Eggplant "Meatball" Sandwich

So I made a giant batch of caponata for dinner at my boss' house.
It took all the steam out of me with my limited kitchen. But I needed to eat!
Enter the veggie meatball. I'm not really huge on fake meat but these were a gift from a friend who couldn't eat them.
I baked the meatballs for 15 minutes at 400° and then simmered them briefly with a few spoons of yesterday's caponata. Et voila! Meatball sub fake out!

What's in the Bun?

Garlic balsamic sprouts, Ont. corn tomato-olive-chickpea salad and rice/quinoa with seaweed

Meat Turtles

Not a recipe...an oddity.
I went to a barbecue last week and one of the guests had prepared these.
Burger body, hotdog limbs and a bacon shell. Jesus they were terrifying. But everyone who ate meat seemed to enjoy them.

Strawberry teff scones

In what will likely go down as the best Sunday ever, I shared strawberry scones at a picnic with my lovely friends from the notso amazon softball league and choir! choir! choir! recorded a short background clip for Hayden! My seventeen year old self couldn't stop swooning.

Corn Curry!

This came together haphazardly but ended up being really delicious! The base is sautéed garlic, onion and tomato with cumin seeds, ginger, garam masala, coriander, turmeric and chili powder.
To that I added sweet and white potatoes and tofu, followed later by some corn and lentils and finished off closer to the end with brussels sprouts and broccoli. The sweetness of he corn really worked with the spiciness of the curry.

Muttar Tofu Pasta with Veggie Sausage

Grabbed some lovely ingredients today after strawberry picking in Brampton. Garlic scapes and Ontario peas. I sautéed the scapes in oil with onion, garam masala, ginger, cayenne and allspice and then added cubed tofu and one spicy veggie snausage. I threw in some tomato purée, porcini powder and red wine and green peas and simmered for 30 or so minutes, adding water occasionally to keep it loose. Great over pasta!

Almond Cream Pasta with Roasted Brussels Sprouts (Vegan)

Why do I feel like I posted this already? Because I ate it over a month ago. Sorry!

Sometimes I get a craving for something super creamy. 
Being lactose intolerant and sharing the occasional leftover with vegan friends means I have to look to uncommon places for that satisfying sauciness.  Frankly, I was surprised to learn that this is an actual pasta sauce (I thought it was just something I dreamed up out of low pantry supplies and lack of motivation to go outside).
It ends up tasting somewhere between an alfredo and a white cheese sauce, and this depends on how much nutritional yeast (if any) you use.
The sauce is pretty easy: 
Take a cup of toasted almonds (skin on or off) and grind them in a blender until they're a fine crumb. Add one or two cloves of chopped garlic and pulse together.  
To this add 1-2 cups of water and continue to blend until smooth.  Pour the mixture into a pan and simmer. At this point you can add lemon zest, lemon juice, basil, or up to 1/4 c. nutritional yeast to taste, as well as salt, pepper or nutmeg.
Simmer the sauce until it's the desired thickness and serve over pasta.
On the side, I served roasted brussels sprouts. They were halved and tossed with curry paste, vinegar or citrus juice, some sugar or maple syrup optional garlic and a little olive oil and roasted at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes.  They're a dream of crispy chippy leaves and soft insides.
Yum!