Tofu Scramble Tacos

I always love a good tofu scramble and this recipe from Thug Kitchen makes a huge skillet full. 

Lots of ingredients for the scramble-broccoli, red pepper, onion, carrot, spices. 

 Sauteing the onion, broccoli and red bell pepper. 

Everything 'scrambled' together. 

Toppings for my tacos-cilantro, chopped tomato, picante sauce and some chipotle tabasco sauce rolled up in a sprouted grain tortilla. 

~ Tofu Scramble Tacos ~

The mixture ended up being a little dry for my taste. It needs some more seasoning and moisture. 

Baked Penne with Sausage & Peppers and Another Scramble

 This week I tried a couple more recipes from Peas and Thank You. 

I had picked up a package of Tofurky Italian Sausage and found this recipe for a pasta dish. A fairly simple, easy to put together meal that is yummy. 

Sauteing the sausage with red and yellow peppers and onion. 

~ Baked Penne with Sausage & Peppers ~ 

This made a huge lasagna pan of pasta; I gave some to my brother, my daughter and we still had a lot of leftovers! We ate this for a couple of meals. 

It seems like when Sunday rolls around I'm craving some tofu scramble! I think I've tried almost every scramble recipe out of my cookbooks. They all have a few variations. This particular one has some cumin which I don't normally add. I did add a handful of chopped arugula for some extra color and melted Daiya cheddar on top. 

~ Tofu Scramble ~

with hash browns and toast 

The rest of the week I filled in with some tried and true favorites:

~ Red Bean Coleslaw 

served with Gardein Crispy Tenders, baked potatoes and pickled beets. 

~ I made another batch of Zucchini Apple Bread  

for my grandsons (they love it!)

~ We ate the rest of the Tater Tot Casserole which I had frozen.

~ Massaged Kale Salad with Citrus, Black Pepper & Cheese Cauliflower and potatoes. 

Breakfast Burritos

Another favorite tofu scramble to add to the list! This one is from Give Them Something Better. I turned this one into a breakfast burrito. 

I had some frozen hash browns I wanted to add to my burrito. I seasoned them with some Onion Onion seasoning from Tastefully Simple and then cooked them until they were nice and crispy brown. Perfect amount of seasoning. I could have eaten the hash browns right out of the pan instead of waiting for my scramble to get done!

This recipe called for some chicken style seasoning. I've never added that to my scrambles. I used my Butler's Chik-Style Seasoning. I like the extra flavor it gave the tofu. I also added some chopped green onions and topped it all with some Daiya cheddar shreds which I let melt into the scramble. 

Gotta have cilantro and hot sauce for your breakfast burritos!

I warmed up a flour tortilla in the microwave and then topped it with the scramble, some hash browns, cilantro and chipotle habanero hot sauce.

Perfect breakfast burrito~Yum! 

This made enough for extra easy breakfasts. 

A New Cookbook & My Favorite Breakfast!

Well, my first attempt at Vegan MoFo was not quite a success. I did well up until the last week of September and then just fell apart. I think I just ran out of things to say and got tired of cooking. Also, I have a problem with authority; hehe , I don't like being told when to do something and how to do it. Eh, I gave it a shot. Anywhoo, I really, really needed another vegan cookbook (wink, wink). Blame it on VegNews. I like to read their book reviews and this one sounded too good to pass up. I like funky, fun cookbooks and this one fits right in. I'm not a wrestling fan nor am I into punk; I just like a different perspective on life! Bake and Destroy-Good Food for Bad Vegans by Natalie Slater:

I always like to try the tofu scramble recipes in any new cookbook. Plus, I was really hungry this morning! This recipe "The Non-Cop-Out Tofu Scramble" has lots of yummy ingredients and spices. Italian seasoning, garlic, nutritional yeast, sun-dried tomatoes, kalamata olives and spinach. Extra, extra flavorful!

My favorite toast toppings~Earth Balance margarine and Mango Chutney.

Tofu Scramble with hash browns and mango chutney toast. 

I ate every bite! 

Breakfast Tacos (Scramble) ~ pg. 35

VegCookbookClub August recipes from Betty Goes Vegan by Annie & Dan Shannon:

I was hungry for a big old breakfast with some tofu scramble, hash browns and toast. BGV has a couple different recipes for tofu scramble but this was the easiest and I had all the ingredients. She uses the filling in tacos but it tastes just as delicious with hash browns. I sauteed the red bell pepper along with my spices and then added the tofu. Of course I had to top the scramble with cilantro and avocado. Great breakfast!

Spinach/Arugula Scrambled Tofu

VegCookbookClub December recipes from Nava Atlas-Vegan Holiday Kitchen:

Love me some scrambled tofu! This recipe calls for baby spinach or arugula; so I used arugula this time. I didn't have any red bell peppers but it tasted just fine without them. I remember the first time I ever heard about or tasted tofu. We were visiting a friend and he made a salad for us with some weird looking white square things in it. I thought it was some kind of cheese but he told us it was tofu-soybean curd. Thus began my 30 year-long love affair with all things veg!

My Big Fat Breakfast!

We had gone out for dinner the night before and there were very few options for vegans. Let's just say I had a generic salad with questionable Italian dressing and a big plate of french fries with ketchup and tabasco. Needless to say, the next morning I was craving a big, filling breakfast. I found this tofu scramble recipe "My Big Fat Greek Scramble" in Julie Hasson's cookbook, Vegan Diner. It did the trick!

Nothing smells better and gets the appetite going than the aroma of sauteeing onion, red bell pepper, Kalamata olives and garlic-mmm mmm!

I served my big fat scramble with hash browns, Food for Life 7 Sprouted Grains bread toasted and slathered with Earth Balance margarine and apricot preserves. Wow! I'm getting hungry just looking at this. :)

Sleepy Sunday Morning Scramble~pg. 44; Cajun Tomato Potatoes~pg. 45

La Dolce Vegan! Challenge:

Still plugging away at this challenge thing. I can't believe it's been a week since I've posted anything. It might have to do with the fact that I reinjured my back trying to be productive and do some manual labor! I've got 2 herniated discs in my lower back and it makes it kinda hard to cook or sit at the computer when all I can do is lay on the couch-ugh! So finally today I felt like making brunch. My husband doesn't really like scrambled tofu so I made these recipes for myself with enough left over for tomorrow's breakfast.

Of course this tasted even better with a little Daiya cheddar sprinkled on top.