“Animal Style” Black Bean Burger

In-n-Out Burger won’t come to the Midwest, so in order to enjoy “Animal Style”, you have to make it yourself. Now In-n-Out doesn’t have a veggie burger option, but this is America and I do what I want. The black bean burgers are pretty easy to make. It’s mostly made up of crushed black beans …

Vegetable Tempura with Dipping Sauce

Crispy fried vegetables dipped in a salty sweet garlic sauce. It may be fried, but at least its veggies right? RIGHT? It’s still healthy…. Yeah… I love tempura vegetables. So delicious, plus tempura batter is easier to deal with than the flour, egg, and breadcrumbs mix. It’s all in one bowl! If you are lazy …

Simple Sushi Rice

I love making vegetable rolls at home, it makes me feel fancy! Of course I’m too chicken and unqualified to make actual raw fish sushi. I could add some cooked salmon or crab though. Vegetable sushi or maki rolls usually have ingredients like cucumber (kappa), carrots, avocado, sweet potato, tempura vegetables, lettuce, or asparagus. Really …

Vegetable Okonomiyaki

Any American anime fan worth his salt knows about the food in their favorite anime or manga. The top 7 would be Japanese curry, katsu, tomagoyaki, omurice, sushi, ramen, and okonomiyaki. Of course being nowhere near a Japanese restaurant that serves okonomiyaki, I have to make it myself with a limited American pantry. Now if …

Vegetarian Fajita Tacos or ‘Faux’jitas

These tacos have that ZING! Black beans and onions simmered in a tangy fajita sauce. Crunchy corn tortillas and fresh veggies to offset the sauce. Yummmmmmmy. I used the Frontera Classic Fajita Skillet sauce for this recipe. Now, I’m not a huge fan of flour tortillas, you will usually see me cooking with corn tortillas. …

Vegetarian Japanese Curry

Such a filling and satisfying dish, it tastes like no other curry out there. It’s definitely unique in taste. I have made it from scratch in the past, but in this recipe I will be using a store bought sauce (roux). Maybe one day I will perfect the scratch version, but it is not this …

Simple And Easy Oven Fries

French fries will probably be the cause of my death. They are the reason I will order a hamburger or hot dog. No, I care not for that nice burger… it’s a pretense to get those golden fried potatoes. Now we can’t eat fried foods all the time, or at least we aren’t supposed to. …

Caprese Style Bruschetta

An easy and classy looking appetizer for your grown up party 😉 Some of the best things in the world are crusty bread, tomatoes, and cheese! Add some balsamic to it and it all blows up. So delicious. I’ll even eat this for dinner by myself, appetizer super fan here. It’s a really good make …