MidWeek Munchies Vegan Garlic Galore Wildtree Recipe Dip (***CONTEST***)

Happy MidWeek Munchies to ya!

Be sure to link up below!  Anything Vegan is welcome!

For my quick post today...

Garlic Galore Vegan Dip

You may or may not know that I (along with my mom, dad, and sister) have been Wildtree Representatives for a while now.  It works well because I can speak on the vegetarian and vegan products, my mom and sister can talk about more Standard American Diet type things, and my dad can talk about his personal experiences about how some of the products has helped his overall health, too! 

As a vegan foodie - I can eat the majority of offerings in the catalog.  Heck!  I'm just stoked they have so many options!  And MOST of the products are not only organic but many of them gluten free, too!

Having said that...here is my take on the Garlic Galore Dip VEGANIZED!

1/2 C Just Mayo

1/2 C (many a little more) Tofutti Sour Cream

1 1/2 T Wildtree Garlic Galore Blend

That's all!  And it's WONDERFUL if you LOVE garlic like I do!  But that isn't all I do with this product...I basically use it almost everyday!  Every time you need garlic!  

Before we get to the LINK UP...I'm going to do a spur of the moment CONTEST!  If you LINK UP to this weeks MWM - as well as - LEAVE A COMMENT on this post with your email addy - I will choose a winner to receive one of these Garlic Galore's in the near future!  I will choose the winner Wednesday, May 28th!  WHO WANTS TO WIN?

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Midweek Munchies is BACK...and a Home-Made Tomato Soup!

Another quick post today!  First up another soup I have made and enjoyed!  

Tangy Vegan Tomato Soup

1/2 Sweet Onion

2 Cloves Garlic

1 T Grapeseed Oil

1/2 C Raw Cashews

4 to 5 Tomatoes

1/2 C Water

1/4 C Coconut Milk

To Taste:
Sprinkle of Nutmeg, Smoked Paprika, Basil or Oregano, and Pink or Black Himalayan Sea Salt.

It was YUMMY!  You can do this RAW or COOKED Vegan!

Midweek Munchies is BACK!!!

Check it out!  LINK UP Below!!!!  If you haven't ever participated in MWM (MidWeek Munchies) - all you have to do is link up with a post for a vegan recipe, product, review, shopping haul, garden pick, Farmer Market finds, etc...anything plant-based and/or vegan is welcome!

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MidWeek Munchies - Vegan Snack Chip & Sticks!

Today is Wednesday and that means it's the beginning of another MidWeek Munchies week!  So if you have anything vegan to share link up below!  It can be a munchie you made or one you bought!  If you did an online purchase of interesting vegan products, found them locally, or were gifted them!  If you picked some items from your garden or farmers market we would love to see them!  Link up at the end of this post!

For my post, today, I wanted to share a few snack finds that I have grabbed this past week!  This first one is Eatrageous Sweet and Smokey BBQ (sticks)...they were yummers!

Next up are Better Chip Spinach and Kale Whole Grain Chips which were darned tasty!  I also bought the Chipotle flavor, too!  YUM!

BOTH were clearly marked vegan on the bag!  Why aren't all products so simple to identify, eh!?

I made an online purchase yesterday that I might save for next week's MidWeek Munchies.  I also have a pile of posts that I need to finish up!
Everything from recipes, reviews, and much more!  What do you have up your sleeve as of late?

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MidWeek Munchies: Dollar Tree Edition

It's MidWeek Munchies Time!  Everyone is invited to link up below thru Tuesday, December 1st, to any vegan post that has to do with grocery store hauls, garden or farmers market finds, munchies that you created in your kitchen, online purchases, or products that you have come across otherwise that happen to also be vegan!

Today I would like to share with you my haul from my local Dollar Tree!  Because I went with my hubby who isn't vegan/vegetarian I will say that together we spent $41 and bought over 41 items with that $41!!!!  Here's a look at some of MY stuff...

