Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Homemade Tofu Scramble and Vegan Pizza - Chasing Covid-19 Blues Away

     Each day Bill and I set goals for ourselves - be it taking a long hike along the lovely trails on Cape Cod (a favorite is the Rail Trail which we access from a short walk in the woods behind our development), working in the garden when weather cooperates (not too often on Cape Cod right now), organizing the basement for my son (his house; we're here and caring for it), and, for me, cooking up a storm!!!
     Including lots of immune boosting foods in our daily meal regime is priority. Lots of berries for breakfast, especially blueberries and blackberries, served over a hearty bowl of steel cut oats or grits with chopped walnuts and hemp seeds, along with a huge salad for either lunch or dinner.
     Last night it was homemade vegan pizza, the dough made by a good friend who's a master baker, topped with a tasty pizza sauce and loaded with artichokes, onions, kalamata olives, mushrooms, onions, and chopped vegan sausage. And some organic alcohol-free vegan wine since I'm Sicilian!!
The only 'real' drink we'll enjoy is sharing a can of Guinness - it's medicinal, so say the Irish!

     This morning the cooking crave lingered, and I needed more than our regular oatmeal and/or grsts. Since I had plenty of leftover cut up veggies from last night's pizza, I concocted a Tofu Scramble topped with the onions, mushrooms, olives, artichokes, vegan sausage, and chopped kale! The scramble is seasoned with a few drops of tamari, about 1/2 tsp ground cumin and turmeric, that great anti-inflammatory spice that we should all be consuming these days and every day!! That plus toasted homemade bread with olives and Italian seasoning, along with a bowl of fresh fruit, will have us happily satisfied till our immune boosting smoothie time this afternoon. Since we got up late, Scramble was more a brunch meal.

    Weather on Cape Cod is rather gloomy today. The sun made a gallant attempt to appear for a few brief minutes, then snowflakes shockingly  but thankfully left quickly, and now it's a pervading cold,  gray day. Still, a walk is calling.
    Take care, everyone, and remember social distancing. We will get through this. This is a major boulder in the road, but the sun will come up tomorrow!!!
     


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