Happy Saturday! So glad it’s the weekend and the weather is sweet! But I had to spend a good part of it indoors today catching up on house work from being sick and lazy most of the week. :-P By lunch time, our kitchen was still bare, it’s been over a week since my last market trip (gasp!). I did have one more Sunshine Burger in the freezer, carrots and sprouts to create an odd, but tasty, lunch.
I crisped it up over medium heat with a little olive oil.
While I threw together a dressing of miso, agave nectar, Dijon mustard, and coconut vinegar.
Then crumpled the burger with carrot ribbons and sprouts and tossed in the dressing.
It actually was a delicious lunch with a little sweetness, tang and the crunchy burger crumbles made a great texture add.
But no worries, I did make it to Whole Foods before dinner time to load up. :-) $117 later, our fridge is packed! For some reason, I really wanted to use the huge jicama I picked up in a dinner salad. Since it’s kind of sweet with a cool, crisp texture, I decided on a spring-themed fruity salad.
Which Ani’s Orange Miso Dressing from Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen is perfect for with salty and sweet thing going on, especially when I grated extra fresh ginger into it.
I loaded the salad with shredded jicama, spinach, chopped oranges and apples, sprouted black quinoa, cucumber, carrots and sunflower seeds before coating it in the dressing.
Since Follow Your Heart Vegan Gourmet Cheddar was on sale at Whole Foods, I couldn’t resist.
And it seemed perfect to grate on top of the masterpiece salad.
Love the sunlight in this pic, so nice for a change!
Hubby was so sweet to make vegan garlic bread in the oven for us to share using Earth Balance, so I had garlic bread with my sweet salad for an interesting combo. It was a wonderful dinner, especially when washed down with a little wine.
Have you ever tried Sunshine Burgers?
I’ve never tried sunshine burgers, they look great though. I’m in Dubai so it can be hard to get good vegan food here. Fry’s ‘chicken burgers’ are just about the only vegan burgers you can get!
I have tried sunshine burgers. I do like having something in the freezer that I can turn to in a pinch. I also try to make a few extra veggie burgers when I make my own for the freezer.
That salad looks delicious. I forgot to add jicama to my grocer list this week. We got a raw “mashed potato” recipe at the raw class Monday and the base is jicama. So good.
Doesn’t it feel great to have a restocked refrigerator and cupboards?! The amount of veggies I buy sometimes overwhelms be but I remind myself that I’ll juice at least half of it anyway ;)
I need to try making my own burgers too, the lentils burgers sound great.
So true on restocking, especially after using up older stuff to refresh the inventory. :-)
This look like a super tasty lunch!
Oh man, I wish I liked that cheese like you did! maybe I should try it not melted and it’ll taste better? I don’t know…I’m afraid to try it again!
I actually have not tried melting that cheese yet, I’ve had mixed experiences melting Daiya shreds. The flavor is this cheese is a little stronger to me over Daiya, I really like the nacho flavored too.
You know sunshine burgers are my fave ;-) Looks great!
washed down with wine is a great thing :)
dressing of miso, agave nectar, Dijon mustard, and coconut vinegar = NICE. That is right up my alley as is Ani’s orange miso dressing. I am all about OJ, agave, mustard…those are “my” flavors for sure.
sunshine burger…you know, ive never bought them. i used to buy morningstar burgers 10 yrs ago, but just havent bought any meatless burgers…in ages. I do want to try Sunshine B’s b/c ive heard great things about them.
Sunshine Burgers are worth the price to try at least once, they do have a lot of flavor and a nice crispy texture. Plus they’d probably go great with your Vegenaise dressing.
a falafel burger? I havent seen this =) Next whole foods road trip I will pick some up for sure! My fingers are crossed that it will be this weekend we get to go! <3
the salad looks fabulous!
Sunshine Burgers aren’t cheap, but totally worth it with a nice flavor and texture. In our Whole Foods, they’re in the alternative meats frozen foods section. I’ve gotta try the breakfast patties next.