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Crustless Bacon Brussels Quiche - Vegan Yack Attack. During the late fall and most of winter, I feel as though I go between eating awesome brunches and great dinners, for the holidays.

Crustless Bacon Brussels Quiche - Vegan Yack Attack

Everything in between is mostly snacking and maybe a smoothie or two. While I’m in that mode, I’ll take advantage of coming up with tasty brunch dishes. Last week, I posted a recipe for awesome Glazed Cranberry Orange Scones, and to balance out the sweet, I made this savory Crustless Bacon Brussels Quiche! My mom used to make Quiche for my family all of the time, when I was a kid (and not vegan). They were always so comforting, and she made several different flavors depending on everyone’s mood.

The Quiche is crustless more-so because I am lazy and didn’t feel like making my own crust, or running out to buy one. Black Indian Salt AKA Kala Namak adds an eggy flavor to the quiche, and can be found in almost any Indian Market or online. The most versatile vegan quiche... four ways! — Including Cake. Recipe: The most versatile vegan quiche Make 1 x 8” pie dish or 3-4 single serve jumbo muffin sized Basic ingredients: 1 cup chickpea flour1 tbs flax½ tsp salt½ tsp general mixed seasoning½ tsp baking powder¼ tsp baking sodahalf a head of a small-med cauliflower (equal to 1 cup grated)½ a onion sliced thinly1 cup water.

The most versatile vegan quiche... four ways! — Including Cake

Simple Tofu Quiche. Vegan Omelet. If you’re vegan, I’ll take a wild guess that eggs were one of the last things you struggled to give up.

Vegan Omelet

That and ice cream. Spicy Blackened Chickpea Scramble Sandwich. Vegan Recipe. An Easy Scramble today.

Spicy Blackened Chickpea Scramble Sandwich. Vegan Recipe

If you have been reading this blog for long, you know how hubbs and I both love a savory breakfast. to change things up, this scramble is made with chickpeas, scrambled up with blackening spice on high heat. with some red pepper to balance things out and in a sandwich with greens and hummus, You can use regular tofu or tempeh or hemp tofu and scramble them up the same way. Use different beans like white or black beans and scramble them up.

Add a side of roasted potatoes. change up the spices a bit. Hearty and Heartfelt. Timing is everything, especially when it comes to seasonal cravings.

Hearty and Heartfelt

Though immediately inspired to get in the kitchen as soon as my copy of Hearty Vegan Meals for Monster Appetites by Celine Steen and Joni Newman came in the mail, mere months ago, it was too hot to even contemplate turning on the stove, or even approaching the oven. After pouring over the pages with shining eyes and growling stomach, leaving a barrage of bookmarks in my wake, all I could do was wait for the inevitable switch that would make a warming, belly-filling meal more appealing than a bucket filled with ice-cold watermelon. As temperatures now dip and dance around the 40’s and 30’s, it’s safe to say that that time has come.

Finding a pause in the action to break into my long list of desired dishes was another matter, though. Luckily, many recipes are brilliantly simple to throw together, and pretty much cook themselves, as was the case for the Slow Cooker Corn Chowder (page 76). Ingredients Instructions Yield: VeganFling: Tofu Scramble Toasts. As a part of Vegan MoFo I decided to dedicate my Thursday posts to recreating my family's favorite recipes - vegan style.

VeganFling: Tofu Scramble Toasts

My hope is that no one would be able to taste the difference! Whenever my family would have a free weekend morning, we would whip up a quick breakfast of scrambled eggs and toast, usually with some fruit on the side. We'd sit around the table in our PJ's and hang out, in no rush to do anything or go anywhere. I thought that for this addition of "family favorites" I'd take a crack at recreating this scramble + toast breakfast. Tofu Scramble Toastsserves 2, adapted from magic jelly 1 block extra firm tofu 1 small green bell pepper, diced 1/2 small onion, diced 1 Tbsp olive oil 1 Tbsp nutritional yeast flakes 1 Tbsp flour 1/4 C almond milk pinch of garlic powder pinch of onion powder pinch of chili powder salt & pepper to taste toasted bread Drain the tofu and press if you have the time.

Lower the heat on the tofu and add the milk mixture to the pan. Scrambled Tofu Revisited. Basic Tofu Scramble. Endlessly adaptable and taking less than 15 minutes to prepare, this Basic Tofu Scramble recipe is a must-try for those who need convincing of the wonders of tofu or for those who want to reignite their love affair with it.

Basic Tofu Scramble

I developed this tofu scramble a few years ago and it has become one of my go-to meals for when I have no idea what to make. For breakfast, lunch, or dinner, it can be thrown together in minutes and it makes for a filling, protein-packed meal, not unlike actual eggs. It’s also just as adaptable as traditional scrambled eggs; simply add different veggies, herbs, and spices to create various flavorful tofu scrambles. Some ideas to get you started: Tofu Scramble: Breakfast of (vegan) Champions. Vegan Spanish Tofu Scramble with Potatoes and Chorizo. Spring greens petite vegan quiche. Moms. they're the best. they deserve breakfast in bed, freshly picked flowers and lots of love every day of the year. one day out of the year they deserve an extra special breakfast, flowers they can plant that reminds them of each mothers day gone by, a day that we get to tell them how much we love them the remaining 364 days of the year. my mom, there is no one remotely like her - she is amazing, one of kind. and I was lucky enough to spend mother's day morning eating mini quiche and chatting over cups of tea with her and Justin - although we did most of the chatting, Justin sat quietly by looking cute. locally grown greens from picnic rock are finally here to grace our tables. i stopped by the farm to see Ginny and take a peek as to how everything was coming along in the green houses - it was breathtaking. a patchwork of lettuces, herbs, beets, beautiful red kale, Swiss chard and flowers graced the green house floor; spring is here!

spring greens petite vegan quiche

It makes for a fabulous Sunday morning. Vegan Chickpea Omelette with Spinach - The Viet Vegan. Chickpea Flour Vegan Omelet. Eggless Soy-free Gluten-free Recipe. This Vegan Omelet is fluffy and full of veggies, does not have Tofu.

Chickpea Flour Vegan Omelet. Eggless Soy-free Gluten-free Recipe

Free of Dairy,egg, corn, yeast, gluten. Fluffy Chickpea Flour Omelette! Makes 3 to 4 Jump to Recipe. Vegan Chickpea Omelet - Fork and Beans. Omelet.

Vegan Chickpea Omelet - Fork and Beans

Omelette. However you want to spell it this Vegan Chickpea Omelet isn’t made from eggs (technically that makes it a non-omelet but you get the point). Whip this up for breakfast and you will forget about which spelling is which and why it’s even called this. You’ll want to refer it simply by the word: Delicious. **Me saying that reminds me of a scene from one of my favorite movies “Sixteen Candles” when Long Duck Dong, the foreign exchange student, is at the table with the entire family eating a quiche for dinner and comments on how delicious it is.

Since I started cleansing my body from the Candida overgrowth, I heavily relied on eggs in my diet when I had to be at the strictest point. Now that I can start incorporating new foods back into my diet, I am so excited to branch away from the heavy egg use and begin reconnecting with more plant-based recipes.