Your Ultimate Burger
With the Fourth of July holiday fast approaching, I thought this interactive article from the NYT was especially timely. I am sure millions of Americans will be creating their “ultimate burgers” this weekend, whether it be beef-, turkey-, soy-, or veggie-based. What would your ultimate burger include? Ketchup or no? Pineapple? My favorite combination would either be a Sunshine burger or an Amy‘s Bistro burger topped with avocado and salsa, plus a few caramelized onions. I’m getting hungry just thinking about it!
In other news, Danica was kind enough to honor me with the Hard Working Fod Blogger Award. Honestly, I love blogging so much that it doesn’t feel like work at all, but I am flattered nonetheless! I want to pass this award along to a few conscientious food bloggers out there:
I must admit, today’s eats were pretty flippin’ satisfying. Check ‘em out:
Tuesday
The nice people from Amazing Grass were nice enough to send me a few samples yesterday. Not only did I receive a few of their bars, but I also found a few Amazing Meal packets in the box. Woohoo! It didn’t take me long to bust open that goodness. Check out my review of Amazing Meal here. I am getting a tad tired of my Acai Apple granola, so I substituted bran flakes for the crunch factor.
Amazing Meal, original flavor
raspberry-peach smoothie with original Amazing Meal, soymilk, & bran flakes
Wednesday
You may recall a few months ago my mentioning that my dad received a Skippy cookbook for Christmas. As a cookbook addict, I did not hesitate to flip through its pages for some new tasty PB ideas. Today’s breakfast was inspired by its recipe for the Toasted Monkey Sandwich (aka cinnamon raisin toast with PB & banana). I didn’t look up the recipe this morning, but I am pretty sure it did not include the Ezekiel toast or Maranatha PB that I used…it was damn good though, especially when dunked in the hemp milk.
Toasted Monkey Sandwich; hemp milk
Ezekiel Cinnamon Raisin bread with peanut butter & banana
Once my chem test was complete, I flounced around town with Katie for a bit; I rewarded myself with a new white purse and some spiffy new sunglasses:) By the time I got home, I was ready for fuel. I made a quick version of Ellie Krieger’s Baked Falafel. This salad was pretty awesome. How did I survive for 20 years without tahini?
Baked Falafel Salad with tomatoes, cukes, steamed onions, & Rachel's Cucumber Dill Cottage Cheese; pitettes; tahini for dipping
Anyone who reads my blog with any regularity knows that I am a bit obsessed with the Cashew Ginger Tofu from ED&BV (my all-time favorite cookbook). Tonight, I combined its fabulousness with another favorite dish, Peanut Butter Noodles. The end result was a party for my tastebuds.
Cashew Ginger Noodles with Tofu & Zucchini; salad; orange segments
Alright, I am off to catch up on e-mails and relax. Toodles.
Hello and welcome! I have created this blog for people who love food, especially healthful, vegetarian food.
I have just graduated from Duke University with degrees in English and psychology. I plan to pursue a master's degree in nutrition starting in Fall 2010. Ideally, I would like to combine my love of food and the written word someday as a health writer.
Congratulations on the award, and thank you for passing it onto me! You’re sweet – but I already knew that, haha.
Mmm, Monkey sandwiches, falafel, PB noodles… divine!!
Speaking of catching up….
Oh, I just entered my own for the Ultimate Burger, too! Hee hee!
Congrats on the award! you certainly deserve it.
And the falafel salad looks awesome! And cashew ginger tofu? Just from the sound of it, I think I might be an addict, too xp
i loooove falafels. maybe i’ll make that recipe! it seems relatively easy. and what hemp milk do you drink? i tried one forever ago and it was really weird. that was before i was even vegan, but i haven’t tried hemp milk since. obviously if you can drink it straight up, it must be good. if you can recommend me a brand that you think i’ll enjoy, let me know! thanks.
-JB
http://cardiovegsular.wordpress.com
For me, the ultimate burger would be a sunshine burger with ketchup, pickles, lettuce, tomato, mustard, avocado, carmaleized onions (copied the last 2 from you
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. Love amazing meal–I just ordered a huge batch of the stuff. Yay for new purses and sunglasses! Mmmm falafel sounds wonderful, oh, and so do those noodles. Another bookmark goes into my ED&BV copy!
Congrats on the award! You definitely deserve it
Congrats on the blog award!
You are a toasted monkey!
Just kidding. That really made no sense. But the sammie looks super!
Anyway, my favorite sandwich would also include an original Sunshine Burger, plus toasted Ezekiel bread, tomaters, Vegenaise, ketchup, mustard, and either avocado or mozzarella Teese. This concoction really is perfection.
