Squirrel’s Vegan Kitchen

Have I mentioned before my undying love for brunch? It’s surely the best meal of them all. Look no furthur for proof:

Fresh cherry and almond muffins, adapted from VwaV, and tofu scramble with spinach, kalamata olives, tons of herbs, zucchini, and new potatoes. Fresh Oregon berries with some soy yogurt on top make the prefect breakfast dessert.

This was a brunch that we had some guests over for. Crepes, my personal brunch fav, filled with the chocolate peanut butter I oohed over before, topped with some thawed and purred sweet cherries mixed with vanilla soy yogurt. On the side is an herbed chickpea mixture, similar to the one I last posted about, but with VwaV tempeh crumbles mixed in. A fresh berry salad on the side and warm banana walnut muffins using my banana bread recipe. At Trader Joe’s I came across some organic blood orange juice, so we sipped on some bloody mimosas while we ate and chatted until we were too full to move. This is what Sundays are for- brunch and a nap. That’s relaxation!

We recently had dinner at one of my favorite spots, Blossoming Lotus. I can never quite decide what I want to eat there, but this night the Indian Bowl was calling me:

Curried potatoes and veggies with steamed kale and tempeh and a mango chutney to top. I like spicy food, but I have learned at BL if you ask, “Is this very spicy?” and they say no they are LYING! It was good, but a bit much.

Jim ate my favorite meal of all time there:

The tempeh fajitas! Bell peppers and tempeh strips that are marinaded in the yummiest of all marinades, stir fried with onions and topped with some red sauce and their homemade vegan sour cream drizzled on top, next to a bed of chopped romaine with two warm wheat tortillas to fill. Absolutely wonderful and drool-worthy.

For dessert:

A huge chocolate chip cookie, warmed up so the chips were gooey. I also had a piece of their raw fudge, which is the most heavenly chocolate confection ever imagined. Of course it was consumed so quickly that I forgot to take a picture, but a photo of a chocolate blob wouldn’t do it justice anyway. If you ever come here or find yourself at their other location in Kauai, Hawaii EAT THE FUDGE!

We caught Bindhi in a funny place the other night.

It was “Clean Hazel’s Tank” night and Hazel was safely running around in her ball (we never leave the top off when she’s in there) and Jim stepped out of the room for a moment to grab some of our cleaning supplies. We came back to find that Bindhi had planted herself firmly in the land of hamster turds. Thankfully that’s not messy, but she didn’t want to come out! She was just glaring at us and resisting us taking her out of the tank! What a goofball. The hamster is running around and they always obsess over the tank. I guess we can see who is smarter…