Faux Deli Slice Sandwich & Oven Fried Potatoes

So the man went out and bought some fake meat slices.  Something I have never done.  Why have I never done this I ask myself?  Why self, it's because your dad judges fake meat.  In that case, it's a bit of a fake meat judging complex I gained from my father.  I'm willing to go for veggie burgers, bacun, and even tofurky sausages... but when it comes to deli slices, they just seem the fakiest of all.  So this was my first try, at a fake deli slice sandwich.  My evaluation: don't judge it till you try it - tastes pretty good to me (it must be all those delicious chemicals).

The Faux Beef sandwich consisted of rye bread, mustard, smoked hickory deli slices, tomato, and cucumber.  Toast the bread and pret-ty good.  Next time I might try frying up the slices for a minute and using hot mustard. 

What isn't good with a side of fried oven taters?  Potatoes are friends with everyone.  I take potatoes, slice them up, toss them in oil, to this batch I added garlic powder, cumin, and a big dose of the southern fried tofu mix from Mondragon - or just adding nutritional yeast would be good.  Cook up up at around 400 in the oven around 15 minutes a side.  You'll have to flip half way through.

The end result - good enough for a dinner of just taters

  

Oh Yes I did! Home-Made Mondragon's Southern Fried Tofu Sandwich

Every year we go to Winnipeg Folk Fest and every year we cannot help but feast on Southern Fried Tofu Sandwiches from the Mondragon stand.  These are so addictive.  I tried making a version myself with breadcrumbs... it was good but not quite right.  So when I was checking out the latest options at the Mondragon Cafe Grocer and I came upon not only a free recipe for how to do it but ALSO a premixed topping I cannot express my excitement.  I tried these out this weekend... and boy was I surprised when I realized the Southern Fried... is not actually fried... it's baked!  These turned out well.  I've included a copy of the recipe for the topping in case you want to try your hand at these but don't have a Mondragon Cafe near at hand.  PS Thank you to Mondragon & Dana Gresswall who are so willing to share recipes with all.

Take the extra firm tofu and slice into thin squares.  From the package I use (see photo) I get 8 little tofu cutlets.

Ingredients for the Southern Fried Batter - if you don't buy it (Like I did!)

Dredge each Tofu cutlet first through the liquid

Next bread each cutlet

Place cutlets on an oiled baking pan and bake at 350 F.  Bake 10 minutes one side & then gently flip.  Bake another 10 minutes (until firm).  

Serve on a bun with a slice of tomato, some lettuce and nayo-mustard sauce (take some nayo or veganaise, add some mustard, add some hot sauce - voila - this is also a good dipping sauce for just the Southern Fried pieces).

Southern Fried. mmmmm

Nayo-Mustard Sauce

What's on a Veggie Sandwich?

Over my time as a vegetarian I found that many of my friends were really truly interested - or maybe intrigued/ freaked out, in my eating choice.  I've faced a number of interesting questions.  One of the most common questions is "What's on a Veggie Sandwich?"  Wow, what isn't on a veggie sandwich?  When faced with the no meat & no cheese option the only thing to do... is look at all the many other choices that are out there - avocado, tomato, onion, bacun, fried tofu, pickle, jalapeno, cucumber, roasted peppers, mushroom, spinach, lettuce, hummus, veggie spread, mustard, pepper, salt, a huge variety of breads/ buns - and more.

So for all the people out there that ask "What's on a veggie sandwich?" I made a great one today and here's what was on it:

Ingredients for a Veggie Sandwich:

• Tomato Bread
• Mustard
• Veggie Spread
• Cucumber slices
• Tomato slices
• Red Pepper slices
• Fake Bacon Slices by Yves
• Garnish: Home Made Pickles 

And here's the delicious results: