Rustic Stew

I had a class tonight, so we just whipped up this soup for dinner tonight because we had everything on-hand and I wanted something to eat with my homemade bread. This is Rustic Tomato & Lentil Stew from How it All Vegan. It was so good. I didn't pre-cook the lentils like it said and I just added more water and cooked for longer. It was perfectly paired with the homemade bread, and it indeed tasted very rustic.

Birthday Lasagna

It was my husband's birthday recently, so we had a small family get together dinner for him. I made a Cheesy Vegan Lasagna from www.vegweb.com. It was a lot more time consuming then most of my dinners, but no one minded holding the baby while I cooked. I followed the recipe pretty accuratly, although it called for a lot more than I actually used; for instance I only used one jar of sauce and it called for 2. I also topped it with Follow Your Heart Vegan Mozzerella. The end result? Everyone seamed to love it, it was a big hit, and I would love to have the time to make it again.

On the side we had a garden salad, topped with homemade tahini dressing. Garlic Italian Flatbread finished the plate.

Who can have a birthday without a cake? Not my husband! My mom made a triple chocolate whole wheat vegan cake for his birthday. It was sooo good! She blended everything in her super blender, even the wheat to make flour, and the sugar to powder it for the frosting! Yum!

Gee Whiz Mac N' Cheeze

Tonight was a mac and cheese made from the Gee Whiz cheese spread from the book "The Uncheese Cookbook". It was super easy, and we just happened to put on some white beans earlier today. The cheeze sauce was a little tangy, even though I didn't use nearly the amount of lemon juice the recipe called for.