foodie friday: healthy-ish mashed potatoes...

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When I moved to Cali I assumed that it was going to be sunny and warm every single day of the year, but alas, LIES. It gets cold, a lot. I've been craving awful, fatty comfort foods... Yes, vegan's also like those things. So this week I'm making a grain meatloaf and the most delicious, yummy, decadent mashed potatoes that just so happen to be really good for you too. You use navy beans to pump up protein which leads to using less potatoes and because they are blended with fresh garlic they are so creamy and garlicky you really don't miss the butter or cream. I found the recipe at Oh She Glows and made them for Thanksgiving 2011, all of my meat eating friends couldn't get enough, #VeganScore.

what the hell does a vegan eat!?

so, this meal is one of my favorite things to eat ever!!!! ohmygoodness. it's so creamy and yummy and fresh and light and VEGAN!!!! hooray! i got the recipe for quinoa tabbouleh from the vegan table by colleen patrick-goudreau. it will seriously make you very happy, plus it's super healthy. 

1 large or 2 small tomatos, seeded & chopped/1 cucumber chopped/olives chopped(however many you want, they are my favorite part so i do a ton)/3-4 cloves of garlic finely minced. 

i do a 1/4 cup of lemon juice and olive oil(yes. we store our oils in old liquor bottles. we're classy folk.)

1 cup of dry quinoa to 2 cups salted water or veggie stock. i use a rice cooker, it's super easy, almost impossible to screw up.

rinse 1 can of organic garbanzo beans. 

mix everything throughly. 

eat. yum!!!!! eat a lot!!!! trust me you will!!!!!