A Molly & Theresa Creation...

Tonight my friend Molly and I decided to bring some of our ingredients together and see what we could create. Here is what happened when my sweet chili sauce, soy sauce, and mushrooms met her Thai rice noodles, snap peas, bok choy, and chili peppers.....

-Olive oil
-Rice Vinegar
-Sweet Chili Sauce (Tj's)
-Soy Sauce
-Sesame Seeds
-1 clove garlic (chopped)
-1 shallot (sliced)
-1 chili pepper (chopped)
-Bok Choy (full or sliced)
-Sliced white mushrooms
-Sugar snap peas
-Thai rice noodles

While the rice noodles cooked, we added all of the other ingredients into a stir fry. First the olive oil and garlic, then shallots and mushrooms. After those cooked for about 5 minutes on medium heat, we added the bok choy, chili peppers and sugar snap peas. We mixed some of the sweet chili sauce together with the soy sauce and poured it over the stir fry about two minutes before it was done cooking. After the noodles were ready, we tossed them with some rice vinegar, added the stir fry and noodles together and topped our servings with some sesame seeds. It was delicious!!

Balsamic Portabello Mushrooms and Zucchini over Couscous

(Serves 4)

- 3/4 cup olive oil
- 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1/2 tablespoon ground pepper
-2 teaspoons of salt
-1 small red onion
-4 portabello mushrooms
-2 zucchini
-2 or 3 vegan sausages
-1 cup couscous

Whisk the oil, balsamic vinegar, maple syrup, pepper, and salt together. Cut the onion, mushrooms, zucchini and place in a re-sealable bag with the balsamic marinade. Set aside for an hour or two. Then you can grill the veggies and vegan sausage or cook them in a skillet. Follow the directions provided on the box of couscous. (You can replace the butter needed for the couscous with olive oil or vegan butter.) Lay the couscous on the plates, top with the grilled veggies and remaining marinade juices, and enjoy!

Pepper and Mushroom Stir-fry

-Organic brown rice
-Firm tofu (marinated in soyaki sauce)
-Island Soyaki Sauce (trader joes)
-Sliced mushrooms
-Sliced peppers


Cook brown rice & start cooking marinated tofu in a skillet with olive oil on medium heat.
Once the tofu is lightly browned, add sliced mushrooms and peppers.
After two or three minutes gradually pour a small amount of soyaki sauce into the skillet.
Add brown rice and continue to mix around in skillet until it looks ready.
And enjoy!