Vegan penne vodka

One of our favourite meals is the penne vodka from veganomicon the first time I cooked it I had no vodka, I probably comitted some cooking blasphemy here, it's unlikely I will ever have vodka in the house, neither of us like it or drink it so I figured I might as well try it without. It was really yummy! Since I'd already ignored the recipe and omitted the vodka we decided to ignore it a little more and add spinach and sweetcorn to get a bit more veg action into the tea! It was really good and reeeeaaally filling!


This is the pasta we used, it's yummy and v. healthy!

Vegan caeser salad

from Veganomicon, with herb crusted tofu.. the tofu is really simple, just marinated it in a dry rub of sorts made from nutritional yeast, veg stock powder, onion powder, garlic powder, mustard powder, rosemary and mixed herbs. This is one of my favourite summer meals, the dressing is pretty low fat as it is made from mainly silken tofu and ground almonds, I quartered the oil the recipe suggested.

High protein truffle balls

Chocolate Almond Truffle Balls (high protein)
This makes quite a lot but my boyfriend LOVES these and is half way through the plateful (see background.. he's already eaten quite a few though hehe) even though I only made them on Monday! He also doesn't like them very chocolatey so if you're a chocolate fiend like me I would up the cocoa to 1/2 a cup

3 cups of chopped dates
2 cups of boiling water
1/3 cup pea protein
1/3 cup cocoa powder
6 and a half cups of ground almonds (1 and a 1/2 is for dusting)

blend the dates and water in a blender, I use a smoothie maker which is not great, that's why I use boiling water it helps the dates along!

When the dates are smooth add in the pea protein and blend until combined

In a bowl mix around 3 cups of ground almonds with the cocoa powder, mix well then pour on the date mix. Mix in thoroughly and slowly add the further almonds (2 cups).. the mixture should now be hard to stir and well combined.

Pour 1 cup of ground almonds into a bowl and drop spoonfuls of the chocolate almond mix into the dry almonds, roll into a ball shape and completely cover with almonds.