December New Recipe

I'm a little behind on posting some of my new recipes I tried this year (as part of my New Years Resolution).  So here is December...I made an Udon Noodle Salad w/peanut sauce.

The ingredients:

1st - making the sauce:

 2nd - mixing the greens and veggies: 

3 - Udon noodles:

Combining the three:

Mixing together:

 Ready to eat!

February Recipe - Onion Rings

I had a few friends over for the Superbowl (congrats Coach Harbaugh!) and decided to try out a new recipe - Crispy Baked Onion Rings.  Now I must admit, I am not a huge onion ring fan, but thought if I made them myself and was able to cut them thin enough and coat them with a lot of batter, that I would like them.  Which I did, but they were definitely best still hot, right out of the oven.

Here are some pictures of the prep work:

 

Coated and ready to be baked:

 Hot and fresh out of the oven: 

Close-up:

Recipe credits to Oh She Glows and can be found here.

Black Bean and Rice Enchiladas

Before I run out of days in January, I am posting my first "new recipe" entry.  I decided that one of my new years resolutions (I had many this year) was to try 1 or 2 new recipes a month, and then blog about them here (for accountability).

For my first post, I decided to go easy...and what's easier than enchiladas!  Well, at least using this recipe I found on a blog I recently discovered called Vegan Heartland.  (It also has lots of yummy desserts, so I'll have to try one of those recipes too!)  Except for not having any tomatoes, I actually had all the rest of the ingredients on hand (which made it easier as well).

[Note, I only had reduced fat Kaas cheese, and it doesn't shred that well.  The regular version shreds much better, so I'll be sure to use that next time.]

Here are a few pics:
Before...

After...

 Not super pretty, but they tasted good...

Recipe credits:  Vegan Heartland (http://www.vegan-heartland.com/2011/12/black-bean-and-rice-enchiladas.html)