Snowtoriously Snowed In

Hey everyone! Don't ask where I came up with "snowtorious" but since I am snowed in for most likely the next 24 hours it seemed right.

We got about 1 foot of snow on the ground already and it was snowing all morning. I went in to work early and there was definately a calm before the storm, since it stopped snowing from around 2-4pm (in Waukesha County anyway) but we are supposed to get another 9-14 inches until about noon tomorrow (Wednesday). There are 50 mph winds and it is quite crazy out there right now. There are snow drifts about 5 feet deep in my back yard.

I attempted to take a picture outside not too long ago and this is all I got.

Way toooooooooo windy....

All the snow is stuck in the screens to the windows, so you can barely even see out the windows and doors.

What a great night to blog, watch a movie and eat some delicious vegan food.

Tonight I made Tofu Stir Fry & it turned out great thanks to my tofu press.

It was my first time buying and cooking with Bamboo Shoots - they tasted great in the stir fry and I also added in bean sprouts to the brown rice - amazing.

I made a Veganized Version of Stacked Vegetable Lasagna yesterday evening got the recipe from Alyssa at fashionfitnessfoodie.

Layered in the pan...

Olive oil - coat your pan

Cauliflower (trimmed and sliced through the diameter into very thin slices) - this is the bottom layer

Thin Slices of Eggplant on top of cauliflower

Portabella mushrooms

Red Onion slices

Zucchini slices

Add tomato slices

Top with Cheese (I used Daiya Vegan Mozzerella Shreds)

Pour sauce over this and more cheese. I also used a little bit of salt & pepper, and Italian Seasonings for more flavor.

Alyssa let hers sit under the broiler for 10 minutes, but that didn't seem to work to well for mine. The Daiya started to (almost) burn, so I baked it for about 15 minutes at a low temp of about 350 degrees.

Besides I wanted the cauliflower to be soft.

This was a great dish and definately something different. I enjoyed it and plan on making it again in the future!

I hope you enjoy and let me know if you decide to make it!

Nichole



Daiya Review

I finally was able to try Daiya Vegan Cheese! It was located at my local co-op Outpost Natural Foods in the Cheddar flavor. I thought this would be great to try on nachos, pizzas, tacos.... the list goes on.

I have been craving some healthy style pizza and this what I decided to make with Daiya.

1 whole wheat tortilla

pizza sauce

mushrooms, zucchini, spinach, onions

italian seasonings and Daiya

Broil for 10 minutes or less watch carefully....

mine got a little crisp around the edges!

There is a thing as too much Vegan cheese. I did enjoy the Daiya but I definately put way too much on my pizza here. I was picking majority of it off because it was a bit overwhelming.

Less is more with this stuff!!!!

I can't wait to try it with some other recipes, maybe where the cheese is more blended or masked by another element. I think this would  be good in lasagna. Otherwise I am excited to  melt some into a refried bean dip or on bean burritos. I think both would turn out lovely. I will post those when I try them as well!!