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Did you feel the quake? Are you okay NY and NJ? Northern California, another? Stay safe!

@Aunt Bea we having our sheet pan veggie hash tonight, sweet potatoes, onions, potatoes, and green peppers. Will be served with ketchup. Yum, thank you for the reminder!

We had our main meal early today, Krock's Meatloaf (meat-less) glazed with balsamic vinegar and ketchup, mashed potatoes, and green beans. Delicious. I've made this meatloaf about 5 times now and it always pleases us. *Bonus points for not having crunchy parts-good for soft food dental days...

For a present this year I received 1 lb of dry figs. They are pliable, and big (close to golf ball size). Cut open they have the lovely tan outside, and inside the darker seeded area. Any ideas of how to use them to make the most of them?

Good Evening, Dinner tonight is cauliflower wings w/stir fry sauce and Greek Lemon Spinach Lentil Soup. Enjoy your night!

Quiche Potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, garlic, mushrooms, peppers. Tofu almond milk batter w/spices and herbs.

Full meal-sized salads with lettuce, broccoli, tomatoes, apples, pickles, red beans, wheat berries, topped with seasoned tempeh and caesar dressing(oil free). 4 tiny mandarin oranges.

If you type "cooked.wiki/" in front of the url of a recipe (a link that takes you to a page with a recipe), it will take you directly to the recipe ingredients and instructions. example: https://thefirstmess.com/2021/06/02/vegan-spinach-artichoke-pizza/ takes you to that recipe site. Adding...

Winter minestrone w/split peas, greens, tomato mushroom sauce on bread, topped with tofu cream (garlic, lemon), baked to crisp. Chocolate pie.

I tried this new recipe from @larry_stewart 's suggestion. I used what I had, and skipping the meat, dairy, oil. I made 1/2 the volume of the recipe. It's a huge recipe. Winter Minestrone It's creamy and very good. I'd make this again. The tomato was good with the split peas.

Have a Happy After Christmas Day! What's on your plate? Did you use a plate? :) A bowl of kale and leftover pizza from yesterday, (planned overs)! And pumpkin pie and chocolate pie. I used a bowl/a plate/and a bowl.

We had a variety platters, strategically placed black rice, broccoli, black beans, and breaded tofu (the 4B's) with a new-to-us sauce called Liquid Gold. It came from here: minimalistbaker.com/5-minute-liquid-gold-sauce-oil-free-plant-based/ 1/2 cup cooked chickpeas (rinsed and drained)...

I picked up some Black japonica Rice on amazon. Related rices: black, red, wild, forbidden I cooked it up in boiling water, and then drained and rinsed. It took 30 minutes to cook. It has a creamy texture when chewing, more so than starchy. I like it. It has a popcorn smell while cooking...

There's a lot of practical ways people store canned food. Storing under beds in boxes or roll out storage. Storing in closets stacking cases. Storing in the garage in cabinets or shelves. Storing in a basement pantry or separate room on the first floor (unused bedroom or office). And storing in...

I saw this excellent and easier way to make sushi (whole food plant based-ish). Instead of nori it used a rice paper and nori into square packages. No rolling, easy to assemble. elavegan.com/rice-paper-dumplings/ The filling for us is white sticky rice w/sugar/salt/vinegar, tempeh that is...

Chili beans with macaroni.

A standard recipe for making tempeh would be, 2 cups of dried soybeans, soaked 24 hours, rub off the hull and split the beans. Cook boiling for 1 hour, let cool. Add 2 T white vinegar (or pasteurized vinegar). Mix well. Make sure the beans are air dry, no shiny spots of moisture on them. Dry...

Cold salad of chickpeas, corn, onions, red bell peppers, chopped spinach with a tofu based caesar dressing. Asparagus. Bowl of red grapes. Chocolate cherry black bean brownies.

Seasoned baked potatoes diced, green beans, plant based ground beef (tofu/walnut), with mushroom and onion gravy. Apple sauce.

Pumpkin apple soup w/WW toast, fresh cooked asparagus (thank you Mexico), black bean brownies with dried sweet cherries.

Sushi rolls w/2 sauces. Tempeh/carrot/bell peppers, garlic ginger soy sauce, and thousand island (pumpkin seed base).

We had meat loaf and mashed potatoes with mushroom onion gravy. Big meal sized salads. Fava bean brownies w/dark chocolate chips.

My pizzas And his pizzas with extra no-cheeze sauce Enough for 2-3 days.

Krock's in the Kitchen "Meat Loaf", with Veggie Hash. (mushroom onion gravy over it all) Lemon frozen dessert bars with peach puree over top.

We're sorting out canning rings to throw out, anything with rust on them and I'm baking a zucchini/barberry bread and zucchini/apricot bread. Supper is meal sized salads with caesar dressing, and taste testing both of the breads.