Julie's Healthy Pancakes, Vegan Dad's Breakfast Sausage, and Testing Grammy's Meatless Balls

Breakfast is usually the same for DH and I . He eats a variety of cereals, soy or almond milk, and banana. My breakfast, as of lately, has been grapefruit, oranges, and mango or melon, which ever I have on hand. Somehow we got into a tradition of making Sunday morning breakfast a bit hardier. Why Sunday? I have no idea. We are always super busy getting ready for church and still this tradition has taken hold. This past Sunday we tried Julie's new pancake recipe from http://www.everydaydish.tv/ Well, it is the main batter minus the blueberries and orange juice. I increased the soy milk to compensate for the missing orange juice and added a bit of vinegar to the milk to make "Buttermilk" pancakes. We used what we had on hand and they are wonderful. Julie makes hers with what looks like about a 1/4 cup but I used 1/2 cup. Shall I say right now, make 1/4 cup, they are huge! DH who usually eats 4 pancakes could only eat 2. :o) They were a hit. Along with them is Vegan Dad's breakfast sausage recipe. Simply put, a staple in our home. They freeze well and taste delicious!

Thank you Julie and Vegan Dad for making this Sunday a meal to remember!

The Happy Herbivore has done it again. Here is another mouthwatering preview of another great recipe for her upcoming cookbook. Enjoy, drool a little, and let your imagination go wild.

Here we have Grammy's Meatless Balls, which happen to be the best vegan "meatballs" I have ever tasted. Forget the frozen ones, these put those to shame! Here they are accompanied with mashed potatoes, gravy, and veggies.

Ok, now I know this meal is not the healthiest, but some days you just need some good old fashioned comfort food. Grammy's Meatless Balls worked wonderfully in this Vegan Alfredo dish by Don't get Mad get Vegan. By the way the Alfredo sauce calls for white wine, which we never have so I added 2 Tbls of "No Chicken Broth" and it tasted great.

And finally what everyone has been waiting for Spaghetti and "Meatballs". Once again Grammy's Meatless Balls did their job quite well. They hold up so nicely

in sauces and taste fantastic.

Well, it is time to wipe your chins and enjoy life. :o)

"Meatball Sub"

Ok, I am a very happy person and am going to be a very busy cook. I got my Vive la Vegan in the mail today. I have been visiting blogland and everyone has been making such wonderful recipes from Dreena's book. Whooo weeee

Ok, calm down Sheree' it is only Thursday. ;o) Below is a picture of my "meatball sub". I previously posted about the Vegan lunch box recipe for the Lentil and rice meatballs, which are a hit in this household. I know the picture is not the greatest, but it is taste that counts. I only had some sprouted wheat hot dog buns so they became the foundation for the subs. Leftover spaghetti sauce from the freezer and FYH mozzarella cheese was the topping.

I let the meatballs simmer in the sauce while I lightly toasted the buns. Once I put them together I put them under the broiler to have the cheese melt. Delicious! Served along side was a simple salad of mixed greens, baby spinach, grape tomatoes and dijon dressing. Yellow squash is a main stay right now in our house. This year it is as sweet as sugar!



FYI - The hotdog buns we buy are only 2 pts for the entire bun on WW. I think they are made by Alvarado. We can only find them in our Whole Food Market. There are 2 near our home. One of them has them fresh and the other has them in the freezer section. We usually buy 2 or 3 packages at a time so we don't run out. They are fantastic.

Lentil & Rice Meatballs, Mashed Potato Casserole

Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend. It is a bit sad that it is almost over, but just think, another one is just 5 days away. :o) Today I went to the dark ends of the freezer to plan this weeks menu. It seems like I always have frozen leftovers hiding in there. I took out some of my spaghetti sauce and figured that would be good with Jen's Lentil and Rice Meatballs http://veganlunchbox.com/

Her recipe calls for whole wheat flour when I went to the fridge to get my flour I discovered my container was empty. I needed to grind some wheat, but my sweet Yogi was taking a nap (he is feeling under the weather) so I adapted her recipe to what I had on hand. I used whole wheat pastry flour and wheat germ in place of the whole wheat flour. I also had no Italian seasoning so I used a mixture of dried oregano and basil. The substitutions worked out perfect. These little guys are awesome. There are enough to have spaghetti and "meatballs" one night and "meatball" sandwiches with melted Follow Your Heart mozzarella another night. Cool! 2 days down.



I also found that I had some cabbage that needed to be used. I went to this new site I found. http://www.pakupaku.info While looking for cabbage I found this recipe that sounded good and low and behold it uses 6 cups of shredded cabbage. This recipe looked good, but I wanted to cut down on the fat and and use nutritional yeast for sure.







"Mashed Potato Casserole with Cabage"
Adapted from cookie with Kittee



6 Yukon Gold potatoes (618 grams)

6 cups shredded cabbage

2 oz Earth Balance

1 1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup sliced scallions

black pepper

3 Tbs. nutritional yeast


Preheat oven to 425° F. Lightly oil a 3 quart baking dish.
Cook your potatoes as you would for regular mashed potatoes just until they are fork tender. Drain the well, add Earth Balance, salt, and mash away. While the potatoes are cooking, add your shredded cabbage to a pot of boiling water and cook until tender. About 8-10 minutes. When the cabbage is done, drain well and set aside. Add the scallions, cabbage, and 2 Tbs of the nutritional yeast. Taste and add more salt and pepper if needed. Spread mixture into the baking dish and sprinkle the top with the last remaining Tbs of nutritional yeast.

Bake uncovered for 30-50 minutes or until the top is golden.
Let stand for 10 minutes before serving


Weight watcher points below. I weigh everything in grams (so much easier)


7 pts each serving size (290.25 grams)
4 pts each serving size (193.5 grams)
3 pts each serving size (145.12 grams)
2 pts each serving size (110.16 grams)
2 pts each serving size ( 96.75 grams)



I had some tonight with my dinner and this casserole is beyond good. DH who does not care for cooked cabbage even liked them. Thank you kittee!



Enjoy and hug a furry friend.