Vegan Seafood

Level of Difficulty: easy
Pots/Pans Used: one

Ingredients

Sohpie's Kitchen Vegan Squid Rings
Worthington Vegetable Skallops
Ener G Egg Replaser
soy milk
panko bread crumbs
olive oil
s&p



I used to LOVE fried calamari. I mean, it seriously might be my most missed non-vegan dish. Needless to say, I was really excited to see they sold Sophie's Kitchen Vegan Squid Rings in the frozen section of my Whole Foods. In my opinion, they tasted a lot like calamari... which really just means that they were super chewy. Another new discovery was Worthington's canned Skallops (which I had to get at a health food store). I wouldn't say I was a huge fan of scallops before, but these didn't really taste much like scallops to me anyways. That being said, they were delicious. Not at all fishy or too chewy... just all around good.

My friend came up with a pretty simple method of frying them. First, dredge them in a bowl with combined Ener G Egg Replacer, a bit of soymilk (about 2 TBL), and a pinch of salt and pepper. Then dip them in a bowl of panko and fry em' up in a frying pan with hot oil until golden. Let the oil drain by placing them on a paper towel. Serve with marinara sauce and a lemon wedge, over pasta, or even with a homemade tartar sauce. Yum!

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Breakfast Burritos

Level of Difficulty: easy
Pots/Pans Used: 2

If you're vegan, you've probably got a tofu scramble recipe down pat. But this is just a fun way to jazz up your breakfast routine. All you have to do is fill a flour tortilla with tofu scramble, (veggie bacon, sausage, and/or hash browns are always welcomed additions) and top with my go-to cream sauce and a dash of paprika. I always make my scramble a little different, but essentially it's some combination of veggies, tofu, seasonings, Earth Balance, and lots and LOTS of nutritional yeast.

As for the cream sauce...

2 TBL Earth Balance
1 TBL flour
3/4 cup unsweetened almond/soy milk
2 TBL nutritional yeast
pinch s&p

Melt 2 TBL Earth Balance in a sauce pan over medium high heat and then whisk in the flour. whisk in the milk a little bit at a time as it thickens up into a nice sauce. Add the nutritional yeast and s&p to taste.

Assemble your burritos and top with a pinch of paprika. I served mine with some sauteed kale and fruit salad on the side.
Best. Breakfast. Ever. :)

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