Saturday, January 21, 2012

Simple Black Bean Tacos

The other night my husband was making Chicken Tacos for the family. Since I don't eat meat I decided to come up with my own concoction . So here is a quick yet yummy meal. I had two days of left overs too.

1 yellow,green & red pepper
1 Large Jalepeno
1 Large Onion
1 Can Black Beans
1 tsp cumin, garlic and onion
any kind of tortillas you like

To a sauce pan add beans,garlic,onion & cumin. Also add the Jalepeno slices. Heat through until a little mushy. Set aside
In the oven grease a cookie sheet with a small amount of Olive Oil. Spread the peppers and onions in a layer. Roast on 400 until carmalized.
Heat your tortillas add bean mixture and top with pepper mixture

You could get fancy with this with vegan sour cream, Lettuce, Tomato, Salsa and any other typical taco toppings.

Vegan Apple Caramel Cheesecake

Caramel Sauce with Apples
2 Apples ( I used Honeycrisp) sliced paper thin
2 TBS Brown Sugar
2 TbS Vegan Butter
Filling
2 Containers Tofutti creamcheese
3/4 cup Vegan Sugar
1/4 Cup Apple Juice & 2 TBS
2 TBS Confectioner Sugar
2 TBS Cornstarch
1 Tsp Vanilla Extract

Saute Apples with butter when soft add brown sugar to make soft. Set aside
Mix all filling add half mixure then add half the apples. Top with rest of filling. When cooled top with rest of apples and chill for 4 hours.


Thursday, January 19, 2012

Vegan Lemon Cheesecake with Blueberry sauce

I made this yesterday and it was great. My husband who is not a vegan loved it.

2 Packages of Vegan Creamcheese( I use Tofutti)
3/4 Cup raw Sugar
1/4 Cup Lemon juice
1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
1/2 tsp Lemon extract
2 TBS Confection Sugar
2 TBS Cornstartch
2 TBS Orange Juice
1 Vegan Graham Crust

Sauce
1 Pint Blueberries
2 TBS Raw Sugar

Preheat oven 350

Blend all ingredients and pour in crust. Bake 40 min. Let cool and then chill it for at least 4 hours.


In a saucepan add pint of bluberries and about 1 -2 TBS of Sugar boil down to make sauce. Cool and pour in container. Top piece of cheesecake with about 2 TBS of sauce.

YUM