Bringing Yummolicious Back..Vegan Style 2009

I'm BACK!!! Gosh did I take a LONNGGGG Vacation! I never thought that starting work would strip me of all free time! Whew! Well let's get re-acquainted. The last blog I posted was back in September..2 days before I began my new job which was 2 hours north away from home...hence the lack of time! I was way too busy to be able to blog so I took a slight sabbatical. But thanks to the most awesome God, we have been blessed with a brand new home up north allowing us more time for...well...about EVERYTHING!! So I am back and better than ever ready to once again shine my Green Vegan Light to Everyday Living!

Oh where to start..I have so much I want to talk about! Ever since September I have been exposed to so many new vegan experiences with groceries, recipes, restaurants and much much more! But I will try not to be so overwhelming so here we go....

As we were roaming the vegan/gluten free/organic aisles of Wegman's or what I call "Heaven" Tim had convinced me to pick up a bag of Nate's Classic Meatless Meatballs..I pondered on the idea and realized the possibilities with these delicious semi-round morsels of seasoned Faux meat so I decided to make that 1 out of 3 of my new food trys for the week.

When I got home I decided to create for lunch Meatball Pita Sandwiches with Pita halves, meatballs simmered in homemade marinara with a slice of vegan cheese and small sprinkle of nutritional yeast (I forgot to pick of vegan Parmesan!) I prepped all my ingredients for my marinara, threw them in a pot and began simmering the sweet smelling concoction. As the flavors infused, I pulled out my bag of meatless meatballs and checked the instructions on how to properly cook them. "Simmer in sauce for 10 minutes" Okey dokey will do. I threw in 6 meatballs and a small one for me to taste and allowed them to simmer....well either the simmer was too strong or I stirred them a little too much..either way my meatballs in marinara fell apart and became Spaghetti Cause with Vegan Ground Beef. So my lunch turned into Whole Grain Spaghetti with Vegan Spaghetti Sauce topped with a sprinkle of nutritional yeast. The results...It was absolutely delicious...my continuous cravings for Italian-Inspired Spaghetti were finally met! Voila!



NOTE: Nate's Meatless Meatballs are very, very delicate. Therefore, they need to be either browned before use or used as an "add in" right before serving in order for these yummy rounders to retain their shape..and name!