Chickpea Cutlets Rock!

Happy Hump Day! I hope everyone is having a great day! I'll start of by telling you what I had for dinner last night. I made the chickpea cutlets out of my Veganomicon cookbook. I've made other chickpea cutlets but not these. Everyone has raved about how good they are, so I had to try them out last night. Everyone was right...they are so good! I was curious if the recipe was on line anywhere, so I though I would check it out. What do you know....it is. If you don't have this cookbook, you can find the recipe here. I had some left over corn and fried cabbage to go along with the cutlets. I used sesame oil to fry the cabbage in and added a little garam marsala. I just love that stuff on cabbage! After I put the cabbage in my plate, I added some lemon juice to it....YUM! On Wednesday nights we go to what we call "Life Group" at our church. Every once in a while some one will bring some goodies. I had a request to bring my Oatmeal, Walnut and Dried Plum Cookies that I make from Alicia Silverstone's book, The Kind Diet. If you don't have her book, you can find the recipe here. These are Tony's favorite cookies!

For breakfast I had an all fruit smoothie this morning...no greens in it. I used 3/4 cup of water, 1/2 cup cranberry/pomegranate juice, 1 frozen banana, 1 cup frozen berry blend (blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries), protein powder, flax seeds, and a date. My blender doesn't like the dates very much though. I seem to be finding chunks of the date in my smoothie while drinking it. :o) I can't complain though. At least my blender works. :-)

Lunch was a salad. I had a few chickpeas left over from making the chickpea cutlets last night, so I added them to my salad. I'm starting to get a little tired of salads for lunch. I'm in serious need of buying some raw nuts, so I can make some more raw spreads. The only problem is, no one sells them where I live. Does anyone know of a good place to order them on line? I need cashews and sunflower seeds.

~Peace~Love~Happiness~