June vegan eats: Comfort Food 2016

 I was really craving vegan chili last week so my husband made me vegan chili in a bread bowl topped with daiya cheese sprinkles and delicious avocado. 

I saw vegan grilled cheese sandwiches with tomatoes and basil and a side of butternut squash soup on vegan zombie's instagram so I had to make this. Yum yum! 

I love vegan "chkn" nuggets. I found these lime chipotle ones at Whole Foods and made a side of colcannon with kale instead of cabbage and a side of cauliflower. 

I made a really simple pasta with broccoli and canned white beans. 

Simple tea sandwich: sliced cucumber and vegan cream cheese on whole grain bread. 

Vegan blueberry crumble cake :D 

Found these vegan cinnamon buns at Trader Joes. Yum! 

Vegan hot chocolate with almond milk topped with vegan marshmallows from Trader Joes! They carry vegan marshmallows now. :D if you love Dandies you will love these. 

More vegan comfort food!

Mmmm nothing beats a warm, vegan grilled cheese and tomato soup! 

Stir fry for a snack! 

A healthy grape, walnut and spinach salad with balsamic and olive oil. 

Sliced and cooked sweet potatoes ! SOoo delish :D Just chop em and put em in the oven. 

Sometimes I rub a bit of olive oil and sea salt on top before I bake. 

I loooove vegan tacos! Black beans, refried from Whole Foods! (get the organic kind) 

organic, chopped spinach and sliced avocado. Taco shells, vegan sour cream and salsa. 

Vegan Comfort Food

       It has been a while since a post. I am going to be updating a lot more. I have been living elsewhere for quite some time and also traveling so I haven't been on here much lately but I will be posting some delicious food soon.

     Even when it is Spring/Summer months I love vegan comfort food. In SF and Oregon they have some amazing places with delicious vegan comfort food so that inspired this post. I love teavana because I always love warm tea in the summer months. Usually I make fresh cut ginger lemon and put a bit of whole, organic sugar in or some agave but in the Spring when it starts to get a bit warm I switch to iced teas in the day. Teavana is a bit pricey but to me it is quite  a treat and worth it. I love all the delicious smelling loose leaf teas and if their bar is open they will make you something!

       Another food that I crave constantly that brings me comfort is vegan grilled cheese. Daiya cheese slices make the best grilled cheese ever! So creamy and delicious and the slices melt really well. I put some on whole grain and try not to over cook. The other item that brings me comfort is vegan nachos and a good salsa. During the summer I make salsa not too spicy and add fresh cucumber to make it taste a bit "cooler" and more refreshing. My favorite thing to dip is no salt chips or blue corn chips. I ate an entire bag of organic blue corn chips the other day. It was pretty awesome.

My vegan salsa recipe: 

* 2 Persian cucumbers chopped small

*Half sweet onion

*Hot pepper (only use part if you want it less spicy)

*vine tomatoes (they are super sweet but you can also use roma)

* can of black beans (for extra protein/optional) 

*1 lime

*cilantro (handful) minced

*Blue corn chips to dip