Vegan MoFo: Farmers' Market Haul + CAT!

Now is the perfect time to hit up a farmers' market or stand- get the last of the summer veggies and first of the fall veggies and fruits!

Our house is flooded with produce! Once we figure things out and prepare most of it it will vacate the fridge and move to the freezer. The brand new five foot chest freezer we just bought and stuffed into the laundry room of our apartment. Yes, I insisted we buy a freezer primarily for my breast milk which I anticipate producing in vast quantities. 

Neon Purple Eggplants, Strawberry Banana Jam, Cherry Jam, York Apples, Sweet Potatoes

 

Cabbage, Zucchini, variety of Hot Peppers

I didn't want to open the bag yet- giant thing of KALE! Yes, you're back!

Salad Mix, Mustard Greens, Garlic

  

Fresh Ginger! Organic seeds from Hawaii ooo la la.
We cut off the ginger part and have it freezing for now.

Licking the ginger plant.

Am I allowed to play with this?

Cooking Through Peas and Thank You, Part Two

Sticky notes for the ones I must make ASAP!

Tofu Scrambles

Tofu mixture marinating

Veggies stir frying

All together now!

Ready to eat!

What We Changed: 

• We used the wok rather than a skillet.

Thoughts:

• I did not try this one because I am a picky eater- do not like tomatoes, peppers, or onions- but Ian loved it! He had it for dinner and it was perfectly filling. 

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

The dough

Finished product

So moist and the perfect ratio of chocolate chips to bread!

What We Changed: 

• Followed the recipe exactly.

Thoughts:

• I LOVE IT. An indication is that I made this five times in two weeks. Once, I used half the zucchini because that is all I have left and I have to throw it out because it was extremely dry.
• I love this chilled from the fridge, hubby loves it directly out of the oven :o)
• The recipe suggests that the bread bakes for 50-60 minutes. 55 minutes was perfect for us in our conventional over. When we started making it in the toaster oven instead, it was necessary to decrease cook time or risk drying the bread out since the heat source is closer.
• Buy up the rest of the summer zucchini, bake a million loaves of this and stick them in the freezer for delayed gratification!!!

If You Missed It: Cooking Through Peas and Thank You, Part One

Meal Plan + Photos

Sunday: Indian Chickpeas

Monday: Vegan Sausage

Tuesday: Tofu Nuggets

Wednesday: Potato Latkes

Thursday: Crepes

Friday: Leftovers

Saturday: Tacos heavy on the avocado

(I'm going to do a post upcoming about how we meal plan; there is a method though it may seem random!)

(Vegan) Zucchini Latkes from last week. Delicious! Hubby loved them so much he requested regular potato latkes this week. Recipe is here.

Vegans love pets/companion animals, right? 

Sleepy hubby, sleepy kitty

Other kitty snoozes a few feet away...

Caught!