Cold Cut Sandwiches

I HATE stomach aches! I needed something simple to eat, and fast. So why not anything better than a yummy sandwich? 

What you'll need: 

• Bread
• One avocado
• Deli Sliced Oven Roasted Tofurky
• Iceburg lettuce
• Vegan Gourmet Cheddar Cheese

Tear off some lettuce from the iceburg and wash it. After, open up the avocado (take out the pit, too) and squeeze out the yummy stuff (p.s, Avocado is poisonous to some animals so don't feed it to them) on a plate or cutting board and spread it on the bread like you would butter. 
Take out the cheddar and cut off some slices, set aside. Take your iceburg and put however much you want on the bread. Take out your tofurky and put a couple slices ontop of the iceburg. Grab your slices of cheese and put on the tofurky, top it with lettuce and bread, cut diagonally and serve!




If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at: thevganteen@gmail.com
Hope your taste buds dance with this joyous creation!
-Ilana xo

Just Baked!

Whoever has the biggest sweet tooth, this post may come in handy! 

The other day I was at the mall with my friend and he wanted to go into just baked (for all of you who don't know what that is or have heard of it, its a store that sells cakes and cookies and its supposed to be the best) but they didn't have any vegan options. I asked the lady at the counter if they had any that I just wasn't exactly seeing, and it turns out that they don't actually KEEP them at the store, they take orders for specialty items there and send them to the bakery to get made! I ordered myself a grumpy cake cupcake for only $3.13 - and TOTALLY worth it! They also have two other flavors - red velvet and vanilla I think. 

Yum!

Vegan Banana Pancakes

Hey all! I'm so sorry that I haven't been updated on this blog, its just the last few weeks of school were VERY stressful and I didn't have any time to fulfill my cooking duties! For the upcoming weeks, I'm going to try to at least get on her 5 times a week with brand new recipes, fashion, or just to drop by to make sure you all know I'm alive! ;)

Anyways - let's get to the good stuff!
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEwH2LOAeWU)

I was so hungry today, but I didn't know what to make. Luckily, my mom brought home Pancake mix, olive oil, syrup and other groceries so I decided to make Vegan Banana Pancakes!
For this lovely recipe, you'll need:

My Yummy Ingredients!

• Bob's Red Mill (Organic) 7 Grain Pancake and Waffle Whole Grain Mix
• Vanilla Almond Milk
• One Banana (or any other fruit, I just chose banana)
• Syrup
• Olive Oil
• Coconut Oil
• Earth Balance Butter (optional)
• Cinnamon
• Skillet
• Measuring Cup

Take out a measuring cup and measure one cup (or 1/2 a cup if you're making this for yourself) of your vanilla almond milk. Equal it up by measuring one cup (or 1/2) of the pancake batter! Put about 3 dots of olive oil in the batter and stir it up (if you added cinnamon to your recipe, stir it in, also). If it's too liquidy, just add a bit more pancake mix.

Take out a skillet and put one or two spoonfulls of coconut oil on the pan. Wait til it melts and kind of coats the bottom. Grab your batter and put however much batter you want on the pan. Grab the banana and peel it a bit and thinly cut some slices off, plop them right on top (however many you want).

You will know if the pancake is ready to flip if you see tiny holes on the unflipped side of the pancake, or its browning on the edges! 






 Let the bottom portion cook by pressing a bit on the pancake, and lifting it up every 2 or 3 minutes to see if the bottom is a nice golden brown (like the top should be!)

When its cooked, take off the pan and serve hot with a bit of earth balance butter and syrup! I hope your breakfast/brunch was as good as mine was!

If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at: thevganteen@gmail.com

Thanks for supporting!
-Ilana xo