The rest of the week…
I mainly ate the same cereal for breakfast every day this week that I previously blogged about. Except for Thursday morning, when I decided to indulge on almond butter, banana waffles. The best!!!!
For lunch on Thursday also, Eric brought me Quizno’s. I got a small veggie sub with no cheese, no dressing, add mustard, and on wheat bread. I also brought a couple of grilled slices of tofu from home to throw on it too (I know I’m a BIG dork). It occurred to me that morning that my Quizno’s sandwich could be extra delicious with some tofu. And boy was it!! Man…tofu, guacamole, pickles, and banana peppers…I was in heaven.
‘I was feeling a little lazy Wednesday night. After a meeting after school, a long private tutoring session, an hour long run/walk, I was ready for an easy and quick meal. Amy’s vegan pot pie to the rescue! I haven’t bought or had one of these in forever. I was really grateful I bought it on my last rendezvous at Whole Foods though. With a little broc and carrot on the side, it was enough to make my belly full and my mood smiley.
Thursday night was stir-fry night. You know…when you throw everything into the pan in your kitchen/refrigerator that even could possibly work in a stir-fry. I had tofu, carrots, broccoli, red onions, and a wee bit of okra. I cooked it with water, Bragg’s, and added in a bit of nutritional yeast at the end….YUM! The grain is whole wheat couscous. When I sat down to eat, I had a few bites. Although it was pretty tasty, I remembered I had some leftover refried beans in the fridge that would go great with everything on my plate. I quickly hopped up, nuked the beans, and added those to my dinner plate. Dinner made even better!!
Dessert was a wee slice of strudel (heated up) with some vegan ice cream.
Apple Strudel
I come from a Czech family (on my mom’s side), and so apple strudel is a very traditional Czech dish. My dear grandmother has made it my whole life (many many times throughout the year). Whenever any company came in town, like a distant aunt or uncle, my grandmother always had strudel on hand. I haven’t looked at her recipe to try and veganize it (besides…I bet her recipe is in her head, not on a piece of paper). When I got The Joy of Vegan Baking a couple of months ago, I knew I would have to make the apple strudel. Not only do the pictures of it in the cookbook look amazing, but Colleen Patrick-Goudereau’s recipes do not disappoint. Sunday afternoon, I decided what a perfect time for an apple strudel. Oh my grandma would be so proud!! Here are pictures of the strudel in the process. Doesn’t the bowl of apple slices look yummy?! They are all rolled up in sheets of phyllo pastry. (I used whole wheat phyllo pastry because that’s what I had on hand.)
Golden brown Apple Strudel right out of the oven! Cinnamon, sugar, and roasted almonds are sprinkled generously all over the top. Our house spelled of yummy apples and cinnamon…definitely a fall smell. Once cooled, we dug in and split a piece before a late afternoon Sunday walk. We would indulge in more later! 
Sunday night Cowboys game dinner consisted of a veggie burger (on the yummy Ezekiel sesame buns), a veggie mix, and a pickle. Our cat, Scotch, obviously like the smell of this dinner! She jumped in my lap when I was trying to photograph. I caught the back of her head in the picture!
