Curried Sweet Potato Mash with Peas

So I've finally done it. I changed my dad's Curried Potatoes and Peas recipe by adding mashed sweet potatoes in place of Red Potatoes and/or Purple Potatoes.

The contrast with the sweet and spicy is fantastic and puts your taste buds into overload.

Here is the recipe:

5 small sweet potatoes, peel and cut into cubes
1 package of frozen peas
4 tablespoons of curry powder
2 tablespoons of Earth Balance soy free non-dairy spread
1/4 cup of Unsweetened Mimic Creme
Salt & Pepper to taste

Boil the sweet potatoes for 30 minutes so they become nice and soft, but do not over cook!
In a frying pan or wok, heat earth balance spread until it starts to bubble
Add curry powder and saute for 1 minute
add mimic Creme and stir to combine
add sweet potatoes and mix and cook....watch the sweet potatoes practically mash themselves as you stir.
Cook until sauce is hot and starts to thicken slightly and make sure to coat the potatoes fully with the sauce.
Add peas and cook until everything is heated.
Add salt and pepper and serve with your protein of choice. In my case it was the Quorn Chik'n tenders sauteed in extra virgin olive oil, rosemary, thyme and basil.

MMmmmmmmmmmmm
Here are some pics!

Spelt Cinnamon Vanilla French Toast Buns

I decided to try a new but simple recipe for breakfast this morning, Cinnamon/Vanilla French Toast.
I pulled out my berlin natural bakery spelt burger buns because I'm not a big veggie burger eater and want to use these up since barbecue season is over.

I then concoct the following mixture:
2 large eggs (Egg substitute is fine like flaxseed gel for those allergic to eggs)
1/2 cup of vanilla almond milk
1 tablespoon of brown sugar
1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract (no alcohol content)
pinch of salt
Spelt Burger Buns
Maple Syrup and/or Cinnamon Sugar as a topping (I used Agave Maple Syrup and a sprinkle of Cinnamon Sugar)
Throw in some fresh fruit too for an added healthy treat!
This french toast was to die for....really........ granted I'm the only taste tester, but try them for yourself and let me know what you think!

Soyatoo but NO SOY?

Upon doing my monthly Whole Foods supermarket run and searching for Daiya Non-Dairy Cheese I came across this great allergy free product called "Rice Whip" made by the company "SoyaToo" that seems to specialize in soy based products.

It seems to me that a growing number of people are sensitive or allergic to soy that even the soy companies are coming up with soy alternatives! :-)

This of course makes me happy since soy gives me a hellish tummy ache.

I tried this Rice Whip on top of some Rice based ice cream and spelt angel food cake, ready for a treat after dinner.
What can I say? It tastes just like how I thought Rice Whip would taste. It's OK....it'll do........I'm sure the soy whip is better but I won't dare find out..........   :-)
Perhaps if they made the whip out of Tapioca? Maybe I should try to make it myself and post it here.

Anyway I will give the company credit as it isn't half bad and as a substitute certainly doable/acceptable and nice in a cup of coffee with amaretto flavor. This Halloween I'm sure it will go great on top of a slice of homemade spelt pumpkin pie.

Here is the website to check out their products:

Vegan Essentials
http://www.soyatoo.de/en/?home