Munchie Monday: Food Fail. Again.

We are trying to eat mostly plant foods.  This is going well.  Well, sort of.  Recently I saw a food product on social media somewhere that spoke highly of seitan.  I happened to find some at a rather high end grocery store.  It was Chorizo Sausage Seitan flavor.  How can you go wrong with sausage flavor?  I chose not to resist the urge to purchase it.

Today I made dinner with that Chorizo Sausage Seitan, a can of diced tomatoes we had in the cupboard, and some Miracle Noodles, fettuccini style, plus a few herbs and spices.

WELL!  It was really something.  It was so spicy that our mouths burned for ten minutes.  I decided to pack up the leftovers and take them so someone I know who appreciates spicy food.

It turns out the diced tomatoes were laced with roasted chipotle peppers!  I think it would be a good idea to take more time with grocery shopping and look CAREFULLY at each label, being sure there is a connection between my eyes and my brain...!  Dear One would certainly appreciate it.  Or so he says...

Munchie Monday: Food Fail

How great it would be if  we could use the Crock pot for overnight cooking of a great breakfast.  So I did a whole lot of looking for simple, easy, cheap breakfasts in the Crock pot.  And found one that was touted as fabulous...so I tried it.

It turns out NOT to be overnight so I made it for lunch.  It took 3 hours to cook on low. I was thinking the missionaries could put it going before leaving their apartments and come home and have breakfast for lunch.  Not going to happen.

This is what it looked like in the Crock Pot when cooked.


This was a French Toast in a Slow Cooker recipe.  Sounds reasonable and doable.  

Slice French bread 1 inch thick.  Spread both sides with softened cream cheese and place in the crockery bowl touching each other.

Sprinkle 2 Tablespoons of brown sugar over the bread then sprinkle in 1 Tablespoon pumpkin pie spice over the top.  Slice up 3-4 bananas and cover the bread with the banana chunks.  (That was the big mistake right there...)

In a bowl, mix together 4 large eggs, 1/4 cup milk, and 1/3 cup honey.  Pour over the top.  It should come 3/4 of the way up the bread.  Sprinkle on 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans then cut 2-4 Tablespoons of cold butter into thin slices and put on top.

Put it to cook on low for 3 -4 hours.  It looks like the above picture when it is cooked.

Even with a big glug of real maple syrup on it, this was kind of nasty.  We will not be making it again.