Happy Mother's Day!

I'm quite certain that most of us have a mother that we can thank for being here today and since I'm still in the recovery process, why not celebrate with a little brunch? Add some friends and it sounds pretty good to me! Today was a new little french toast idea brought to life. Start off with some normal french toast but coat it in crushed corn flakes before tossin it on the griddle.
When they are done, top them with a little bit of vegan cream cheese icing infused with fresh raspberries and a little bit of raspberry drizzle AND maybe a dusting of icing sugar.
Quite possibly the best french toast I have ever had. Why not end it with a little "Happy Mother's Day" to all the moms who may or may not read this blog.

To Ashes!

New video from one of my favorite bands and I'm still glad that they never bite their tongue.

Nachos!

Sometimes one of your friends named Nate goes to Chicago and comes back with some of this kinda magic
So then you're pretty much forced to make some delicious food. The choice was made, nachos for the second last Lost of the season. Tried something a touch different by grilling a veggie chicken breast and letting it cool down then chopping it into smallish pieces. Cooked off some onions, garlic and jalapeno until they were just getting soft and then hit them with salt, pepper, chili powder, cumin and a touch of cinnamon. Added a can of drained and rinsed black beans, some canned tomato juice and a little agave nectar. Put the grilled chicken back in there to warm through. Line a pan with foil and tortilla chips, cover with warm filling and some grated mozza Teese and under the broiler...
Once it gets nice n melty pull it out and put some freshly diced tomatoes on there...
Then pour some nacho Teese sauce over top everything!
Nate almost put the whole pan back before we sat down for Lost!
Put some salsa and guac in bowls and you're livin your life to the fullest. Now go pick up some Teese and enjoy.

Motivation

As each day passes I have been getting slowly better and gradually increasing my mobility and have been wanting to eat more delicious food. Since I don't really want to be in the kitchen for long I have been trying to think of quick dishes that aren't effort intensive. Today brunch was just that with soyrizo tofu scrambler and roasted potatoes. I had help with it and didn't take a picture of it, I think I was just too hungry and forgot. For dinner I had an idea...why not make a quick warm peanut sauce with onions in it and use this to grill a veggie chicken breast and also use it to top said breast? I put some vegenaise and avocado on the bottom of this new burger and topped it with the grilled breast, onions and sauce.
This just needs something with a little bit of acidity or bite to round it out and I'll be perfectly happy. It was nice to have something different.

Necessities

Since I got this glorious cup I just had to put it to use. What better way to do that than a little hot chocolate along with a cinnamon bun? I did a little internet snack shopping and a cinnamon bun was part of that. It is kinda nice to not have to go through the trouble of baking to get a cinnamon bun even though homemade is better. Without talkin too much about something small...here was my 30 Rock snack tonight.
MMMMM