What I Eat When I’m Not Blogging #24

Oh boy still trying to work my way through this scrumptious backlog of vegan foodstuffs!

Let’s start with NACHOS! This is a big ol’ plate of my favorite dish to order from Native Foods, the Nachos, which are corn tortilla chips, black beans and chipotle sauce, topped with cashew cheese, salsa fresca, roasted corn, green onions, cilantro and pickled jalapeno peppers. I added guacamole and seitan taco meat for a small upcharge, and unfortunately they were out of the cashew cheese. It was still amazing though.

I made another trip to Native Foods recently- this time I went for their new Crazy Good Grilled Chicken Sandwich – which is aptly named. It’s grilled “chicken”, smoked gouda (from FYH!), crunchy parmesan truffle potato chips, roasted tomatoes, arugula, and truffle aioli, all on a toasted pretzel bun. I don’t like sending food back (especially at vegan places like this where I want to be extraextraextra supportive), but the first one that came out was cold and had a weirdly large amount of aioli on it. Like… more than half a cup. This was their second try tho and it was perfection!

Another day I took myself to lunch at Sputnik (one of my very favoritist spots in Denver), where I posted up at the bar with a book and just relaxed. Eating alone with a book is one of the best ways to relax, IMO. Especially with a beer, haha! On this day I had one two pints of 90 Schilling, along with their Bahn Mi, which is made with tofu, pickled carrots and daikon, cucumber, cilantro and vegan mayo, served on a hoagie roll. I chose sweet potato fries for my side, along with vegan ranch for dipping.

After leaving Sputnik I sprinted across Broadway to the best grocery store in the world, Nooch! I went on a bit of a shopping spree, buying lots of great stuff. The best part though was my crazy Wafare haul- Sour Cream, Jalapeno Cheddar Dip, and Creamy French Onion Dip! I’ve had (and loved) the dips before but this was my first time buying their sour cream (my local grocery carries tofutti so I buy that or make my own with cashews)- but I really liked it! I especially like the larger container.

Sometimes there’s nothing wrong with being basic. I was having a quite night at home with Elmer and Hulu, and I was craving pizza, so I whipped this one up super quick using one of those accidentally-vegan pizza crust rolls, Field Roast apple sage sausage, Follow Your Heart mozzarella, and peppers and onions, and it was PERFECT! Just what I was craving.

Lasagna soup! This was actually a recipe for the book, and even the leftovers were delicious. Lots of flavorful broth and noodles and tomatoes in there, and of course a glass of wine.

This wasn’t actually something I ate- these were Pupcakes my mom bought the dogs for Christmas (I was dog-sitting so there were 4 furry monsters). She got them at a local store called Two Pals & a Pup – cute right!?

If you’ve followed this series at all you know that no installment is complete without something from Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs, right? Here’s my usual- a Chicago Veggie Dog with peppers, relish, red onions, tomato and mustard, plus sweet tots and fries

I shared the sides, I swear! My friend Eric’s veggie dogs just aren’t in the shot because he’s vegetarian and had cheese on his!

These next two were from a fabulous beer-n-lunch I had with my friend Chelsea at Trinity, a super vegan friendly brewery in Colorado Springs. I don’t remember what the beers were, but the first shot is Fried Artichoke Hearts, which are batter fried and served with vegan ranch. SO GOOD! This was an appetizer that we shared.

For my actual meal I went with the Vegan Corn Dog, which is actually TWO vegan dogs on a stick dipped and fried in vegan batter. They come with fries and a choice of two sauces. I went with the Flo Beer Mustard and the Soul BBQ sauces. Again, very yummy but my it was way too much food. And definitely too much fried food… Oh well. I am a big fan of Trinity though, I need to do a Mile High Vegan Eats on them someday soon.

Okay, that’s enough drooling for now. I still have eleventy billion pictures left to share, so I’ll be back soon with the next installment! Until then, happy vegan eating! 🙂