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Fun Eats & New Dressing

January 16, 2019 by christine

It has been a wild few days here with heavy rain and winds. Not complaining, California always needs it! But we have two very unhappy chihuahuas who refuse to go outside. Even our covered porch is a wind tunnel that Miko refuses.

Crazy winter weather calls for steaming bowls of chili and hubby is amazing at whipping up huge batches of vegan chili in the Instant Pot using Beyond Meat Beyond Beef Crumbles.

And we got lots of leftovers for easy lunches this week, love that. Sunday we headed to Zest Kitchen for a healthy lunch and ended up coming home with a container of Just Egg!

It’s not cheap at $7.99 per container, but I was so excited to see it for sale I grabbed one and it inspired a fun breakfast-for-dinner Monday using hash browns, Lightlife Gimme Lean (love that name) vegan sausage, and scrambled Just Egg.

It was a splurge dinner for sure, but fun for the dreary weather. Hubby really liked the Just Egg, the closest vegan alternative to scrambled eggs for him and very impressive. And it was easy to cook. For me it was good, but not mind blowing because I was never a huge scrambled egg fan in my pre-vegan days and am happy with a simple tofu of chickpea scramble today. But it’s a healthier and convincing alternative and I’m excited there are more products like this showing up with such a demand.

Back to healthier habits, I made a new dressing for a kale meal salad tonight that came out great. It uses peanut powder instead of peanut butter, has no added oil, and packs raw garlic and ginger for a lively flavor kick.

Ginger Peanut Dressing

  • 1 tbsp. white miso paste
  • 2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
  • 1” chunk fresh ginger
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • ¼ cup peanut powder
  • ¼ cup water, as needed

Place all ingredients into a high speed blender and blend to a smooth and creamy texture. Serve and enjoy! Makes 4 servings.

The texture is not as thick as some of my other dressings, but that worked well for the massaged kale and still coated well with kicky flavor.

Filed Under: Blender, Dressings & Sauces, General, Product Reviews, Recipes Tagged With: beyond meat, ginger, just egg, just for all, lightlife, plant based recipe, plant-based, raw garlic, vegan, vegan recipe

Comments

  1. Jennifer Bliss says

    January 17, 2019 at 10:38 am

    Everything looks amazing – as always – but there is something about that chili that is really calling my name!

    • christine says

      January 18, 2019 at 6:20 am

      Thanks and yes, chili is such a perfect winter meal!

  2. Hannah says

    January 17, 2019 at 5:38 pm

    I was never a big beef eater before going vegan, but I must admit, I do love those Beyond Meat crumbles! Yum!

    • christine says

      January 18, 2019 at 6:19 am

      Yes they are and great in chili!

  3. Laura says

    January 18, 2019 at 7:20 am

    That ginger peanut dressing looks fabulous Christine! So does your chili. I make the worst chili, no lie! haha.

    • christine says

      January 19, 2019 at 8:53 am

      Ah, chili can be a tough one with so many variations! Thanks on the dressing. :-)

Hello! I'm Christine, an IT Professional in Northern California. I'm also passionate about a healthy, plant based lifestyle, running, fitness, and being eco-friendly. 40 (ack!), married, with furkids. Read More…

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