Cats and spinach and dinner.

Zelda's not quite photogenic, but here she is with her favorite green, spinach. It was the best when we discovered her picking spinach off our plates..probably over a year ago, if not longer.


I bought string beans this past weekend so I could have one less reason *not* to make the maple mustard potatoes and string beans in VWAV, but alas, my friend is borrowing my book..so I decided to do my own maple mustard string beans and base it off a couple recipes I googled.
Ingredients:

• string beans
• 1 tablespoon organic mustard
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• dashes of sea salt & pepper

I boiled the string beans for 4 minutes (I don't like very soft stuff!), and whisked all the remaining ingredients except for the sea salt & pepper. When the beans were done, I drained them and put them in a small bowl. I poured the marinade on top, and added a dash of sea salt, pepper and a small sprinkle of black sesame seeds. In the future, I'll marinade this longer and try roasting it..along with giving the VWAV recipe a try. Still very testy, and boiled veggies was a nice change.
I also cooked homefries with spike, crushed garlic, olive oil, pepper and sea salt. The sandwich was on the potato bread, and contained roasted red peppers, baby spinach, tempeh bacon, vegenaise and nayonaise. On the side, some fresh mango.

Question: what's your favorite way to cook tvp?