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Mini Stuffed Vegan Peppers

20 Mar

Every so often when I go to the supermarket I buy the little tri-colored sweet peppers off of impulse.

I’m not sure why I keep doing this because I don’t really like their taste on their own.

I guess I’m just swayed by their adorable miniature-ness.

Well, the same thing happened again this weekend but this time I had a solution.

Mini stuffed sweet peppers (v)

  1. Slice peppers in half and place on a baking sheet
  2. Heat the soy crumble, onion, and a little bit of taco seasoning over a skillet on medium heat
  3. Once it was cooked through, combine with tomato sauce in a separate bowl.
  4. Stuff peppers and top a sprinkle of Daiya cheese
  5. Cook in oven at 350 for 10 minutes
  6. Top with spicy yogurt (optional)

Keeping with the mini theme, these pepper needed a mini oven. So I stuck them in the toaster oven.

Perfect little party poppers for the March Madness weekend.

For the spicy yogurt (a great spicy sour cream swap)

  • about 1/3 c Plain greek yogurt (I used Oikos)
  • ~1/2 t taco seasoning
  • dash of cayenne (or sriracha)

Super-Spicy addition of choice: Sriracha or Cayenne?

I’m all about the sriracha :) (Whole Foods sells a true vegan/organic one too)

x

Casey

Insatiably Affordable

13 Feb IMG_7728

So I’m not gonna beat around the bush with this one.

This next recipe is not exactly the healthiest (one of the ingredients is chock full of palm kernel oil) but it is healthier than its predecessor.  Nor is it very pretty, but it is affordable and delicious. Plus there is room for flavor customization.

My roommate is obsessed with the yogurt almonds from the bulk bins at Whole Foods. When they raised the price a bit I thought of a new challenge. Create our own yogurt almonds. How hard can it be?

It only consisted of three ingredients. White Chocolate Bark, Greek Yogurt, and Almonds

I decided to do a few flavor variations as well. Plain, Blueberry, and Pomegranate. I also used different types of greek yogurt for each flavor.

Plain – Fage

Blueberry- Voskos

Pomegranate- Greek Gods

The actual process of making the yogurt almonds is easy, its the assembly that is rather hard.

I’m ball parking these measurements, but as long as the ratio is close it should be a no-fail

Yogurt Almonds

  • 1/2 lb white chocolate bark
  • 1/4 c greek yogurt
  • 1 c almonds  – or as many almonds as you can get covered!
  1. melt the white chocolate bark in the microwave (about 2 minutes) stirring frequently
  2. Add in desired yogurt
  3. throw in the almonds and coat them
  4. Place on wax or parchment paper and make sure almonds are divided so they don’t clump together. Your hand will get very messy in this part.

You can either set & store them in the fridge or the freezer- I liked the freezer better because the almonds didn’t melt in your hand quite as much and the cool temperature was nice.

The Greek Gods Pomegranate yogurt had a slightly different texture which excelled when sticking to the almonds.

I don’t know how whole foods makes them look so perfectly spherical and rounded, but Addie and I both think my version tastes better. Way more yogurty!

Feel free to substitute anything- raisins, peanuts, strawberries, pretzels, that you think would be delicious covered in yogurt. I know I’m going to try my hand at a few of the above as a birthday present next weekend.

Although the plain ones with Fage tasted great, their coating texture was a bit more gritty for some reason.

The pomegranate ones took on the color of their flavor which I liked. The blueberry ones tasted like the berry but didn’t look the part.

Overall another good day at the office kitchen.

What food do you want to see covered in yogurt next?

x

Casey

Peanut Butter Smuggler

10 Mar

This post has to be short and sweet. I’m leaving tomorrow, but I guess as you are reading this it will be tonight!!!

Note to self: Never take finals and pack for leaving the country at the same time.

There are not enough hours in the day!

That’s why I’ve been a bit of a slack on all of the other blogs, and on responding to comments.

Also note to self: Mexican Food is an excellent way to empty your fridge.

In the mix

  • Toasted Rosemary Tortilla Chips
  • Red Onion
  • Tomato
  • Mixture of faux meat crumbles, onion, tomato, sriracha and taco seasoning
  • Some artichokes just for kicks
  • Rice Cheese
  • Greek Yogurt (Damn…so close to being vegan.)

To make the tortilla chips I just sliced up some tortillas and Flatouts and sprayed em with coconut oil then sprinkled S&P and copious amounts of rosemary on top.

I blame my rosemary obsession on Wisecrackers. They are these rosemary crackers I used to get at trader joes and they are delicious!

So as you all may be wondering (but probably aren’t)

What am I smuggling to the Southern Hemisphere? (sorry no pics, it’s all packed!)

For me:

  • Amazing Grass Superfood Bars
  • A few sachets of Justins Chocolate Hazelnut Butter
  • Hot Coffee flavored ginger chews

For my friends:

  • Peanut butter cups, lots and lots of peanut butter cups
  • Pretzel M&Ms
  • TJ’s peanut butter filled pretzels?
  • Abbazabbas (Never had these but I got a specific request)
  • Bullseyes (A candy from Baltimore basically its frosting filling inside a caramel)
  • Take 5′s (These are an absolute favorite of mine)
  • Tons of Ravens gear. (C’mon international support!)
  • Some Natty ‘Boh (Local Baltimore brew) paraphernalia
  • Marshmallows
  • Graham Crackers (To show them the magic of s’mores!)
  • A few Chocolove Bars for some special people

Shh don’t tell customs! ;)

I swear, half of one of my bags is dedicated to American candy/gifts, honest.

Think I’m representing the apparent peanut butter obsessed Americans well? ;)

Hopefully I will have a few spare hours to take photos/blog about plane food and traveling etc…

I do have another exam tomorrow, but after that my brain will be on vacation.

Read: I am not responsible for the words that some out of my mouth

In other news I got this odd/random craving for P.B. crisps.

(Source: Jason Leibig)

I had to google what they were called though. It was a very complicated craving

I remember inhaling en entire bag of these.

Alas, they’re discontinued…what gives?

Aaand I’m out of nut butter.

Aaaand I have to be a good gift giver and abstain from opening the package of Reese’s cups I got for my Aussie friends

And…I’m tired. Goodnight!

What retro candy do you miss?

PB Crisps!!!

Also what your favorite/most used spice?

Easy: Rosemary or Cumin

Casey

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