I just can't any more.

I hope you had a relaxing Sunday evening and I will see you in the morning.

Night!

Taco Time With Aaron

Snack

A while into my reading I grabbed a kiwi to munch on.

Already getting back into the old routine, I had a chocolate chip Z Bar during the choir break.

Dinner

Aaron and I decided to go in together on dinner which is always a good thing. Plus we had some catching up to do! We began with a starter of chips and salsa!
This salsa was super tasty. Too bad Aaron took it with him!
We decided to make tacos so I went out on a limb and purchased a fake meat I have never tried before. It looked promising and was perfect for this particular occasion so I had high hopes.
Aaron was in charge of the 'meat'. He sauteed onions in a little olive oil and added the fake meat. Then he added kidney and pinto beans, and a little chili powder. It came out perfect! The meat had the flavor of beefy taco meat!
While Aaron cooked up the meat I was in charge of making the guacamole and slicing up the add ins for the tacos. To the guac I added:

• a little finely chopped red bell pepper
• finely chopped white onion
• finely chopped cilantro
• 1 and 1/2 super ripe avocados
• 1 finely diced tomato
• salt
• a tiny amount of cayenne

It came out delicious. The only thing I wished I could have added was fresh lime. That would've been perfect!
For the toppings we had:

• shredded lettuce
• homemade guacamole
• salsa
• sauteed red bell peppers
• Tapatio
• and cheese for the non vegan

Soooo tasty! I ended up having two of these babies and now I am reeeeally full!
This is Aaron's taco for proof that even non-vegans can enjoy fake taco meat. I would definitely by Soyrizo again. It was fantastic.
I am super tired! I cannot wait to lay down in my bed and sleeeeeep! Tomorrow is going to be a longer day on campus so I want to be rested. I keep catching myself wishing I could just go back to spring break but I know if I don't start this quarter with a fire under my butt I will have a heck of a time getting re-motivated. I'm going to to my best to stay on top of things...I even vacuumed the floor today!!?! Weird!

Good night blogworld. Sleep well and catch ya in the morning!