Cupcakes

The hardest part for the cupcakes was searching for a non-dairy cake mix. The only Betty Crocker/Pillsbury mix we found without dairy was the Spice cake, which is not Ashley's cup of tea. So we had to dig in our pockets for Dr. Oetker's vanilla Organic cake mix from the Co-Op. All that was needed after that was Egg-replacer and margarine.
The frosting was also Dr. Oetker, and was just as expensive. And it turned out to be powdered sugar! On the package it was disguised as "organic icing sugar". BUMMER. All that was needed to whip up the frosting was soy milk.
These were okay. The best part was the strawberries.
And the cupcakes didn't stay well. The next day the frosting soaked through the cake and left juice around the base of the cupcake.

The B.L.T.

We've been craving the Turtle Island Smoky Maple Bacon Tempeh for the past few days. We fry the tempeh in vegetable oil for a couple minutes, which smells just like bacon.

Spread some Vegenaise (yes, vegan mayonnaise) on the bread.
Slice a tomato, avocado, onion, and a leaf of lettuce.

 Delicious.

Pizza Pizza

This is the first of many vegan pizza's and Ashley loves to load up the toppings, which makes them fork and knife pizza's. So, the dough is the whole wheat master ABin5 recipe. And there is no rising/waiting time because it's a flat bread!
For the pizza sauce we started using tomato paste. For an individual pizza the small 6 oz. can is the perfect amount, and only 70 cents. Cover the rolled out dough with the paste, then spread Italian seasoning and minced garlic over the paste.
This pizza has asparagus, mushrooms, zucchini, orange bell pepper, and tomato. Lastly, drizzle olive oil over everything before putting it in the blazing 550*F oven. Baking only takes 15 minutes.
The ABin5 books suggest a baking stone, but we don't use one. We cook the pizza on a cookie sheet.

This is a Brad pizza, i.e., minimal toppings. This pizza has the same Italian spice, garlic, and tomato paste sauce. This pizza is topped with spinach, onion, and mushroom. Saute the spinach in some olive oil until the spinach becomes dark and wet. Then spread the spinach out over the pizza.

Homemade Chickenless Chicken Noodle Soup

This one is Ashley's own creation. You start with 7 1/2 cups water and 3 tbs. Better Than Bouillon Vegetarian No Chicken Base or Vegetable Stock.
Once it boils add chopped veggies. We add carrots, yellow and green zucchini, and celery. But you really can add any vegetables you want. Add 1/2 an onion and 1 or 2 cloves of garlic then let it all boil for 30ish minutes with a lid.
Add the noodles last. What's great is that Top Ramen noodles are vegan! The salt flavor packets are not, except Oriental flavor, so toss them out.
This makes about 4 servings.
Caution: if you refrigerate the leftovers, clear out the noodles or they'll soak up the broth.
Yum. Great on those cold days.