Memorial Day

What a day! I had one of the best home BBQ's ever and I made it vegan friendly for myself and my Mom. It was my first attempt at a vegan BBQ and it was so successful that I feel like the world is wide open for me to dance and spin around in! So cheesy huh?

This morning I fixed the boys kitchen to toddler size because Miss Melody is getting old enough now to play with it. Doesn't she look so cute? She sauteed some play lettuce

Then the boys got hungry! BBQ TIME!

I stuck with my menu and made some vegan lentil burgers. Awhile ago I had bought some "Better Than Bouillon" no beef base vegetable stock and on the back gave me a recipe for vegan lentil burgers, how cool is that? The recipe was so simple that I decided to make it because I had all the ingredients. I really like the better than bouillon because it doesn't have any MSG in it. I can't believe that the other stuff like the bouillon cubes, all of those have MSG in it. Gross. If anything can give me headaches, it's definitely MSG.

Here is the recipe:

Cook the lentils as instructed (No soaking necessary, boil about 10-15 minutes)

Sautee 1/2 cup chopped onions, 1/2 cup chopped carrots in about 1 TB olive oil

Then in a food processor or blender, combine 1/2 cup oats, 1/2 cup bread crumbs (I just used some sourdough), the onions and carrots, 1/4 cup water, 1 1/2 cups cooked lentils, and 2 TB's of the Vegetable Better Than Bouillon base. Blend. Form them into patties and either pan fry them or bake them. I pan fried them, tee hee.

The patties. They tasted so rich, kinda salty but worth the recipe. I wrapped one in some romaine and topped with some veganaise. I ate like 1 1/2!

Here is a set up of the grill. I got carrots, eggplant, asparagus, pineapple, marinated portobello, and some Tofurkey Beer Brat Sausages!! I was really impressed with the sausages. There was a lot of flavor and the texture was very enjoyable.

When I saw them in the store, I immediately thought of some... Sauerkraut!!! I found some raw sauerkraut at the store by Rejuvenative Foods.

I put the sausage and sauerkraut in a sprouted hot dog bun, and topped it with some grilled bell peppers and onions. SO GOOD! I can't wait to eat more tomorrow!

Here is a photo of the grill. I got my pineapple on there, the boys really enjoyed them. By this time, I was so full that I only managed to eat one carrot stick and half of an eggplant slice. Good thing for leftovers!!! Lunch all week.

The boys insisted on being Ninja Turtles

And Miggs drew their bodies.

All in all it was a wonderful day.

Time to get back to reality!