Tonight's Dinner: Veggie Burgers and Fries

It was gorgeous out today, so we decided to fire up the grill. Veggie burgers can get really boring, so here's what we top them with to liven them up a bit:


• Grilled green peppers
• Grilled red onions
(throw those on the grill halfway through cooking the veggie burgers)
• Lettuce
• Sliced tomato
• Sprouts
• Dill relish or sliced pickle
• Any combination of the following condiments: dijon mustard, ketchup, vegenaise, dill dressing (or some other kind of dressing), guacamole

All that on a toasted whole wheat roll with a side of fries (we just used the frozen kind, but if you're feeling fancy baked sweet potato fries would go very well) -- yum. Quick and not boring.

I'd also like to take this moment to give a shout out to Lick's, a local burger chain in southern Ontario. They make the best veggie burgers (or "Nature Burgers," as they call them) I've ever had, and not only are they vegan, they sell them in grocery stores so you can make them at home. If you're in the neighbourhood, definitely give them a try. I also like Boca burgers (the vegan Original kind), but alas, none of the stores around here carry them.

Today's Lunch: Subs

Dinner tonight is more pizza and wings, so I'll post today's lunch. We also do these for dinner, maybe with some sweet potato oven fries.

Basically, we toast some whole wheat sub rolls, load on some veggies (some combination of lettuce, tomato, sweet onion, cucumber, olives, brown mushrooms, bell pepper, etc.), maybe some Tofurky, sub sauce, and guacamole. The variety of veggies, plus the good sub sauce (not too vinegar-y) and guacamole really make it - although if guacamole is hard to come by some avocado slices with a little salt and pepper would be good too.

Lunch: Tofurky Sandwiches

I really have to start posting lunches more often.

Like most other people, we frequently have sandwiches for lunch. If you are lucky enough to live in an area where you can get Tofurky deli slices (really any deli-style fake meat will do, we just like Tofurky the best), you can make some seriously tasty sandwiches with them.

Lately, we've been doing tofurky on whole wheat with Annie's goddess dressing spread on the bread, and if I have time, lettuce and tomato slices. The goddess dressing is creamy and tangy -- you don't need a lot -- and goes very well with the tofurky.

TLTs (that's Tofurky, lettuce and tomato) are also great, with salt and pepper and a little vegenaise spread on the bread. If you have them, you can also sprinkle Bac-Os (they're vegan! who knew?) on the sandwich and make it a vegan club.