MidWeek Munchies & Shame On Me!

It's been a weird few weeks! I know I have been spotty with my posts! So sorry! Shame on me! Now that I am so far behind I have tons and tons of stuff in the works! 

Today is Wednesday and that means it's time for MidWeek Munchies! I hope you will participate - we had a great week last week! So if you have anything VEGAN you would like to share and link up with we welcome you and your posts! It can be a grocery store haul, garden or farmers market trip, online purchase, or anything you made and munched on that happens to be vegan! 

As for me...this particular post is a boring one...so sorry! This past week I didn't buy all that much. I did, however, get some Earth Balance and Chickpeas. With the Chickpeas I made what you see above...it's one of the many Chickpea Spreads I have whipped up. This one has sun-dried tomatoes in it, too, and it was YUMMERS!

I also met up with one of my best friends on Monday. I took a vacation day from work. Her and I went to Wegmans and grabbed some Polenta and Salsa. She had never had Polenta before so I got some that was packaged and used a little of the Earth Balance and did it up in a frying pan and topped it with Salsa. We both enjoyed it! She and I met in college and have had a connection ever since. I wish I could spend more time with her! She told me that she is back to being a vegetarian again! Lacto-Veg! I thought that was wonderful! She was in college for a while, too, and she's really excited to start back up again! She might just be reading my blog now...so...if she is...HEY GIRL! 

The winner of the MyKind Organic's Vegan D3 Spray was Emily! CONGRATS! There will be another chance to win a prize from Garden of Life this weekend so stay tuned!

Tell me...what have you been munching on?

An InLinkz Link-up

"Cheesy" Sage Polenta Topped with Roasted Brussels Sprouts

What a week and it's only Tuesday!  Instead of getting into the craziness of it all - I figured I would share a dish I made last week - instead!

"Cheesy" Sage Polenta Topped With Roasted Brussels Sprouts

Recipe for Polenta Part:

1 C Polenta 

3 to 4 C Water

1/4 C Sage

2 T Earth Balance (or Oil of your choice)

1/2 C Nutritional Yeast

Recipe for Roasted Brussels Sprouts Part:

1/2 Pound Brussels Sprouts, halved

Grapeseed Oil, drizzled

Salt, Pepper, Garlic Powder, to taste

I topped the Polenta with the Brussels Sprouts and sprinkled more Nutritional Yeast on top.

This was SO GOOD!  This was a wonderful comfort food.  It was warming to the body, heart, and soul and was more filling than I thought it would be!  I will certainly be making this again in the near future!

Health Vegan Fridays Participant

Chipotle Lime Polenta "Chick'n" and Tomato Flavored Quinoa with Artichokes and Green Chilies

 Chipotle Lime Polenta "Chick'n" and Tomato Flavored Quinoa with Artichokes and Green Chilies.  I made this last night for my lunch today.  I had a little bit of Polenta left over (I will have a separate post about that in a bit) and really wanted to use my Chipotle Lime "rub" from Wildtree in something.

So...here is what I did...

A little less than 1/2 of a store bought Polenta "roll" but I cubed it (instead of my usually slicing)

I 'seasoned' the Polenta with...

Wildtree Grapeseed Oil
Wildtree Chipotle Lime Rub
Nutritional Yeast

all to taste and texture

I noticed this was an interesting alternative to "chicken" so that is why I named it that.

I added in regular Quinoa that I had flavored with Tomato Paste and Agave Nectar.  It was sweet and tomato-y.  Paired with the Chipotle and Lime it made for an interesting flavor that I ended up really liking.

I wanted more color...so...I added Artichokes and Green Chilies.  Had I had carrots on hand I would have added those, too!

So, this is one of my thrown-together dishes and I have it ready to go for lunch today.  I'm looking forward to the Chipotle KICK.

Participating Post in...

Freedom Fridays
Friday Chaos
Friday Flash Blog
Friday Food Fight
Healthy Vegan Fridays
Strange But Good

Quinoa Polenta with Stewed Tomatoes

I've been on a Polenta kick lately!  Not only did I find Polenta but I found Quinoa Polenta!  YAY!  You know I LOVE my Quinoa!  One of my FAVE ways to do Polenta is to do slices and cook on each side with Grapeseed Oil.  I top the sliced-circles with Stewed Tomatoes!

The best part of this whole dish?  It takes 5 minutes or less!  YUMMO!

Vegan MoFo 2012 Continues!