Vegan MoFo ~ Late Summer Foods

Today's Vegan MoFo Prompt is...What's Your Favorite Late Summer Food?

I wasn't completely sure how to take this prompt so I am running with what came to mind first which was...what IS food?  Food is fruits, veggies, nuts, seeds, grains...not packaged or prepared stuff.  FOOD is what makes up those prepared items, right, so for this post I will focus on 4 of my favorite summer foods and by that I mean 4 individual ingredients.

The first 4 late summer foods/ingredients that I LOVE are...Watermelon, Squash, Corn, and Tomatoes.  I will expand on that each on in just a moment but first take a look at this Watermelon Gazpacho I made not too long ago.

The recipe for this raw vegan soup will be posted on The Raw Foods World NEWS Site RECIPE Section in the near future.  I won't release the entire recipe here YET but I will tell you it has 5 Cups of cubed Watermelon, 2 Cups of Cubed Mangoes, and some Lemon Juice, Agave, and Mint.

I LOVE watermelon and could eat it all year if it was available.

Another food I LOVE for a different reason is various squashes!  The main reason I LOVE squash is because there are so many different types of it.  Zucchini is one of the best and more readily available.  Last year I made Raw Vegan Salt & Vinegar "Chips" made from Zukes in my Dehydrator.

 Another Summer Food I can't get enough of is CORN.  But I have 'issues' with corn in general but if you LOVE something you make it work, right!?  Here are my issues with corn...one...I don't like eating it straight off the cob like I used to when I was little in fear of getting it stuck in my teeth.  That is one my pet peeves as I get older.  So for the past several years I have been cutting off the cob and eating it that way.  It's just as good so that's awesome!  What isn't awesome is that corn is one of the MOST GMO-ed foods these days.  That's awful, isn't it?  But in my area there are not many non-GMO and organic corn offerings available so I have to do my best, right?  In this photo you will see a little thrown together dish of seasoned rice, corn, and sun-dried tomatoes.  YUM!

Here's a photo of a dish I made last year that combined my love of corn and squash (among other wonderful veggies) and can you tell what kind of grain that is in there?  It's Freekuh!  If you aren't familiar with Freekuh check out THIS POST.

I was going back thru my archives and didn't see this photo posted apparently I forgot to put it on my blog!  But I did put it on my InstaGram!

Oops!

Oh well...you get the idea!

That leaves us with my 4th choice for Late Summer Foods...TOMATO...and for some reason Blogger won't let me post anymore photos today, sorry about that...but we all know what tomatoes look like and they are oh-so-good!!!!

Vegan MoFo ~ New Friends!

Today's prompt for Vegan MoFo is...Reach Out!  Make a new vegan friend!  Well I think that is what makes Vegan MoFo great!  Each year I find new vegan friends online that I treasure long after the month is up!  I consider ANYONE who has visited my blog and commented to be in that group this year.  You can visit them on my BLOG ROLL post and if I have missed anyone please let me know!  Someone I really want to throw a SHOUT OUT to is someone I 'met' prior to this years Vegan MoFo and I absolutely LOVE their blog!  This person is great!  Some may know them as Vegan Peace others may know them as Vegan Power or perhaps you know them by the name of My Cat Loves Daiya which is the title of her blog!  No matter what you call her she's great and so is her blog!


I'm so happy I found her blog or she found mine either way she's great!  Funny thing is - she used to live about an hour to an hour and a half from me and I didn't even know it until about a week before she moved to the other side of the country!  BUMMER!  BUT...at least we have the blog world, right!  Another reason I would like to do a shout out to this person is because she's a great commenter and last week she made a comment on one of my posts and suggested I do a Tomato Soup!  Well, I took her up on the challenge and made the soup you see here!  It's a Vegan Tomato Cream Soup!  It only has 3 main ingredients with a few optional ingredients or ingredients you can add to taste.  Here's what's in it... 5 Tomatoes, 1 Avocado, 4 Sun Dried Tomatoes, and Basil Leaves, Sea Salt, and Cayenne to taste.  Special Thanks to Vegan Peace for this suggestion/challenge!

Recipes & Info for a Soup, Smoothie, and Jerky!

In case you are getting sick of seeing all of my vacation photos I thought I would get back to posting some food!  It's been extremely busy since we've been back home - I can't believe it's already been a month that we've been back!  WOW!  

Anyhow...to the food, eh!?

Above you will see some of the posts I have been doing for The Raw Food World NEWS Site lately.  I will try and be better about cross posting them here on my blog, too!  First up is the recipe I did for the Raw Vegan Creamy Tomato Soup.  I paired that with some info on how it can help strengthen bones.  Below that you will see a photo and excerpt from the Blackberry Orange Smoothie Recipe I did and I wrote about how it may help with healthier skin.  And in the last of those 3 posts you will see a recipe I did for Tofu Jerky that may help with Type-2 Diabetes.  As I post this I see that I have a typo in the first line - OH MY!  I will be changing that very soon!  It's supposed to read I am NOT a 'pro' when it comes to tofu!  Eeek!