Mashed White Beans

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Mashed White Beans

A great alternative to mashed potatoes is mashed white beans they are creamy and delicious and you can put your own spin on them.  Last night I had leftover Tofutti so I added it to my recipe.

  • 2 cans Cannelini beans, drained and rinsed
  • 8-10 oil packed sundried tomatoes, chopped small
  • 5 scallions, chopped small 
  • 3T vegan cream cheese 
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1t garlic powder

Add all ingredients to a pan over medium heat and mash with a potato masher.  Mix everything together and then heat until warmed. Enjoy!

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Giveaway & Review: Tropical Traditions Coconut Oil

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 The winner is Averie from Love Veggies and Yoga!  

Congrats! 

Tropical Traditions sent me a jar of their Virgin Coconut Oil to sample- it is also organic.  What is great about the gold label brand is that it is made by hand unlike other coconut oils. I love coconut oil and this stuff is great.  I use coconut oil to make a number of raw dishes – my favorite way to use it is in raw macaroons.  I also love to use it in stir fries instead of peanut or canola oil because it gives the stir fry a really great flavor.  Yesterday I actually heated it up and sprinkled it on my kabocha squash before I roasted it and it was delicious.  

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Golden Moon Tea

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To my delight after my awkward interview I returned home to find a package waiting for me from Golden Moon Tea.  They sent me six samples of their tea which I just can’t wait to try. They have a variety of really interesting flavors such as:

  • Sugar Caramel Oolong
  • Sencha
  • Coconut Pouchong
  • Rose
  • Tippy Earl Grey
  • Honey Pear (not vegan so I will give this one to my mum to try)

Tonight I tired the Caramel Oolong- It's pretty good not too sweet

Tonight I tried the Sugar Caramel Oolong- it's pretty good and not too sweet!

You can check out what else I ate today at Eat.Live.Be Healthy.

Product Review: Sahale Snacks

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This review has been a long time coming and I apologize for how long it too me to write this review. I don’t know about you but I love nuts and Sahale Snacks makes a yummy variety of glazed nuts and nut blends. The thing that is great about these nuts is that there are no added fats, no trans fats and no preservatives. My favorite of the nut blends that I was able to try was the “Soledad Almonds with Apple, Flax Seeds, Date, Balsamic Vinegar + Red Pepper”. It is such a yummy blend because it’s sweet and savory at the same time. Sahale snacks has a number of other really interesting flavor combinations as well as yummy PB&J Almonds!

Since receiving these samples I have picked up a few of the other flavors:
Sing Buri with Pineapple, Peanuts, Lemongrass + Mild Chinese Chili – so good loved the lemongrass flavor on these and Ksar Pistachios with Sesame Seeds, Pepitas, Fig + Moroccan Harissa- great flavors sweet, savory and a little spicy. However my favorite is still the Soledad Almonds.

Blogger Disclosure: Cooking For A Vegan Lover received these products at no cost from the company for review.

Exciting Job Interview

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I have a job interview on Wednesday that I am really excited about, however trying to not get over stressed or over excited.  The job is at the cafe at my husbands work.  The cafe serves breakfast and lunch and is focused on organic and local eating.  The cafe is not vegan however has lots of veggie options and are fine with me not wanting to work with animal products which is great. For the interview I have been asked to prepare something for the manager to try.  Since the cafe generally sells soups, salads and sandwiches I decided to go with a sandwich and soup.  I tested out a number of recipes from The Therapeutic Chef cookbook which is filled with vegan and whole food recipes. 

Squash Apple Soup, Creamy Chickpea Soup with Lemon and Parsley and Cream of Kale-Broccoli. Sandwiches are roasted portobello and the other 2 are different marinated tempeh sandwiches all three with an Omega spread

 

I’ll update you once I found out more information- fingers crossed everything goes well! 

Also I have a new blog Eat. Live. Be Healthy that is following my eating and work-out habits as well as changes to better my personal and mental health.