Good morning, everyone! Today is a happy day! Picured in this old, antique (ok just a few years ago) picture, is my VEGAN hoodie. I love this thing hard, and today was the first day in subtropical Louisiana that I could wear a big thick hoodie. Yay! The story goes: Back in my wee vegetarian youngster days, I used to send LOTS of letters to the editor of the local paper. I was a PETA2 Street Team superstar! I hit the big one when a letter got published on cutting out dissection in schools. My prize from PETA was any item in the Street Team prize assortment. I chose this hoodie, worth 50 gazillion activism points. Anyway, that was a bunch of years ago and I love breaking this hoodie out every year when it gets cold. Cheers! (Dunno why I look crazy-eyed in that picture...prolly still trying to catch up on sleep lost during graduate school).
And now...onto the food.
Today's dish is sort of a Frankensteiny project. Like many MoFo-ers, bloggers, and, uh, eaters in general, Fall has me all about pumpkin everything! I happened upon pumpkin lasagne when I was flipping through the Frugal Vegan's Harvest & Holiday Survival Guide. I ended up making several adjustments and creating sort of a new recipe. The basic dish was lasagne with a base of pumpkin puree seasoned with onions, spices, etc. I added in some nutrional yeast and vegan sausage crumbles to spice it up! It also called for 1.5 cups of spaghetti sauce. In an rare and unusual move, I decided to make my own! Here's the sauce I made from an easy Sarak Kramer recipe.
(The picture looks like some kind of crazy spaghetti sauce /moon phase presentation!)
The finished product was tasty! Here it is without extra sauce, but we poured a little more spaghetti sauce on the top before we ate it. Pumpkn puree is a great soy-alternative and healthy way to fill a lasagne, I must say! This would have been great with a bunch of soy cheese on top but I was all out!
P.S. While we're talking about pumpkins, check out Farm Sanctuary's Halloween tips and info!
6 comments:
I love that hoodie! I am a fan of anything that proudly proclaims my vegan status loud and proud! Looks comfy too. And don't even get me started on that delicious lasagne, I can't believe how amazing it looks!
I have that hoodie too!!! But your back story is much better. Mine was a Christmas present that I asked my dad to order for me one year. I wore mine for the first time this year on Saturday! I hate cold weather, but hoodies make it seem more bearable.
I also have the Frugal Vegan Guide, and I must make that lasagna!!! I've never tried it, but it sounds and looks wonderful! Have you tried Sarah Kramer's Punk-kin Pasta recipe (I can't remember which book it's in...), but it's one of my all-time fave pumpkin recipes...
Pumpkin lasagna sounds great!
I love hoodie weather too! I a m wearing mine and a scarf right now!
fin!
Yep fin! That's an old shot from the Garnier.
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