What Marlowe Eats

Well, after yesterday's thanksgiving meal, I hope you all still have some sort of interest in pictures of food... because I have a bunch of them for you... ;)

mashed potatoes, maple baked tempeh, southern style kale, spaghetti squash.  

(she wasn't a huge fan of the squash, but neither was I)

pasta in creamy mushroom sauce. 

 (portabella, shitake, oyster) 

left-over pizza snack.

mamas: aloo gobi. 

baby's. this one was definitely on the spicy ginger side. 

I gave her as much cauliflower, potatoes, and peas as I could with as little 'sauce' as possible. I also mixed it with generous amounts of rice to lessen the burn. it looks gross, but it was delicious. 

vegan dad's: easy tofu saag (with added cauliflower). 

I wanted to hug Marlowe for this one. I was pretty certain she wouldn't like it. the kale seemed extra bitter that day, but of course, she absolutely devoured it. I gave her seconds and thirds. my kid is seriously a super eater. 

&no, the cilantro is not for show, she actually loves it too.

vegan yum yum's: bread and eggplant lasagna (added: grilled zucchini, mushrooms, and generous amounts of garlic)

mac and "cheese"

whole wheat pearl couscous with sauteed cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, zucchini, peas, corn, and thyme. 

(made by Alex)

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In response to some of the recent food/cooking questions I've received:

I do plan on hopefully and eventually posting a recipe for the white bean biscuit stew I posted a while back. The recipe I followed was not anywhere near as delicious as it could have been. I plan on working on it when I get a moment and posting (what I hopefully will think is) a better version.

Vegan cheese: I use follow your heart mozzarella. I don't use it often. And I don't recommend it to gourmet cheese lovers. While, it is my favorite vegan cheese, it cannot be looked at as a cheese replacement (no vegan cheese can). As a vegan, I think it is best to stop relying on cheese in all your dishes. I use about one package every three weeks to a month. It goes bad fairly quickly and so, I choose to open it only when I have one certain meal planned: pizza... and occasionally: a grilled cheese. I guiltily end up wasting about one third of the package. Like I said, def. my favorite vegan cheese, but shouldn't be used on any and every thing. 

Cooking with a baby. How do I do it: I'd like to do a post on the ridiculousness that is 'cooking and food blogging with a baby'. I've picked up a few tricks along the way, but basically: it's hard. Really hard. 

In other news: it's official, Marlowe's favorite food has gone from steamed tofu to cooked greens. If given the opportunity, she would eat a whole bunch of cooked kale in one sitting.... or swiss chard... or spinach.... or whatever kind of cooked green. Give this girl cooked greens!


I hope you all had a wonderful day, yesterday! Happy Friday!