Frozen items!  Including frozen spinach!  YAY!  I also found Tater Rounds and Pepper Stir Fry (as you can see the blend also includes onions)!

I looked at these items over and over again and couldn't find any ingredient that wasn't on the safe list of vegan finds!  I think I scored pretty good this past weekend!

There were additional canned items and frozen items that I didn't include in these photos but they were pretty plane-jane items like canned beans, for example...and frozen and canned corn, too!

Eventho these are labeled 100% vegetarian...they seem to also be vegan!  I'm always excited to find 'breaded' items that are made WITHOUT egg!  So I had to scoop them up!

I also saw these veggie burgers that I never tried before this last trip to the store!  I have tried one already and the flavor is tasty but I have to work on the texture.  I did them with grapeseed oil in a frying pan and they were still a little mushy...I will certainly work on that SOON.  The important thing is that the taste was good, eh!?

Next up and from the same company are Vegetable Empanadas and Vegetable Samosas.  The Empanadas are Black Bean based and take well to my small toaster oven.  The Samosa's are yummers and I have pan fried them.  They have whole seed spices within that pack that lovely punch, too!

I enjoy coming up with different vegan sauces to pair with these and I am sure to do more in the near future.  I ended up getting TWO of each of these as well as the Beans and Burgers you see above, too!

And FINALLY...Jennifer Garden Vegetable Spring Rolls!  Again, no egg!  YAY!  I had these as a part of my hubby's family's Thanksgiving Dinner this past weekend and made a dipping sauce for them which consisted of soy sauce, peanut butter, maple syrup, lemon juice, garlic powder, etc.  It turned out pretty good!  I LOVE these because they are so small and cute!  I also pan fried them.  I think they would be mushy if microwaved.

YOUR TURN!!!!

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Halloween YoFo Link-Up! (Natural Dye With Tea)

I’m so excited to share this Vegan YoFo HALLOWEEN EDITION Linkup with you today! 

What is VeganYoFo? A few of us put together a group of VeganMoFo participants who wanted to keep in touch throughout the year. , We've named our community VeganYoFo (Year Of Food). We will be holding regular themed linkups like this one throughout the year!

I will be doing several posts that I can link up with. Today I thought I would dig into my crafting archives and tell you about a VEGAN way to naturally color and dye things for paper crafts.

YUP! That's right! We are using TEA for this project.

Depending on what you are doing you can use loose leaf and use the infused tea water and/or you can use tea bags!

Here's a photo of me using paper in tea water and letting it dry!

I decided to also try this for a tag and/or bookmark! It worked well!

Here's the finished product.

I also used it to shade in certain parts of this image! The sleeve and the candle! If you would like more step-by-step instructions my original post is still active on my old blog and can be found HERE. Yes...this is from 2011 but still is a great way to incorporate tea into your crafts and play around with natural colorings and dyes.

NOW...let's see your VEGAN related Halloween Posts!

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MidWeek Munchies is BACK (LINK UP)

Well HELLO everyone!  It's Wednesday!  And I'm bringing back MidWeek Munchies!  It's just another way to keep all of us blogging and networking and spreading the vegan word!

How it works is...

blog about your VEGAN shopping experiences and LINK UP!

Visit other participants and link back to this blog post to help spread the word!

We will be posting this each Wednesday and it will remain open until the following Tuesday.  The next day we will start another one!

Special THANKS to the "Off Season" Community Welcome Wagon and Co-Hosts:

Mary Ellen @ V Nutrition

Kyra @ Vie De La Vegan

Vegan Power/Vegan Peace @ My Cat Loves Daiya

Deborah @ Urban Naturale

Jennifer @ MyBlissfulJourney

Here's MY post for TODAY for MidWeek Munchies!

First up...Laughing Giraffe is jumping on the Pumpkin Spice Band Wagon and I'm ok with that.  All of the items you see today I'm waiting on in the mail from The Raw Food World.  Don't these Pumpkin Spice Snackaroons look AWESOME?

