Cheezy Twice Baked Potato

The first night of my trip, my roommates' mom made me a delicious twice baked potato which inspired me to take my own crack at it!

Here's my version of a twice baked potato, cheezy style!

Cheezy Twice Baked Potato

Ingredients:

• Russet potato
• 1/4 cup non-dairy milk (I used soy)
• 1/4-1/2 cup chopped yellow/white onion
• 2 TBSP nutritional yeast
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions: 

1. Bake potato until fork tender. (I usually bake mine in the microwave by poking fork holes and heating for 8-10 minutes)

2. Cut baked potato in half and scoop out insides into a bowl, making sure to save the skins in their original shape. 

3. Mix potato insides with non-dairy milk, onion, and nutritional yeast, adding salt and pepper until you get your desired taste. (You definitely want to add the salt and pepper, I'm sure other seasonings would be great too)

4. Bake in oven at 400 degrees until nice and hot, about 10-15 minutes. (I baked mine wrapped in tin foil)

5. Enjoy!

Yummy yummy! I can already tell I'll be making this a lot in the coming months! 

Happy Tuesday!

Green Tea Banana-free Smoothie

I love that the name of this smoothie rhymes!

I also just love this smoothie, because well, what's not to love?

Once again, I have made a banana-free smoothie, as bananas are a fruit that cause me migraines. For more please check out my first VeganMofo smoothie post!

Green Tea Banana-free Smoothie

Makes about 5 cups

Ingredients:

• 2 cups brewed green tea, chilled slightly
• 1 cup mango, frozen
• 1 cup pineapple, frozen
• 1 cup berries, frozen
• 1/2 cup blueberries, frozen
• 1 tbsp flax seeds/flax seed meal
• 1 tbsp chia seeds
• 1/2 cup non-dairy milk (I used soy)

All ready to go!

Directions:

1. Brew green tea, let it chill for a few minutes. (Today I used a mango green tea but when I made this smoothie yesterday I used a basic green tea, both were delicious!) 

2. Place all ingredients in blender. 

3. Blend until smooth and enjoy!

Breakfast is served!

Happy Friday everyone!

Banana-free Breakfast Smoothie (and a Mention on Our Hen House!)

I have another vegan basic today, the smoothie!

I love smoothies. Up until six months ago I would have a giant smoothie for breakfast almost every morning, a practice I intend to get back to.

One limitation I encounter when making smoothies however, is my need to avoid bananas, which are a strong migraine trigger for me. This always seems to complicate my smoothie making as almost every recipe I see online or in a cookbook requires banana. So, I bring you the banana-free breakfast smoothie!

Banana-free Breakfast Smoothie

Makes 5-6 cups

Ingredients: 

• 1 cup pineapple, frozen
• 1 apple, diced
• 1/2 cup mixed berries, frozen
• 1/2 cup blueberries, frozen
• 1 cup mango, frozen
• 1 tbsp flax seed/flax seed meal
• 2 tbsp chia seeds
• 2 cups non-dairy milk (I used soy)
• water to reach desired consistency 

Directions: 

1. Place all ingredients except water into your blender. 

2. Blend until smooth.* Your smoothie should be thick and creamy. 

3. Add water and blend to reach your desired consistency (i.e do you want to use a spoon or a straw to enjoy your smoothie?). I added 1/2 cup water to get a fluid but still thick smoothie. 

* If you are opposed to little chunks in your smoothies I would advise peeling the apple and perhaps omitting the flax and chia seeds. Alternatively, really blend it for a couple minutes if you want to make sure everything is the same texture. I for one enjoy getting the odd seed or sip of apple pulp, but I know that is not enjoyable for everyone!

Can you see the little apple flakes?! Yum yum! ;)

Also, feel free to play around with the fruit involved. Feeling like a bit more mango than berries? Go for it! I love making smoothies based on how I'm feeling in the moment and enjoy seeing what I come up with! I hope to share some more smoothie recipes throughout VeganMofo, so stay tuned! 

On a different note, did you see me mentioned on Our Hen House?! 

I just started helping out Our Hen House (OHH) by doing some transcribing work, which Jasmin talked about today on the OHH blog!! Another volunteer and I have worked on one interview thus far and we will continue to transcribe the interviews from upcoming episodes, as well as potentially some older ones. I am thrilled to be able to help this incredible organization and to be honest I'm still a little star stuck that I've been mentioned on OHH (is that really MY name?!?). 

Finally, check out the RandomMofo generator! I've already whiled away a good amount of time on this, and I know I will be spending a lot more time here throughout the month! 

Happy Wednesday, and do you have any favorite banana-free smoothie recipes? If so I would love to hear about them in the comments!