Must take the bad with the good

Strawberry Oatmeal Breakfast Smoothie 

This recipe was definitely a success very delicious. I got the recipe off of  allrecipes.com  and made a few adjustments. I must admit I was nervous about the oats in this smoothie, but I had puree them into an almost powder before adding the other ingredients.  You can have it alone in the morning for breakfast or even as a brunch, very fulfilling. I had used chocolate soy milk instead of regular soy, 8 large frozen strawberries, and raw cane sugar instead of white. 

Original recipe makes 2 servings

• 1 cup soy milk
• 1/2 cup rolled oats
• 1 banana, broken into chunks

• 14 frozen strawberries
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 teaspoons white sugar

Vegan Taco With Tofu

Another success story, you wouldn't believe how good this dish is, If you ask me its just as good or better than a meat taco. I will admit that I was nervous about this dish as well. I had never had tofu and have heard some bad things about it, well, I heard wrong, it all depends on how you season it and if you drain the excess water out of the tofu which I did. I found this recipe on realsimple.com but it is called vegetarian tacos with goat cheese. I didn't add the goat cheese witch makes this dish vegan. 

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 14-ounce package extra-firm tofu, drained, patted dry, and crumbled
• 1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
• kosher salt and black pepper
• 1 10-ounce package frozen corn (2 cups), thawed
• 1 5-ounce package baby spinach (about 6 loosely packed cups)
• 8 small flour tortillas, warmed
• 3/4 cup store-bought refrigerated salsa

Directions

1. Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
2. Add the tofu, chili powder, ½ teaspoon salt, and ¼ teaspoon pepper. Cook, tossing occasionally, until golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes.
3. Add the corn. Cook, tossing, until heated through, about 2 minutes.

1. Add the spinach and ¼ teaspoon each salt and pepper. Toss until wilted.
2. Fill the tortillas with the tofu mixture, and salsa.

Okay, so I gave you the GOOD. Like the title says you must take the bad with the good and here it is. The other morning, yesterday morning to be exact I was hungry and getting discouraged because I didn't know what to make. I knew becoming a vegan wasn't going to be easy when I had made the initial decision. The not eating meat was no big deal for me and still isn't, but the figuring out a whole new menu I knew would be an issue and yesterday morning was definitely an issue. This is what I started out with

Fresh strawberries, a whole banana, and a blueberry bagel. I figured I could blend the banana and strawberries for a topping on the Bagle  and this is what I came up with

Definitely was not what I had pictured and the taste was no better. So now I know that next time I need some other ingredient to blend with this like a cream of some sort and since I am so new at being vegan I don't know what that is yet or where to get it. So for now I will not be making this mistake again.