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Green beans were on sale the other day. I decided to buy them, but had no idea what I was going to do with them. Then an idea 💡popped into my head. Well, several - I was rather hungry. I wanted either sushi, stir-fry or potato wedges for dinner. I decided on homemade sushi. 🍣 It was a big hit! ❤ I steamed the green beans until they were tender. I let them boil for a few minutes until they had a slight bite to them. Then I turned off the heat and covered the pot with a lid and just let them cool that way (decided to give my daughter a bath to pass the time). I made the sushi rice according to the package. I made 2 cups of rice. I made roughly 7 rolls I believe. I put the green beans in a bowl and added a splash of soy sauce, sprinkle of ground ginger powder and garlic powder. Was a nice quick marinade. In the Rolls: Green beans, steamed Cucumber, sliced thin Carrots, shredded Avocado, sliced In the Rice: drizzle of sesame oil (2 tsp) maple syrup (2 tsp) ...

I tried to veganize this soup - can be done many ways - but you go with what you want. Wonton filling: • half a block of firm tofu, crumbled • half cup mushrooms, diced • 1 tsp garlic powder • 1 tsp onion powder • 1 tbsp veggie broth • half tsp fresh ginger, diced • one clove garlic, diced • 1 tsp sesame oil • salt and pepper to taste Cook the filling until tender. Can add green onions too, but I save that for the soup. I use a large pan and added 9(ish) cups of water. I suggest at least 6-8, depending. For the broth: • 2 stock cubes. You could do half water and half broth if you want • 1/2 cup of low sodium soy sauce (or to taste) • ends of 5 green onions (cleaned), sliver of fresh ginger, one whole clove of garlic • salt and pepper to taste • one tsp red miso paste dissolved in warm water (1/2 cup water) • 1 tsp powdered ginger • 1 tsp garlic powder • 1 tsp onion powder Let simmer and adjust the flavors until it is the way you like. Spoon out the garlic, ...

I think I was falling asleep one night and I envisioned what I wanted a future dinner to look like. I feel that this was a pretty accurate representation of that vision. I wanted grilled pineapple. Mango salsa. Chipotle style rice. A veggie burger and some baked sweet potatoes. Now, I didn't find the right veggie burgers. So, everything was vegan except for that. At best this entire meal was vegetarian. The patties had milk and egg in them I think. I bought them at Aldi - they were the ones with over 10 veggies in them. And to be honest, they tasted like toasted sesame oil bread crumbs with some whole veggies. I rather enjoyed the flavor and would love to figure out how to mimic that flavor with some homemade patties. But that's another blog post. Also that pineapple was on point. 🍍👌 For the rice: 2 cups brown rice 5 cups water 1 tsp veg. bouillon 1 bay leaf Frozen corn, thawed/warmed through 1 can black beans, drained and rinsed 1 bunch...

My daughter has always been a pretty picky eater. Lately, though, she has gotten a bit better. I remember almost a year ago I was searching on Pinterest something along the lines of "meals for picky toddlers". There were a lot of "hidden veggie" meals. Mainly sauce recipes loaded with different vegetables or tot recipes.  Some of the recipes were labeled "Vegan" and that sparked my next search. I started to look at vegan recipes. I mean, why not? Who's better at being creative with vegetables than a vegan?  My mind was blown after that. I can almost always count on Pinterest.  From there I was watching (and subscribing to) MANY vegan channels on YouTube. My world kind of changed at that point. In a previous blog - somewhere out there - I began writing about my health issues ( PCOS ).  I wrote basically this exact post about why "veggie" and what PCOS is, plus what symptoms I have. I started posting recipes over there...