Happy Monday! I hope everyone enjoyed good weather and good food this weekend. I was fortunate to enjoy both and here’s the roundup of the food I enjoyed:

FRIDAY

Veggie Burgers, Roasted, Potatoes, and Corn on the Cob


This was the dinner I originally had planned for Thursday night, but, luckily, it still tasted good on Friday when we actually got to eat it.

I made the burgers from the leftover RFD burger mixture I had frozen, but I added in some mashed up black beans, some nutritional yeast, some tomato paste, and some spices. The burger still cannot be touted as the Best! Burger! Ever!, but it was at least an improvement over the original RFD burger recipe I had such high hopes for.

On the side are some potato slices that I simply tossed in some EVOO, salt, pepper, and garlic powder and then roasted. For me, these were the highlight of the meal and my husband raved about them, too. So simple to make and so yummy!

Lastly, I roasted some corn using this awesome recipe. We have a grill, but we never use it, so I just slathered the ears of corn with the basil butter mixture and then wrapped them up in some foil and threw them in the oven. I really don’t care for corn all that much, but I really liked this recipe and will certainly use it again since I got corn in my CSA veg box again this week.

SATURDAY

We ate out for both lunch and dinner on Saturday since my in-laws were in town. For lunch, we went to Noodles and Company. I actually think Noodles and Company is an okay restaurant, but the tofu was so tough and chewy. I get sad on the days we eat out for both meals (which is usually only when the in-laws are in town) because I feel like most times I could eat better at home. I think that sounds pretentious, so I apologize for that!

Luckily, I still got to make some food that day.

This is a slice of the Pumpkin Rum Couscous Cake from Vegan Planet. I left out about half of the sugar and it was still sweet enough for me. This cake is so easy to make and I’m sure it could only taste better if it was topped with some vegan vanilla ice cream or some vegan whipped topping! I didn’t have either of those on hand, so I ate mine straight-up and enjoyed every second of it. I’m planning on making this for Thanksgiving (planning ahead), but doubling the recipe for an even thicker slice!

SUNDAY

I’ve been getting lots of adorable little eggplants in my veg boxes the last few weeks, but neither my husband nor I are big eggplant fans. I thought that I would enjoy the eggplant, though, in baba ghanoush. The recipe I used was also from Vegan Planet, but I didn’t use the mint that was called for. Although I don’t care for baba as much as I do hummus, I still think it turned out pretty well and I’m looking forward to munching on it during lunch today!

I also made this recipe, which I know a few others have enjoyed recently. It is so easy to make and so delicious! Although I certainly appreciate the convenience of jarred pasta sauce, I adore homemade sauces!

Finally, here’s what I got in my veg box on Saturday

(Sorry for the dark picture)

Sweet Corn
Japanese Eggplant
Heirloom Tomatoes
Candy Onions
Huckleberry Red Potatoes
Purple de Milpa Tomatillos
Savoy Cabbage

I also picked up some zucchini, some poblano peppers and a beautiful bunch of basil. I’m really looking forward to making my first salsa verde with the tomatillos, but I am at a loss as to what to do with the cabbage (I got two heads). Any ideas, cabbage lovers?