Asparagus!

So over the last nine months Hannah and I have been cooking together, introducing new things, and creating absolutely delicious meals that both of us enjoy. One of our favorite meals to make and eat is perhaps one of the easiest meals to make: asparagus, tofu, pasta sauce, and nutritional yeast, (not sure exactly what to call it).
Whenever I thought about eating vegan or even vegetarian I always wondered what type of food could be made real quick and without much hassle. I could never think of anything, one of the many reasons I never much considered vegetarianism or veganism, that and that fact that I was brought up eating some sort of meat with every meal. Even now as an adult, when I am not with Hannah the food I make that it is easy and quick includes tuna.
I'm not sure when I learned about this dish. I was at Hannah's and we were at a loss for what to eat for dinner like we usually are, and Hannah suggested that we try one of her go to dishes, tofu asparagus and sauce. I like asparagus so was all for trying out this new dish. Not going to lie though, I was a little bit nervous about trying this out, it just looked different. for some reason I'm always a little nervous trying out Hannah's food ideas (love you Hannah). But I am glad I did. Not only is this dish delicious, but it is packed full of great nutritious needed for any vegan or vegetarian.
And so a go to, quick dish was discovered.

Tofu, Asparagus, and Sauce

One cluster of asparagus
Half a jar of corn free Tomato Sauce
One half package of firm Tofu drained
1/4 c nutritional yeast
1 Tbs Olive Oil

In a frying pan warm olive oil and cook asparagus. When asparagus is cooked add tomato sauce, tofu and nutritional yeast. When tofu is warm all the way through, serve. Add more nutritional yeast on top to taste. And grad a piece of bread to sop up the remaining tomato sauce when you are done with the asparagus and tofu.

Enjoy!

Hannah's Cookies

The other day Hannah made some cookies for a function at school. For some reason it’s hard for me to imagine a cookie that Hannah could eat, all the tasty cookies I grew up with had lots of eggs, nuts, or lots of butter. But ever after she made them she couldn’t stop raving about them. All I could say was bring me some. Luckily she was coming to see me the next day, otherwise I don’t think I would have been able to try the originals. But let me tell you, these were good! She had only brought me two of them, but they were good enough to get me hooked.

Of course, she knew I was going to get hooked and had already planned to make some more with me.

The recipe is so easy to make, I think it took us ten minutes to make, about as long as it took us to eat them. In fact after we finished the batter, we started a cribbage game and while waiting for the first batch to cook we ate about half the remaining batter then waiting for the second to cook we ate half of the first batch. It was a little crazy. But after two days of Hannah’s cookies I'm still not sick of them.

So here it is, Hannah’s infamous cookies!

Hannah's Cookies (or Banana Oatmeal Balls)

1 tsp Baking Soda
3 cups Oatmeal
2 cups Flour
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 brown sugar or 1 cup sugar
1 1/2 Banana
1/2 cup margarine (or 1/2 c. applesauce if you want to make them healthier)


Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl mix the dry ingredients. In a separate bowl mix the wet ingredients. Add the dry ingredients slowly to the wet bowl making sure that it is mixed thoroughly.

Make the cookies into small sized balls and place on greased tray. Bake for 10-12 minutes until golden brown on the top.

Makes about two dozen