Friday, September 21, 2012

I ate a Muchas Gracias burrito in less than 3 minutes


It was 11 in the morning.

It was so awesome that I stared down at my wrapper in disappointment that it was all in my belly already. I only made it through 1.5 hot sauces.

But Gretchen!! Dude, you can't eat Muchas Gracias burritos. Those days are over!! They are all lardy and cheesy.

Not so, says I.

Get your burrito loving booty the awesome Muchas that used to be an A&W. They have the "Vegan Burrito" on their menu.

Whole wheat tortilla, whole pinto beans, guacamole, lettuce and pico de gallo. All for like $3. I paid a little more because the guy at the drive through flirted with me so much I tipped him.

Really. I tipped the drive-thru guy and then I ate my burrito in less than 3 minutes.

I am not even remotely ashamed.

This day rules.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Not Tuna Salad

I saw a recipe for Mock Tuna Salad in the Happy Herbivore cookbook and it totally inspired me to make my own using ingredients I love.

Her original was good so if you are looking for a standard recipe complete with pickles and celery, check out her website or buy her book!

Here is what I whipped up.

Greek Toona (or whatever way you want to show that it isn't really tuna by misspelling it) Salad

Gonna have to call this not a very appetizing picture. It was yummy, I swear.


  • 1 can of Garbanzo Beans (aka Chickpeas) rinsed and roughly mashed
  • 1 can of artichoke hearts drained very very well. I squeezed them. Shred them up.
  • 8-10 kalamata olives finely diced
  • 1/4 cup finely diced red onion
  • 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
  • 1 big ol' shake of garlic powder
  • a couple teaspoons of roasted seaweed (I just chop it really finely or you can by the kelp flakes)
  • a good splash of balsamic vinegar
  • a couple scoops with a handy spoon of vegan mayonnaise
  • salt and pepper


As you can see, not an exact science. Add as much or as little of the things you like.  Mix it all up and serve it on a bed of  microgreens. Also tasty as a wrap or on bread, anything you like salad on really - In a bowl is also good...

(Psssst - you can buy microgreens anywhere, especially farmers/urban growers markets. I got mine from Trader Joe's because they have totally made me their bitch.)


Sunday, September 2, 2012

Pizza-dougha!

So have you played Dead Or Alive 2 (DOA2)? Well that's okay, it is a really awesome game. In it there is a character called Lei Fang and when she attacks it sorta sounds like she is an Italian stereotype yelling "pizza dough-ah" which is weird since she is clearly not Italian. As you can guess, we can't not say the word combination pizza dough without that inflection. Pizza Dougha!!

Totally not the point of this post but I know you are dying to hear my inner musings.

I made a pizza.

In a 3-foot-wide by 6-foot-tall shelf space, sandwiched between 500 kinds of hot dogs and 200 kinds of cheese, you will a bizarre space of pickles and pizza dough at Winco. They sell little bags of dough, all kneaded and ready for you to roll out for your dough needs. There is white and whole-wheat. And it is vegan.

So I picked that up with vegan pepperoni, Daiya (Mozzarella), tomato sauce and fresh basil. You will have to make a special trip for the Daiya.

Voila!

Now this isn't that cheap. So if you are feeling lazy you can just buy the Tofurky version at Fred Meyer or New Seasons or Whole Foods or whatever, but where is the fun in that.

And then you wouldn't get to yell "Pizza Dougha!" (I mean there isn't a law against you yelling it without actually having pizza dough on hand. But there should be.)