Spinach Noodle Kugel

Okay, so I had no idea what Kugel was, but the recipe sounded good! It's from Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook, so I can't share the recipe.

Oddly enough, I REALLY didn't like it. Why is that odd? Am I not allowed to not like things? No. It's because most of my kids LOVED it! How backwards is that? I'm usually the one eating while they complain that it doesn't taste very good. This time, I leaned over and whispered to my husband, "You don't have to eat it all...it doesn't taste very good. I'll go out and get more food later." Of course, I don't tell the kids this. They have to eat everything. lol He looked at me like I was strange and said, "It's not bad. It's not great, but it's certainly not bad." When you see the kid's scores, you'll see what they thought of it. Very strange. I really didn't like it.

It's made from frozen spinach, noodles (I used spinach noodles), tofu, vegetable broth, and some other stuff. :)

Veggie burgers, revisited

So, last night I decided I was going to revisit the homemade veggie burger. As requested, I left out the barbecue sauce and just stuck to the tried and true...lettuce, tomatoes, ketchup and mustard. Oh my goodness, it was the BIGGEST hit! My kids scarfed them down, then asked for more!

Not only that, but I have to share a story that is very exciting to me. It's probably boring to you, but whatever...it's my blog. :)

I was just starting to make the veggie burgers. The very first part of the recipe calls for simmering green lentils and brown rice in vegetable broth. (By the way, this is the vegetable broth I use. It's awesome!) I hadn't added anything...not even the salt it called for. All that was in my pot were green lentils, brown rice, vegetable broth and water. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY CHILDREN, at one point or another came downstairs for no reason other to ask, "Wow, what's for dinner? That smells SO good!!!" What a HUGE step! My kids used to think that vegetarian cooking smelled so bland. To them, there was nothing like the smell of a good steak being cooked. Now, they are practically drooling over the smell of vegetable broth, brown rice and lentils!!! YAY!!!!