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WIAW: Vacation Eats

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I’ve decided to try something new on the blog this week and if I and you are digging it will (try) to keep up with it. 

This week we are on vacation but luckily this doesn’t mean we have been eating out all week because we are staying at a condo in North Myrtle Beach with my parents.  This has made our lives so much easier and I love having a place to cook all or at least most of our meals.

Breakfast: Berries, English Muffin, Hash Browns, Veggie-Pesto Tofu Scramble

Beverage: Decaf Coffee

Lunch Part 1: Salad with cranberries, almonds and apple

Lunch Part 2: Veggie and Polenta Lasagna

Snack: a million Salt and Pepper Pistachios

Beverage: Ginger Lemon Peel Herbal Water

Dinner: Guacamole, Tomato Bruschetta, Pesto Spinach-Artichoke Dip, Baked Garlic Fries and crackers, bread and tortillas.

Not Pictured: 2 oreos, 8 sour patch kids and a decaf vanilla black tea and lots of glasses of water.

Recipe: Vegan Lasagna with Red Pepper "Ricotta"

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Vegan Lasagna with Red Pepper “Ricotta”

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 a box of no-boil lasagna (4 portions)
  • 3.5 cups spaghetti sauce (homemade or jarred)
  • 2T Nutritional Yeast
  • Red Pepper “Ricotta”
    • 1 block of firm tofu, drained
    • 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
    • 1 red bell pepper, diced
    • 3 garlic cloves, chopped
    • 2t Italian seasoning
    • 1t onion powder
    • 1t garlic powder
    • 1t salt
    • 1/2t ground black pepper

Directions:   Preheat the oven to 400F.

  1. To make the ricotta: place everything in a food processor and process until crumbly/texture of ricotta.  If the ricotta seems a little dry while processing you can add water a teaspoon at a time to loosen up the mixture. 
  2. To make the lasagna: in an 8×8 glass baking dish layer the lasagna starting with sauce, noodles, ricotta, sauce, noodles.  You should have 4-6 layers and should end with sauce.  Sprinkle with the nutritional yeast and cover with aluminum foil. 
  3. Bake for 35-45 minutes, or as the directions on the lasagna noodle box recommend. 
  4. Once out of the oven let the lasagna cool for 5-7 minutes.  Then enjoy!