Quorn Roast Review

I promised a review so here it is. It will be short and sweet...simply because...the roast was GREAT!

I cooked it in aluminum foil and basted the roast with olive oil and some spices like thyme and basil. It takes about an hour to cook, and is easily eaten re-heated in the microwave as leftovers or on a sandwich.

We used mushroom gravy to help with flavor and to keep the roast moist.

I have no complaints whatsoever about the Quorn Roast. It is by far the best mock meat product I have tried. My mom is terrified of anything that tries to replace a meat product and she even liked it. It had the texture and flavor of real turkey, except it was in the shape of a sausage.

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Thanksgiving 2009

This year for Thanksgiving we got together at my sisters house. My sister was not there but she offered to let us use her house because its a big nice house :) How nice of her! My mom, boyfriend, his momm and my moms boyfriend were there.

Last year my boyfriend and I tried the Tofurky for the first (and probably last) time. This year we decided to try the Quorn Roast. It is not made out of tofu. It is made out of a fungus (like a mushroom). Let me just say....it was AMAZING! I will make another post reviewing the Quorn.

We are not vegan, but we use alternative milk sources when we can. For example, we used soy milk in the mashed potatoes and green bean casserole. The meals are not vegan, but it does reduce our intake of animal products. I have wanted to try cheesy potato casserole with imitation cheese someday to see if it is much of a difference.

We didn't expect this much food...but its okay because we had a lot of leftovers that were really tasty! By the way...the pictures are clickable if you want to see a full size version.

My Boyfriend and I

OUR MEAL

• Quorn Roast
• Green Bean Casserole
• Cheesy Potato Casserole
• Mashed Potatoes
• Mushroom Gravy
• Deviled Eggs
• Rolls
• Oven baked carrots and potatoes
• Squash with onions
• Cranberries
• Peas
• Corn
• Candied Yams
• Pumpkin Pie

FOOD PICTURES

LEFTOVERS



And...some pet pictures from Thanksgiving! They enjoyed our company :) This is two of my sisters pets, Falcor the dog...and Jazzmine the cat!

How was your Thanksgiving? Post a comment and let everyone know!

Garden Salad

Sorry it has been so long! I am finally back to blogging and I have the recipe I promised ages ago from Thanksgiving! I had lost the recipe and never got around to getting it again but I have it now. Here it is.

Veggies:
1 can green peas
1 can whole kennel corn
1 can french green beans
1 can pimintoes
1 cup chopped green pepper
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped onion

Put veggies into a bowl

Dressing:
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup vinegar
1/2 cup oil
1 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
1 teaspoon pepper (or to taste)

Put into vinegar and oil into sauce pan and boil. When it starts to boil, put the rest of the dressing ingredients in and melt the sugar. When its melted, turn off.
Let dressing cool and then pour over vegetables.

That's it! Simple! Also, the person who gave me the recipe didn't write teaspoon salt/pepper....they just put "t salt and t pepper" so im not sure if it is teaspoon or tablespoon. So use your own judgement!

Cheesy Potato Casserole

Today I will give you the first recipe. It is for

Cheesy Potato Casserole

Most people use this with cream of chicken soup, but ive changed it to mushroom so there is no meat.
It can be made vegan if you know what vegan products to put in it.

CHEESY POTATOES

Ingredients:
- Large bag of hashbrown potatoes (squares or regular stringy kind...doesn't matter)
- 1 medium size sour cream. Not the small one or largest one. The middle sized one.
- 1 stick of butter
- 1 regular size can of cream of mushroom soup
- 1 bag of shredded cheddar cheese (2 cups)
- 1 onion

Steps:
1) Dice onion
2) Put sour cream, onion, soup, and butter in a sauce pan and melt. Mix until it is fully melted and mixed together.
3) Put potatoes in a large casserole dish. I usually use a glass casserole dish.
4) Add the melted mixture and cheese on top of the potatoes and mix together until it is all mixed thoroughly.
5) Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

When it is all done it should look like this...

Thanksgiving

I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving!

I spent Thanksgiving day at my aunts house with the rest of the family. It sort of changed my Tofurky plans, so I had my Tofurky dinner the day after Thanksgiving.

Having dinner with the family is a little crazy. Especially when being a vegetarian is simply unheard of in my family. My 9 year old cousin had to ask me what I could eat. Not only "what can you eat?", but she went through each thing on the table and asked "Can you eat that?" lol...I was like "everything that does not have meat in it...like no turkey for me". She would still ask away though haha.

So as promised, I took photos of my Tofurky and the rest of my meal! And I have reviews!
Here are some photos from my mini Thanksgiving. I spent it with my boyfriend.

Please CLICK on the photo to view the whole picture.

BEFORE IT WAS COOKED




AFTER IT WAS COOKED...SEE THE STEAM?


TOFURKY & CHEESY POTATOES


VEGGIE SALAD



MY BOYFRIENDS PLATE


So....

I was very impressed with the Tofurky! Honesty, I was a little afraid at first. I was afraid the first time I had tofu too, and that turned out yummy. I think people are afraid of the wrong things. People should be afraid of rotting animal flesh, not soybeans :) My boyfriend and his brother also liked it. They are boys. So if they can admit to liking a cruelty free meatless veggie meal, then so can you :D

It tasted good and had a good consistancy. So well done. I don't know how they do it, but they do.

Also, I wanted to give you guys a couple of recipes from my Thanksgiving.

1. Cheesy Potatoes
2. Veggie Salad

I will post those later sometime. I'll try for tomorrow! You will want to try these recipes because they are sooooo delicious!!!

Day before Thanksgiving

I got my first tofurky today! I got the cheaper one that doesn't include all of the special sides and stuff because I wanted to see if I liked it. The bigger one was $20 and the smaller one was about $9. I will be taking pictures of my meal tomorrow with recipes and everything! Its going to be a nice big post! Im so glad to be having a vegetarian dinner...you should be too. Don't follow this crazy lady.

Watch Sarah Palin look stupid while Turkeys are being slaughtered behind her. This is considered the most humane way to kill turkeys.

Primavera Noodles

I love this recipe (Primavera Noodles) I found on AllRecipes.com

The only stuff I change is:

- I didn't think the bell peppers really fit into the mix...everything was soft except for the peppers, so I don't add those anymore.
- I add more ranch and cheese than it calls for in the recipe. I would put how much it says in the recipe and then add more to your liking.
- I get the microwave steamers veggies because its faster. Sometimes I get broccoli and carrots seperate, sometimes together...and sometimes i get broccoli, carrots, and cauloflower.

Check out the recipe here ---> http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Primavera-Noodles/Detail.aspx

And yes, that is my photo on the website.