Vegan MoFo day 2: The Foundation

Let us talk today about The Foundation. A cozy, quirky hipster restaurant on Main Street in Vancouver. For the life of me I can't find a link to their website. Which is such a shame because their menu is all vegan + vegetarian and all delicious, and I'd love to share it with you. 

I've been on the veg wagon for 24 years and I still get excited when I see a menu that I can order almost anything from. My favourite dish at the Foundation is Molten Tofu - a mixture of black beans, tofu, broccoli & spinach, and amazing peanut sauce. I first visited this restaurant a couple of decades ago,  (ffs I'm old!) and this dish, or variations of it, have been a staple for me at home ever since. What can I say? Peanut Sauce, black beans, broccoli and tofu are just meant to be together. 

I snapped up a photo of my co-worker's lunch, but I forget what it's called. It's a collision of mango, black beans and quinoa, and it's super scrumptious. She orders it every time we go there.  

Cheers to The Foundation! And please build a website. That is all. 

Vegan MoFo day 1

 I met up with a couple of my good friends for lunch, and we went to a little place at the beach called Pajos. They have mostly non-veg stuff on the menu, but I love them for serving veggie burgers and veggie dogs that don't taste like cardboard. And they make a killer lemonade.

I'm happy to support local small businesses who make an effort to provide delicious veg options. Cheers to Pajos!

Can't stop juicing

It's been over a week since I've had coffee. And miraculously, no migraine yet. Probably thanks to all the Earl Grey tea I've been sipping on. And who am I kidding, probably thanks to all the juicing too. There are endless combinations of fruits and vegetables to turn into juice. One that I can't get enough of is this bright red jewel of a juice and it contains just four simple ingredients.

 

• 1 medium beet
• 2-3 carrots
• 2 oranges
• 1/2 cup raspberries 

There's a lot of trial and error going on in my kitchen when it comes to juicing. I've made a few combinations of fruit/veggie juices that were downright awful. What's your favourite juice to make?
 

Goodbye coffee, hello juice

In the spirit of New Years resolutions, at my workplace there is a 30 day challenge that kicked off today. Voluntary participants make a pledge to do (or not do) something for 30 days. Health or hobby, it doesn't matter, just commit to something.

So I'm giving up coffee for a month. I typically drink about 3 cups a day, and by "cup" I mean a venti-sized travel mug from Starbucks. My pocketbook will surely thank me now that I won't be ordering $6.00 lattes all the time. And if I stick with it, maybe, just maybe those migraines I get when I haven't had a drop of coffee in 24 hours will be a thing of the past.

Less coffee means more herbal tea, and delicious juices, like one of my new favourites, Mean Green Juice by Joe Cross. He's really on to something with his juice crusade. Even my 6-year-old is a big fan of this vibrantly coloured juice.

 

 And speaking of my little one, how about a lunchbox pic? This is what I packed for my daughter to eat at school today:

 

Clockwise starting with the package of roasted seaweed - spinach wrap (Daiya cheese, lettuce, Gardein ground "beef") celery & carrot sticks, blackberries, banana tofu, gala apple, and crackers.