Happy Fourth Of July!

Lanterns 

Happy fourth to everyone! Comment below and tell me what YOU did/ate!
I ate a vegan burger with home-cooked french fries! It was soo delicious. After that (at about 9) we went to the school and shot off big fireworks.

I hope everyone have a great fourth!
-Ilana xo

Bang Bang!

Gardein 'Chicken Stripped' Piccatta (recreated!)

I was dying to make this piccata after I saw it in the vegetarian starter kit magazine from the MFA. I have been wanting to make it for so long, and the day had come. Off to whole foods it was! 

What you'll need:

• Two packets of Gardein chicken strips
• 2 cups of All-purpose flour (I used tapioca flour)
• Non-dairy butter 
• Olive Oil
• 1/3 cup Lemon Juice
• 1/2 cup Vegetable stock
• 1/4 cup White wine (optional)
• 1/5 (or 1/4) cup Capers
• Minced Garlic
• 1 tablespoon chopped Shallot
• Parsley, sugar, black pepper and salt (to taste)

Put the chicken strips in the flour, shaking the access off. Over medium to high heat, melt two TABLESPOONS of the non-dairy butter, with two TABLEspoons of the olive oil. When the mixture of oil and butter start to sizzle and bubble, add the chicken strips. Cook them until they're a golden brown for about 2-5 minutes.

Remove those onto a plate (or cutting board)
Melt 1 or 2 more tablespoons of the 'butter' along with the oil and put the strips back in, cooking them until a deeper brown. 

After this action is done, REMOVE THE STRIPS.

Reduce the heat under the pan to a medium and add the lemon juice, vegetable stock, wine, capers, garlic and shallot. Crank the heat up to a high and bring to a boil. Check the seasoning and add salt and pepper if needed. If the sauce is bitter, sweeten it up with sugar. 

My whole dinner!

Now, return the breasts to the pan and simmer for 2-5 minutes until they are heated ad the sauce has thickened. Remove the breasts to your serving platter, and add two tablespoons of 'butter' to the sauce and whisk. Pour the sauce over the breasts and garnish with the parsley. Serve it while its hot!



If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at: thevganteen@gmail.com
Sorry this recipe took so long to put up, guys. <3
-Ilana xo

What's Cookin' Good Lookin'?

Stand out - Broccoli.

Tune in for tonights dish! Guess what this side meal is apart of? It rhymes with lasta! ;)

If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at: thevganteen@gmail.com
Wishing everyone a happy 4th!
-Ilana xo

Tuesday Update

Mercy For Animals T-Shit! Wut wut

Hey all! I hope you are enjoying my recipes. Tonight I am cooking something special out of a Mercy For Animals Magazine. Its a Gardein "Chicken" Piccata, and I'm really looking forward to it (I hope all of you are, too!)

I am on the Youth Advisory Board for Mercy For Animals, only 11 in the nation get picked! For those of you who don't know what Mercy For Animals is, its a non-profit organization group that helps spread awareness about whats happening on factory farms, and the beautiful world of vegetarian/veganism.

I'll be posting the recipe (maybe) tonight around 8 or 9, but it will DEFINITELY be up tomorrow around 2.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at: thevganteen@gmail.com
Keep your heads up, and your eyes open for this delicious recipe!
-Ilana xo

Beautiful Breakfast Bagels (aka BBB)

My baby Lester just HAD to model this food for you!

Let's face it.. I've had one too many pancakes over the last couple of days. I was thinking of something else I could have that was hot, easy, and delicious and it just came to me! Why not a beautiful breakfast bagel?
What you'll need:

• Bagels (I used whole wheat)
• Tempah Bacon
• Firm Tofu
• Olive Oil
• Coconut Oil
• Go Veggie Cream Cheese
• Turmeric

Cut open your bagel, and place it aside. Take out a skillet (or just two frying pans) and put olive oil (generously coating the bottom) in one, and putting two or three spoon fulls of coconut oil in the other. Put the tempah bacon in the coconut oil, and the tofu in the olive oil. 

*If you like your 'bacon' crispy, I suggest cranking up the heat to high*

Remember when you were new to this whole tofu thing, and accidentally scrambled the tofu instead of making it into cubes or long square slices? Well this scramble shouldn't be an accident! Scramble up the tofu like you would eggs, and add a bit of turmeric  The turmeric will turn yellow (even though it comes out orange) resembling eggs. Once those are done, set them aside on your bagel plate. 

Flip the bacon around until the bacon turns a light brown color (or if you like it crunchy, wait 'til you see a dark brown). Set that on the same plate you put the 'eggs' on.

Spread the Go Veggie Cream Cheese all up on that bagel (hollaa wut wutt) and put the tofu and tempah    on, too. Cut the sandwich in half and enjoy!


If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at: thevganteen@gmail.com
Hope this triggers a party in your tummy!
-Ilana xo