Thrown Together Vegan Pizzas!

Another busy week is to blame for my lack of posts but I do have some things to share with you - I'm just a bit behind - that's all!

Last week I found this pizza crust at my local Tops Market that just happened to be VEGAN.  It's also Non-GMO and Organic, too!  They are long and rectangular and they come in two packs!

I was super stoked about these!  I'm NOT a baker - it doesn't matter if it's sweets or bakey type things like crusts - I screw it up EVERY TIME...guaranteed!  So finding these was like the sky parting and the heavens singing!  Even better I was able to use what I had on hand to make the pizzas!  Take a look at the additional photos below!

Starting with the first one...plan and simple...Vegan Cheese Pizza!  Yup!  That's shredded Daiya you are seeing!  I used a simple pizza sauce that was also vegan.  I liked that it only had just a couple ingredients in there, too!  I probably put these in the oven about 2 minutes too long.  They were really crunchy but that's ok because I like them that way.
Oddly - the leftover the 2nd day were even better and actually not as crunchy!

This was the 2nd pizza I did!  I threw leftover spinach, corn, and 2 Daiya Cheeses on there.  You can't really see the last bit of Jack Shreds I used but they are in there.  I was going for more of a Mexican Pizza here and you will see in the next photo how I topped it off!  I also sprinkled some minced garlic over top of this one, too!  It was totally YUMMY!  I enjoyed both but have to say I think this 2nd one was my favorite of the two!

All cut up and ready to eat!  Yup!  That is vegan sour cream you see there!  It was SUPER YUMMY with the Vegan Mexican Pizza!  And the corn really gave it that extra sweetness, too!  I think next time I am going to add some Chipotle Ranch from Wildtree to the Vegan Sour Cream.  I bet that would kick it up a notch, too!

So...what do you think about my thrown together - while using mostly leftovers - Vegan Pizzas - with new-to-me vegan crusts?

I was pretty giddy over all of this to me honest!  It was a nice treat and I was able to eat it for a few meals!

Thrown Together Meals, Vegan Sour Cream Recipes, & Fur-Siblings!

I'm back to eating mostly from my stash/pantry with the exception of some fresh avocados I bought on Sunday.  I rarely by Vegan Sour Cream because it's NOT in my area and I would rather spend money on something else so you will be seeing more and more Sour Cream alternatives that I have made myself at home here on my blog.  Take this one for example.  On top of this heaping pile of nachos I made a sunflower seed based sour cream.  I also used chickpeas, avocado, corn chips, taco sauce, nutritional yeast, and tomatoes. With the chickpeas I put them on stove top first with paprika, onion, cumin, and garlic and chili sea salt.

The Sunflower Sour Cream had 3/4 C Sunflower Seeds, 3/4 C Water, 2 T Lemon Juice, 1 t Wildtree Garlic Galore, and 1/2 t Wildtree Absolutely Onion which is NOW Vegan AND Organic!  The old version of their Absolutely Onion Blend had whey in it.  Since it now has the organic label on it they revamped the ingredients and recipe and it's now on the VEGAN list!  YAY!  So many of the Wildtree products are naturally vegan and nearly the whole catalog is at least vegetarian (with the exception of just a few items)!  If you would like more Wildtree ideas when it comes to vegetarian and vegan dishes go to the search box on my sidebar and type in "wildtree" and they will all pop up!  If you are ever interested in purchasing anything let me know!

Here's another meal I threw together using what I had on hand.  I made another sour cream but this time it was made with a Macadamia Nut base.

Here's the recipe for this specific vegan sour cream using Mac Nuts...

1 C Macadamia Nuts, 1/2 C Water, 1 t Grapeseed Oil, 1 t flax meal (or flax seeds that you grind yourself), 1 T Minced Garlic, 1 T Lemon Juice, Pinch of Black Himalayan Sea Salt.

I found this one was creamier than the Sunflower Seed recipe but both were tasty in their own right.

Yes - those are plain black beans on the left.  And on the right that is cubed tempeh that I did on the stove top with Wildtree's Golden BBQ Sauce.  I really like this product - it has a subtle mustard base.  It doesn't really taste like a 'BBQ Sauce' but has a nice flavor regardless!  Yes!  It's another Wildtree Vegan offering!

And just for fun...my fur-siblings!  YES...siblings!  These 3 are my sisters and brother - my parents furkids!  Lexi is the dog and the cats are Bernie in the middle and Jeter on the right.  And in case you didn't make the connection - the cats are named after Bernie Williams and Derek Jeter both former New York Yankees!

Sometimes I think my parents put this sun room addition on just for the furkids! LOL

9am Nachos & Sweet Sleepin' Suzie

I decided to call these Nacho's...9am Nachos...WHY?  Because I had them for a Brunch the other day!  I know that sounds weird but it's true!  And they were FAB!  I did a layer of corn chips topped with lettuce, brown rice, black beans, salsa, and a Vegan Sour Cream that I made from scratch!  The Vegan Sour Cream was AMAZING!!  Recipe as follows...
1 C Cashews
3/4 C Almond Milk
2 T Lemon Juice
1 T Apple Cider Vinegar
4 T Hemp Seeds
1/2 t Red Jalapeno Powder
Pinch Pink Himalayan Sea Salt

YUMMO!

We've been keeping Suzie as comfortable as possible.  We still don't have much to report to her vet of what's been going on...she's just sleeping more than usual and showing her age, I guess.  I did make the switch to wet food at the end of last week and she absolutely LOVES it.  She did have a sudden burst of energy over the weekend - in the evening - and ran from one room to the other a few times - something that she hasn't done much (or any of) in the last few weeks.

I have a few projects in the works and will report on those soon, here.  Work is going to get a little crazier the next several weeks - if not MONTHS - but there may be somethings changing and I am trying to keep my CHIN UP about.  The weather situation is looking HAIRY for this week...we've already gotten 3 inches of slush before 8am and we can get 6 inches of snow today.  Over the next several days we could see in the FEET range.  I'm hoping it will be ok by Thursday afternoon so Megan and I can go see Dave Coulier in Erie as we planned.

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