Divine Organics Coconut Blossom Sugar sounded interesting and I can't wait to try it!

I went a little crazy or should I say NUTTY and bought a slew of Living Nutz NEW flavors!  I can't wait to try them!  One of the new flavors is their Old World Italian Herb Almonds!

Then...check out these bad boys!  Apple Krisp Karma Walnuts AND pecans?  Are you serious!?  Gosh!  Can't wait to gnaw on these!

Let's NOT forget about the Zesty Almonds!  I bet their GREAT on just about anything but I will probably just eat them as a snack while at work and/or traveling!

And I couldn't pass these up!  Galactic Garlic Onion Pistachios?  I'm GAME!

Tell us about your Vegan Grocery Haul this week!

LINK UP BELOW!!!!

Exciting News! Participants NEEDED! And Vegan Jabber!

I figured I would quickly start off today's blog post with one of my million and one different attempts at a vegan cheese sauce.  The beauty of home made vegan cheese sauces is that there are so many different ways to make them.

Sure...some are better tasting than others and some are just more-so for nutritional benefit and quickness but there are ways of vegan cheese survival out there!  I know this probably looks weird since I'm using spaghetti noodles but it was what I had on hand that day.

I know we just debuted this yesterday but I wanted to let you know that I created a NEW logo for it!  The current PICK 3 MoFo'ers Off Season Community LINK UP is now LIVE thru 10/19/15.  Click on the logo on the sidebar and it will take you to directly to the post.

In other news - we now have 4 Welcome Wagon Greeters and Co-Hosts to the MoFo'ers Off Season Community.  Helping me with this project is Mary Ellen, Deborah, and Kyra!  Thanks ladies!  We have some really fun prompts and link ups on tap to keep us all blogging and in touch in the off season months of MoFo!  Be sure to check out their blogs, too!

One of the MANY things I thought would be FUN would be to bring back MidWeek Munchies.  It's something I did years and years ago thru a different blog and hope to start back up again STARTING TOMORROW!!!!  Check out THESE POSTS to get some ideas but basically what it is...is...a bunch of us sharing on our blogs what we have purchased or tasted or tested that happens to also be VEGAN over the past week or week ahead!  It's a great way to meet new people and learn about potential new vegan products and companies!   I hope you will join me tomorrow!

And FINALLY...this is in the works for later this week thru the 31st of the month!  It's the MoFo'ers Off Season Vegan Halloween Link-up! This will be for any and all Vegan Halloween related posts!  Multiple posts welcome!

Pick 3...A Challenge To All Of My Off Season Vegan MoFo Friends!

End of Vegan MoFo '15 & Off Season Community

I'm starting a separate post for this.  Check out THIS POST for more info.

Vegan MoFo 2015 "Off Season" Community Blog Roll

Jennifer @ MyBlissfulJourney

Vegan Power/Vegan Peace @ My Cat Loves Daiya

Tea and Sympatico @ Tea and Sympatico
Emma @ Walks, Talks and Eats
Christine @ The Raw Project
Deborah @ Urban Naturale
Rose @ Dandelion Vegan
Julie @ My Apologies For The Novel
Sal @ Alien On Toast
Ditte Gad @ Green Madness (gront galskab)
Mary Ellen @ V Nutrition
Spécialiste de l'éphémère @ L'éphémère quotidienneté des repas et autres trucs de magie
Michelle Lee @ Boards & Knives
Bianca @ Vegan Crunk
Elyse @ 403 Kitchen
Kyra @ Vie De La Vegan
Susan @ Kittens Gone Lentil
Herbivores'Heaven @ Herbivores'Heaven
Shaheen @ Allotment 2 Kitchen
Ana @ Ana's Rocket Ship
Tracy @ Tracy's Living Cookbook
Jill @ Evolution of Jill
Chunky on Chia @ Chunky on Chia
Kimmy @ Rock My Vegan Socks

Add Your OWN:

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