Monday I made Polenta with Black Beans and Spinach from Vegan Express. True to its name, it was express - it took me about 20 minutes total to make. We’ve had that tube of polenta in the pantry for a while now, so I was happy to use it and I enjoyed grilling the polenta. I can’t wait until it warms up and we can really grill.

Tuesday R made another quickie, Curried Chickpeas on Brown Rice. I still can’t figure out where I got this recipe from, but I love it. I blogged about it before here.

I tried something a little bit different on Wednesday. I made a creamy white dish, Mushroom & Lentil Stroganoff. This is totally out of the ordinary for me, I like colorful veggies, curries, and tomato sauces. I’ve never really been a fan of cream sauces even ‘back in the day’ when I could eat dairy. I tried this dish because I wanted to test the use of Silken tofu to make a creamy texture. The dish came out really well, even though it looks like tile glue in this picture. My husband said, “how did you get it to be creamy without milk?”. I proved to myself that Silken tofu really does create a creamy texture but I still prefer curries and tomato-based sauces.

Thursday we usually have leftovers but I didn’t go to yoga so I whipped up Hasperats. I saw these one of my favorite blogs, VeganYumYum earlier in the week and I knew I had to try it out. There is a funny story lurking in the name of that recipe. Instead of using store-bought hummus, I decided to make my own. So I used another recipe, Sesame Pumpkin Hummus, from another favorite blog, have cake, will travel!. Since Thursday is leftover night, I wasn’t sure if R would want a grilled veggie/hummus wrap. But after he saw me break out the Foreman - he asked for one. These were so good. I discovered I can use my Foreman as a panini-maker. Imagine the possibilities!! Next time, I am going to try a veggie/pesto panini.