Our Favorite Lasagna

This is our favorite lasagna so far.  It's really easy to make.  Let me to say, I don't mind if products are made on the same machinery as eggs ect.  I just try to stay away from foods that are made with eggs, milk or meat.

 Here is everything you need:
Noodles
Tomato sauce
spinach (9oz.)
Tofu (I use the kind from Walmart) I use about half of a 12 oz because it's just too strong otherwise.
Garlic
Italian spices (like oregano, basil mix) you probably can find a recipe online and make your own)
Lime juice

 Start by making the noodles, I usually make around 14, and let them boil for around 8 mins.

 While that's boiling, I mix the tofu, spinach together. I usually do it when the spinach is softer but still frozen. You'll have to experiment with that because lots of times people thaw it completely and then squeeze the water out... I've never had to do that, but if your dish ends up watery that could be why.

 After the noodles are done cooking, I lay them in layers with paper towels so that they don't get everything watery.

  Then add 2 tbsp of seasoning, a couple tbsp of garlic and a couple squirts of of lime juice. I just kind of do it to taste I really like garlic so I tend to put in more :P and a little bit of sauce so it's not dry but still sticks together.

 Then a little sauce over a warm pan. I usually use the same one I boiled the noddles in.

 Then it's time to roll the noodles I usually take a fork full and put it on the end of the noodle...

 and then just roll..

 it up!

 It takes a few times making this to figure out how much so you don't have mix left. My last few rolls end up being really big usually!:P

Then put the roll seam side down so it doesn't unroll into the warm sauce pan. It's set on all the way low.

 Here are all my little rolls in my pan!

 Then the rest of the sauce goes over it and on the sides you don't want it to be dry!

Cover for about 7-8 mins so everything simmers together...

Then your done!!!!

These actually refrigerate and re-heat really well too.  I make this and we eat it twice for dinner and a couple lunches between the two of us!

Let me know if you try it!!! :YUMMY!! :P

FOOD... FOOD... FOOD

Recently, Danny and I watched an interesting documentary on Netflix called "Knives Over Forks" that made us think twice about our eating habits!  In short we are cutting, meat, dairy, and processed foods out of our diets.  We are moving away from animal based diet into a whole food plant based diet!  Not easy but do-able!

Today was my first day shopping with new "guidelines"... oh man... so much processed JUNK!!!

I tried to shop with these things is mind:

Less ingredients the better

No enriched white (wheat) flour

No sugar

No olive oil, or canola oil (which are 100% fat)

No Milk, eggs, or cheese

No Meat

I did really did pretty well.  Interestingly enough, a lot of things that were organic and just the pure ingredients without all the preservatives and such, were cheaper than their counter parts! I was surprised as I thought it would be more expensive!

So tonight, I made my first meal without any of those ingredients!!!

Fiesta Quinoa Salad 
1 cup white quinoa, plus 1/4 cup red quinoa, washed and drained (I used all white)
1 cup fresh corn, off the cob (I used fresh off the cob that had been frozen)
2 cups filtered water
Pinch sea salt ( I didn't add any salt)
1 can (15 ounces) black beans, rinsed and drained
1/2 cup finely diced yellow pepper 
1/2 cup diced tomatoes
1/4 cup cilantro leaves

Dressing:

2 teaspoons lime zest
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 teaspoons cumin
2 teaspoons chili powder
2 tablespoons tamari (I used soy sauce because we didn't have any tamari)
2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar 

Not bad! I was pretty impressed!  It wasn't all that bad!! Danny ate it! FYI Danny has..... a very selective pallet. It was good! We ate it and I actually thought it was quite filling for being a lot of natural stuff and no meat!!

Now I should say we are still eating a few things we shouldn't as we are cleaning out our cupboards of old stuff and trying out new recipes... which, frankly, we have no idea what is good and what is not!  We do plan on eating meat occasionally, but for the most part we want to be much more whole food and plant based, with our diet than we have been.

Anyway, I'll update on what we figure out as we go!