Lunch in the Gardens

Today we took our students to the Botanical Gardens. It was hot and we walked a lot. But I had some great energy food with me! The recipe stems from a few online recipes I encountered last night when I discovered I didn't have any jelly.

Tortilla Nut Sandwhich
1-2 soft corn tortillas (depending on how neat you are)
some nut butter of choice (I used cashew)
raisins (I used dark raisins)
honey (or other sweetner)
1/2 apple sliced up with lime juice to preserve color

Lather the tortilla(s) with nut butter, then raisins, then sweetner, then apples. Fold or roll and enjoy. You may need to wrap in another tortilla if things seem to be falling apart. They did for me!

I also had some cheerios and a separate apple. And a lovely student bought us juice! They're so sweet!

Grilled Tempeh Tacos

I had a friend over on Sunday and we decided to cook and watch a film. We ended up with Vanilla Sky. It would have been cool to have a Vanilla theme, but we didn't. We played a little with Vegan Planet's "Soy Meets Grill" recipe and ended up with Tempeh Tacos with Tomatillo Salsa.

Tempeh:
Boil in enough water to cover tempeh for about 10 minutes.
Coat with spices and grill about 10 minutes.

Spices:
1 tsp ground allspice
1 tsp sweet paprika
1 tsp brown sugar
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cayenne or other red pepper

Grill for about 10 minutes. Also grill a mildly spicy pepper to add to the salsa.

Tomatillo Salsa
3 small tomatillos, broiled in the oven for about 10 minutes until they begin to pop.
3 small red tomatos
1 grilled mild/spicy pepper
cilantro
juice from lime

Cut the tempeh into strips and fold into a tortilla (corn or flour). Top with salsa and enjoy!

We also steamed some beets to have as a side dish! Delicious!