Vegan Halloween Event!!

Hey Peeps! Hope you guys enjoyed your weekend. I had the pleasure of attending a Vegan Halloween Event at Verdugo bar, hosted by Chica Vegan. There were costumes, raffle prizes, and best of all delicious vegan food. I tried a few things here and there and took the rest of goodie stash home. The food was amazing and I was stuffed to capacity before I got the chance to finish my meal. Here are a list of the great food trucks and restaurants that attended the event and graced us with their cuisine:
Pacha Peruvian
Doomies 
Amanda's Bakery and Cafe
Twice Baked
Franken's Gourmet Franks
SeaBirds Truck
Veg-it-Up

Please check out my video for the full event! :-)

Doomie's Monster Brains (Fried Mac & Cheese).

Amanda's Bakery Cupcakes!

Twice Baked Cookies!

Twice Baked Cookies n Cream Whoopie Pie.

Vegan, What?'s Awesome fan Mayra! 

SeaBirds Scrumptious Fries.

SeaBirds Beer battered Avocado Tacos. 

SeaBirds Jackfruit Tacos.

Chowing down on some fries! Yum!

Halloween Vegan Sweets!

Hey Peeps! I decided to make a yummy vegan halloween treat yesterday. For those of you who love peanut butter cups, you have to try this scrumptious recipe from Alicia's Silverstone's book The Kind Diet or you can check her website the kind life. Hope you enjoy the chocolaty peanut buttery goodness!! :-)

Vegan Halloween Nightmare!

Hey guys! I have another spoof type funny video for ya. It's uploaded just in time for Halloween! Hope you enjoy.

Kale Hemp Flatbread

A few weeks ago I dove into my Urban Food Crawl Goodie bag and picked out another treat to explore. This time I tried a kale snack from Twin Cakes Bakery. They have a kale hemp flatbread that's pretty tasty. It has some good flavors with a nice little touch of spice. I also like the crunch. I haven't tried too many kale snacks, at least not any packaged ones. I usually just eat fresh kale from home. I would eventually like to try some kale chips...if only they weren't so expensive. I guess I'll just have to make my own. If you like kale snacks, which I'm sure you do, you should check this one out.

Stuffed Potato!

I have this big bag of potatoes sitting in my kitchen. I'm trying to get creative with what to do with them, so keep a look out for more potato posts. I had this delicious stuffed potato the other night. I loaded it with some veggies and fresh avocado. Mmm...Take a look!

Potato stuffed with red onions, tomatoes, black beans, and avocado. 

Added a side of quinoa and cabbage. 

I baked my potato at 475 degrees for about an hour.

Fried Zucchini!

I got my box of veggies from csa last week and I was happy to find some zucchini inside. Zucchini is so yummy roasted but I also love to fry it. Here's a recipe of my fried crispy fried zucchini:

Fried Zucchini 

Zucchini 

Almond Milk (Any non dairy milk will do)

Corn Meal 

Oil for frying 

Take your zucchini and chop it up into strips. Place some of the chopped zucchini into your milk and mix around until they're all covered. Transfer the zucchini into corn meal and coat the them well with the corn meal. Fry in pan until golden brown. Eat! 

The Veggie Grill

I've wanted to check out Veggie Grill for a while. The food looks fresh and yummy, they have locations all over, it's a little pricey, but that doesn't bother me as much when I'm really craving some good vegan food. So, last month my sister-in-law and I found a location close by and decided to go. Ironically, she's not a vegan but loves veggie grill and has been a few times, so I was excited to go with someone who already tried the food. I ordered their carne asada sandwich with a side of chili and we shared some buffalo wings. OMG it was so delicious!!! Restaurants like Veggie Grill are so amazing in the way that they make you forget that you're eating meat substitutes. I think if more non vegans checked out places like this they would realize that vegan meat can taste so much better than the real thing. Check out my video and some pics below:

Carne Asada: Grilled veggie-steak, marinated in Mexican spices, with southwestern spiced vegan mayo, red onion, lettuce, tomato on a wheat roll. $8.95

Buffalo wings with a side of celery and ranch. 

Chipotle BBQ: Shredded veggie-steak, marinated in our tangy BBQ sauce, with chipotle ranch, caramelized onion, lettuce, tomato. $8.50  And a side of sweet potato fries. $2.25