Squirrel’s Vegan Kitchen

Thank you to everyone for your kind thoughts and words. I appreciate all of you very much and if nothing else good can come of a situation like this, I hope that you all take a moment to cherish the love ones in your life and reflect on those who have passed.

And while a girl’s gotta mourn, a girl’s gotta eat, so here’s the food.

I went to a mini vegan potluck this weekend and, of course, forgot to take pictures until after everyone had filled their plates, so these pictures are a little sad, albeit tasty.

A bean and fresh veggie pasta, tossed with vinigarette. It’s a mixture of black beans, white beans, tomatoes, kalamata olives, cucumbers, zucchini, sweet corn, red bell pepper an red onions. Served with crushed up tortilla chips on top.

Chinese-style dumplings with a spicy tofu/mushroom filling. Oh so tasty an a nice treat from standard potluck fare.

Cheezy Broccoli Casserole from the Uncheese Cookbook. Or as they say from where I come from, hotdish. Not the greatest picture, but man was this tasty.

Shortcake! Vegan with a Vengeance scones with strawberry/nectarine mixture and Macadamia Nut Cream, also from VwaV. The leftover fruit made a great soy yogurt mix-in for breakfast the next day.

Memorial Day dinner:

Grilled corn on the cob, zucchini and assorted summer squash, sliced and grilled wrapped in foil with sliced garlic and some salt, pepper and herbs and Field Roast. Can anything grilled not taste great?

Dreena’s Energy Cookies from Vive la Vegan! I made these as a low sugar treat expecting them to taste “healthy” and was pleasantly surprised that they were very dessert-worthy. They were soft and flavorful and totally satisfied my hankering for something sweet.

A field trip to North Portland led us to Flavour Spot, a waffle food cart located in the Video-Rama parking lot on Lombard and Boston. Now, if eating food sold in a video store parking lot isn’t your idea of gourmet, you clearly haven’t tasted this treat. A slightly crispy waffle, filled with veggie sausage and drizzled with a maple glaze, it is a meal worth repeating again and again. Even crab-cake Jim, who is in old man training and doesn’t like driving anywhere out of a 5 mile radius of the house besides to work, was in love and the next day asked if we could go again. Rumor has it (i.e., I read on the internet somewhere) that they also have a vegan Fluffer Nutter waffle sandwich too. I might have to take that mission on personally to confirm or deny such rumors. Remember, I’m doing all for you.