His and Hers Nacho’s

The first day of school is already behind me. Pretty excited to take a lighter load of classes and internship, plus my classes seem fun! Nice way to start off my last quarter of school.

I’ll take a dip into the past, since I was late in the game with posting some meals made around the holidays.

To follow up the his and hers grilled cheeses, I present you with His and Hers Nachos

Not only is mexican food the easiest to make vegan, but its makes a great “throw whatever you have in the fridge/pantry” meal

His: Blue Corn Tortilla Chips, Salsa, Meat of Choice (in this case sausage), Cheese, Fage (as sour cream)

Gobbled up in seconds by the boys of the family.

My G-Free and Vegan version was first inspired by a new supermarket find, that was all to adorable.

I was sold by the packaging.

“Politely Hot”

I love it. At least it has manners.

I cooked it in a bit of Jalapeno Oil, added some seasoning and voila. My Dad even raved it was the best meal I made him when I put it in a burrito for him.

Even the meatiest of meat eaters can eat delicious vego food.

Hers: Beanitos Black Bean Chips, Avocado, Salsa, Daiya Cheese, Soy Crumbles, Fage

The other great thing about Mexican food?

Rinsing and Repeating.

All Mexican food is the same, just wrapped in a different form of corn (Nacho chips, tortillas, taco shells, enchiladas….etc…)

I made my own version of Huevos Rancheros the following morning

In the mix: Tortillas, Spinach, Onion, Cheese, Black Bean Dip, Eggs, and a Mango Hot Sauce we bought at a restaurant called Coconut Jacks.

Hey Mikey! He Likes it!

Favorite Vessel for Mexican Food?              Nachos all the way for me 🙂

x

Casey

Peanut Butter Smuggler

This post has to be short and sweet. I’m leaving tomorrow, but I guess as you are reading this it will be tonight!!!

Note to self: Never take finals and pack for leaving the country at the same time.

There are not enough hours in the day!

That’s why I’ve been a bit of a slack on all of the other blogs, and on responding to comments.

Also note to self: Mexican Food is an excellent way to empty your fridge.

In the mix

• Toasted Rosemary Tortilla Chips
• Red Onion
• Tomato
• Mixture of faux meat crumbles, onion, tomato, sriracha and taco seasoning
• Some artichokes just for kicks
• Rice Cheese
• Greek Yogurt (Damn…so close to being vegan.)

To make the tortilla chips I just sliced up some tortillas and Flatouts and sprayed em with coconut oil then sprinkled S&P and copious amounts of rosemary on top.

I blame my rosemary obsession on Wisecrackers. They are these rosemary crackers I used to get at trader joes and they are delicious!

So as you all may be wondering (but probably aren’t)

What am I smuggling to the Southern Hemisphere? (sorry no pics, it’s all packed!)

For me:

• Amazing Grass Superfood Bars
• A few sachets of Justins Chocolate Hazelnut Butter
• Hot Coffee flavored ginger chews

For my friends:

• Peanut butter cups, lots and lots of peanut butter cups
• Pretzel M&Ms
• TJ’s peanut butter filled pretzels?
• Abbazabbas (Never had these but I got a specific request)
• Bullseyes (A candy from Baltimore basically its frosting filling inside a caramel)
• Take 5’s (These are an absolute favorite of mine)
• Tons of Ravens gear. (C’mon international support!)
• Some Natty ‘Boh (Local Baltimore brew) paraphernalia
• Marshmallows
• Graham Crackers (To show them the magic of s’mores!)
• A few Chocolove Bars for some special people

Shh don’t tell customs! 😉

I swear, half of one of my bags is dedicated to American candy/gifts, honest.

Think I’m representing the apparent peanut butter obsessed Americans well? 😉

Hopefully I will have a few spare hours to take photos/blog about plane food and traveling etc…

I do have another exam tomorrow, but after that my brain will be on vacation.

Read: I am not responsible for the words that some out of my mouth

In other news I got this odd/random craving for P.B. crisps.

(Source: Jason Leibig)

I had to google what they were called though. It was a very complicated craving

I remember inhaling en entire bag of these.

Alas, they’re discontinued…what gives?

Aaand I’m out of nut butter.

Aaaand I have to be a good gift giver and abstain from opening the package of Reese’s cups I got for my Aussie friends

And…I’m tired. Goodnight!

What retro candy do you miss?

PB Crisps!!!

Also what your favorite/most used spice?

Easy: Rosemary or Cumin

Casey

Caseydillas

I’m functioning on little sleep and cannot focus on tomorrows exam. So naturally blogging makes me feel like I’m doing something productive!

This week I have to use up all the perishables in my kitchen.

I’ve done a pretty good job and stopped buying lot of stuff a while back.

The only thing I probably have way to many of is wraps! I completely forgot I froze a bunch of flatbreads.

My dad used to call me Casey-dilla and clearly I have not been doing the nickname justice.

I haven’t been making sandwiches/wraps as much as I usually do, but now I’m forced to co back to my Caseydilla ways

Mango, BBQ sauce, onion, faux chik’n

First I sautéed the onions and chick’n.

Once they were done I spread BBQ sauce on a tortilla and topped with the rest of the ingredients.

Then smothered it in more BBQ sauce.

I told you…I have a lot of tortillas/flatbreads:

Crumbled-up Salmon Burger, Spinach, Onion, Dill, Feta, Rice Cheese

The flatbread wraps actually work better than regular tortillas because of their rectangular shape.

I love to overstuff my Casey-dillas and this allowed for minimum spillage. Plus the fluffy texture helped stuff it to maximum capacity! WINNING

Alright, is anyone else as obsessed with following Charlie Sheen on twitter as I am.

I don’t really follow celebs on Twitter, but his tweets never fail to make me laugh my butt of each time.

Someone give this kid his own reality show so I can continue procrastinating.

 

In other winning news…

 

Nachos: a great way to use up leftovers.

Countertop lighting:

The elements:

• Mixture of faux meat crumbles, onion, tomato, sriracha, and taco seasoning
• Diced tomato & red onion
• Greek Yogurt
• Feta
• Spinach and Mushroom saute

Birds eye:I just sliced up a tortilla, topped it with some coconut oil, S&P.

Toasted them in the oven for Instant Tortilla Chips
Very satisfying. Expect to see this again soon as I use up the rest of my tortillas.

Some other combos in store for Caseydilla creations, just to  get your juices flowing. (Note: this is only using what I have left to use up in my fridge. Hence the repetitiveness)

• Tomato, mushrooms, spinach, rice cheese, artichokes
• Tempeh, relish, rice cheese

Are you good about using up everything in your fridge before you move/travel?

I wont lie…usually that a no for me 😉

Casey