Peach Strawberry Smoothie

I wanted to make a peach-strawberry smoothie with silken tofu but I was not coming up with a recipe that sounded good to me, or one that used ingredients that I had on hand. I used this recipe as a starting point then changed the yogurt to tofu, added sweetener and soy milk. This is an awesome smoothie! I made it with honey, vegans use agave syrup or another sweetener.

Peach-Strawberry Silken Tofu Smoothie
8 slices of frozen peaches
10 small frozen strawberries
1/2-1 cup silken tofu, drained
1/2-1 cup vanilla soy milk
sweetener to taste
dash ground cinnamon if desired

Blend until very smooth. Serve immediately.

Vegan Fudge Pops

In this recipe, the Catherine of Food Snob make a vegan chocolate pudding and froze it into pops. Since she says they are the "best fudge pops ever" I knew I had to try them. They are amazing, rich, creamy, smooth and chocolaty....try these!

Chocolate Pudding

1 (12.3 ounce) package silken tofu, drained
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
1 tbsp. vanilla
1/2 cup maple syrup

Blend tofu until very smooth, blend in remaining ingredients. Pour into Bathroom Cups and place Popsicle
Sticks into each one. Freeze for at least 6 hours.

My silken tofu package......don't you think it is pretty? You won't use the whole package of this type, the measurement is for the Mori-Nu "Juice Box" aseptic package. However, it was cheaper to get this bigger package and I can save the leftover tofu for smoothies.

Kung Pao Tofu

I have been making this recipe since I became a vegetarian, and still make it now. I asked Chef Deb for a recipe for this after having it at Ellwood Thompson's. It is delicious and simple to prepare, serve it over rice. I bumped up the sauce and added more heat....1 tbsp. chili sauce instead of 1/4 tsp. I was fine with it but Chris was dying but he still ate it with 2 cups of milk XD. I forgot the peanuts but it was still delicious. Try this recipe!!!! In case anyone was wondering, the white plates, bowls, the glasses and the bamboo chopsticks are all available at the Dollar Tree.

Strawberry Banana Smoothie

This smoothie is super healthy and simple to make. I will be using Splenda instead of the sugar..

Strawberry Smoothie
1 frozen banana
5-6 large or 10-12 small frozen strawberries
sweetener of choice
1 tsp. vanilla (optional)
1/2-1 cup milk (I use skim milk, use your favorite milk here or OJ)

Blend until very smooth, serve immediately.

Chai Popsicles

I love Chai and wanted to make a Chai Popsicle and I really didn't see that many recipes online for this one. So I thought about it and came up with this recipe.

Chai Popsicles
1/2 cup plain or vanilla yogurt
3/4 cup milk
4 Chai tea bags
1/4 cup sugar or Splenda (taste before adding if using vanilla yogurt)

Bring the tea bags and milk to boiling, let simmer for about 3-4 minutes. Cool. Add milk to tea mixture to bring the measurement back to 3/4 cup if needed. Discard tea bags. Blend all ingredients together until smooth. Fill molds and freeze for about 6 hours. I got 4 small popsicles out of this recipe.

Spinach Smoothie

This is a scary thing to me. Spinach in a smoothie? That sounds, well....disgusting to me. The more I read about it, the more it sounded like maybe something that I would like try. I have read that it didn't taste spinach-y or taste off and it was even sweet. I have decided to go with your basic smoothie with a bit of spinach. Most recipes call for more spinach than this and this may be a good way to get your kiddos to eat their veggies, milk and fruit. Yes, we are Kroger shoppers XD.

Spinach Smoothie
1/2 frozen banana
6-8 small strawberries (frozen)
1/2 cup frozen spinach
1/2 cup plain non-fat yogurt
sweetener to taste
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla (optional)
1 tbsp. ground flaxseed (optional)

Blend all until very smooth. Serve immediately.
You can't taste the spinach. I used Splenda this time, next time I will use honey.

Buffalo Wings and Sauteed Kale

Wow, these are really, really good. Chris and I love these. This includes a few different recipes. Here is the recipe for the Buffalo Wings themselves. Here is the recipe for the Tofu Chicken and a bonus recipe for vegan chicken nuggets. Here is the recipe for the Ranch or Blue Cheese Dressing. I am going to use bottled blue cheese dressing. I have, however made the bleu cheez dressing with the jarred  fermented tofu from the Asian Grocer and it is really frickin' awesome. If you don't have an Asian Grocer near you and you want to make the vegan bleu cheez dressing and you don't have miso as called for in Deb's recipe, try this this recipe. Remember that you need to freeze the tofu the night before to make it more "meat-like". I usually use firm tofu for this. I use egg and milk in this recipe instead of the Ener-g and soy milk. I usually cut my tofu into 8 vertical slabs, cut your tofu in half, then stack and cut into 4 vertical sticks. I have never tried this with seitan, but that will be my next endeavor. To make your own "Chick'n Broth Powder" use this recipe, I use this instead of buying the pre-made stuff and Nutritional Yeast is pretty cheap.

This is not my photo ^  http://www.sptsb.com/max.htm owns this photo. This is what you are looking for if you want to make your own bleu cheez dressing.

I made sauteed kale with red kale from my garden, which weirdly enough came up with dormant seeds. This is the recipe I used and it was very delicious although cleaning the greens was labor intensive. I skipped the onion in this recipe because I am out.