And don’t you dare tempt me with your Cashew Ginger Tofu! I haven’t had any in sooo long!
OH, thanks for the award. I do it for the peeps, not the glory
We do work hard, though, don’t we?!?
I thought I liked bean burgers the best, but these Ani Phyo sunburgers are AWESOME. I got Chris to try them tonight and even he was a fan!
You dunked your breakfast sandwich in milk?!?!?! Pure genious!!!!!
-A
I’ve seen ED&BV cookb ook around a lot, I’ll have to amazon it!
Mmm burgers! I love love love pretty much all veggie burgers… Amy’s Dr. Praegers, Sunshine, etc. Almost always need ketchup and mustard but the new BBQ sauce I just tried has made its way onto the scene. I love it!
And omg that monkey sammy is bangin! I really really really need to pick me up another loaf of my beloved Ezeliel Cinn. Raisin
congrats on the award!!!
like your toasted monkey!
My ultimate burger this weekend would be the Health is Wealth Chicken Free Burger (I tried them after you gave them such a great review – so good!) with tomato, lettuce, ketchup & some BBQ sauce
your falafel salad looks so delicious and LOVE your peanut butter banana breakfast
Peanut butter noodles & falafel in one day? Divine!
Congrats on your award!! I’ve got to say, I’m kind of craving one of those McD’s happy meals – I think it’s the minced onion that is calling my name! No worries, I’ll be making my own healthy and veggie version
Congrats on the award!! I love blogging as well.
good job on the falafel too! I love that smoothie glass! So pretty.
Ultimate burger- oh gees- so many are so delicious! I love mushroom swiss…. chili cheddar…. avacado& bacun … the list is endless!
I’m a cookbook addict too! They’re so fun to flip through. That falafel look kiiiiiiiiiiller.
I think I’ll have one of your perfect burgers, but with loooooooooots of ketchup. My dad always says to me, “care for some burger with your ketchup??” because I really load it on.
Awwwwww Caroline, I got tears in my eyes when I saw you icluded me. Is that weird?
Actually, I always marvel at how hard-working YOU are as a blogger, because you manage to write about/photograph most of your meals, comment on other blogs, post so often, and still have a life!
Plus, you are an awesome friend. Someday we NEED to meet up! Perhaps at that wonderful PB&Co store in NYC? Hehe I’ve never been there, but any store devoted to peanut butter *must* be good right?
I need to get that cookbook! I’ve been lucky to find Veganomicon and the Raw Foods Diet Cookbook at the library but sadly they don’t have EDBV
Favorite burger…Sunshine Burgers or Homemade Bean Burgers! YUM!
Love all the yummy foods in this post! The monkey sandwich and the falafel look so delicious!
I don’t discriminate in burger world, as long as it’s grilled and toasty i’m down
I am FEELING that monkey sammie
congrats on the fab award!!
congrats on your award! the monkey sammie looks SOOO good! and cashew ginger tofu sounds SOOO fabulous!!!!!
xoxoxo
that banana sandwich looks good! a skippy cookbook? that must have so many good PB recipes! my burger would include mushrooms, avocado, swiss & spinach.
Hi Caroline!
First of all, how are you? I’m assuming that you may or may not have started your birthday/Christmas countdown, no? I was thinking about that the other day
I’ve just been catching up on your blog and am so excited for you and your experience with shadowing an RD. It sounds very exciting!
Thank you so much for passing on this award to me! Congrats to you on receiving it – you certainly are a hard working blogger and it shows in all of those delicious meals you eat! I love your Toasted Monkey Sandwich and Baked Falafel in this post. I wish I could make every day “Eat Like Caroline” day, and I’m not just saying that! You put my bowls of cereal to shame, lady!
I also wanted to ask you if you had any plans to visit The Windy City this summer. I know we had talked about it once before, and I was just checking in to see if there were any concrete plans yet!
Glad to be back reading your blog! Have a lovely day!
i need to make falafel now. is that your fave recipe? have you made it any other ways? any tips?
I hear so much about that cookbook. I need to get my hands on a copy!
My ultimate burger would be a portobella burger, brushed with italian dressing and topped with mashed avocado, spinach, and mozzarella cheese.
That raisin/pb/banana sandwich looks amazingggg Caroline!!!!
Congrats on the award – you totally deserve it
YUM to your eats ALL day long…..they all look so good!
Ummm…so I’m really behind on my blog reading apparently. Thanks so much for the award! I’m honored that you think of me as a conscientious food blogger