CTTVCC: Hearty Hummus Sandwich

Hi Everyone, and welcome to another entry in CTTVCC! Today's recipe is on page 50. This is a delicious, and simple, yet filling sandwich. I happen to really like hummus sandwiches, especially since my school's sandwich shop offers hummus as a protein on their "create your own" sandwich menu. Hummus is also incredibly good on veggie burgers. Then you have awesomely protein-packed deliciouswhiches. All that to say, hummus is really good on sandwiches.

The recipe calls for:

• Hummus, to taste
• 2 slices thick-crusted sourdough bread
• 1-2 leaves lettuce
• 3-4 cherry tomatoes, halved

I used Publix original hummus, but I would recommend Sabra Tuscan Herb Garden Hummus, which is the favorite of pretty much everyone in my family. It's got a lot of flavor to it, which would help make sure your sandwich isn't boring.

 

I used Food For Life Brown Rice Bread, because obviously, I can't eat regular sourdough bread. 

I used generic lettuce and these cute little yellow grape tomatoes. I figured that yellow tomatoes are less common, and thus more exotic. I think they're also a little sweeter than regular cherry tomatoes.

Here is my finished sandwich:

Overall, I think this is pretty good. It's a little simplistic, but that's not always a bad thing. Perhaps if you swapped the lettuce for spinach. Then you could pack in a bit of extra iron. That sounds really good actually. I want to go make that now. I also kind of wish that I'd used some cherry tomatoes too though. I could have made a little pattern with the yellow and red tomato halves. That would be cute! This is a pretty low-effort recipe, and obviously, it's not something to make when you're pretending to be fancy, but it's pretty balanced for when you need a quick bite to eat, I think. If you're absolutely famished, you'll probably want a bit more to eat than just this sandwich, though. Also, these can get a bit messy if you put too much hummus on them. But, as long as no one's watching, the mess is worth it!

Vegan in a Meat World

So, on Christmas my mum didn't want to cook anything for dinner. I think that she actually just didn't want to deal with the clean-up. But who can blame her? Well anyway, not very many places are open on Christmas Day. We ended up going to T.G.I. Friday's which is one of those restaurants where I can't eat anything. The only appetizer I could have was pita wedges and hummus without the added tomatoes (just because I don't really like them,) cheese, yogurt, and whatever else it was that they put on it that wasn't vegan. It wasn't bad hummus, but I felt like I was getting WAY over-charged for it. Though I must admit, soft, grilled pita bread is amazing. The only vegan entree I could find was a black bean burger though I had to order it without all the toppings except the avocado. I have recently developed quite a liking for avocado. It also came with candied onions that are vegan, but I really don't care for onion.

I put a layer of french fries on top of the avocado and gave the rest to my sisters. The burger was really good! It was spicy enough to have a good flavor, but not too spicy. And the creaminess of the avocado helped make the burger not too spicy. I loved it! If you are ever there, I would recommend trying it. Granted, I probably wouldn't pick T.G.I. Friday's as a first choice for restaurants probably because my meal choice options are so limited, but I survived holiday meals with my family. Though, afterwards, I went out and bought myself an avocado. I want to get some spicy black bean burgers too. I've heard that Gardenburger brand spicy black bean burgers are amazing. Maybe I'll do a post later about recreating this entree.

F.Y.I. They have no vegan desserts other than their fruit cup, but that was really lame. I could have made the same thing or better from the stuff in my fridge. (Same with the appetizer honestly.)

Well, if you happen to try this veggie burger, let me know what you thought. Happy Holidays, Everyone!

Steak, Steak, Go Away!

For those of you who use Facebook, you are probably familiar with the sidebar ads. You know, the ones on the right side of the page, right next to the scroll bar, that most people just ignore anyways? I get a lot of ads for vegan / animal welfare things that I sometimes check out. Well, for whatever reason, I just got an ad for Fatz, (its a restaurant for those who aren't familiar,) and the advertisement image said "Love Steak?" with a silhouette of a steak. Now, this succeeded in catching my attention, but as must be obvious by the fact that I'm running a veganism / animal rights blog, I happen to NOT love steak. In fact, I've always HATED steak! Even before I was even a vegetarian. (Which was before I was a vegan, logically.) Now, normally, I don't bother to hide ads on Facebook, but since I was already looking at it, I decided to hide all ads for Fatz. Once I clicked it, Facebook wanted to know why I didn't want to receive any more ads for Fatz. There were several general reasons you could choose, and the closest one to "This is an advertisement for steak, and I am a vegan" was "Against my views," so I went with that. Something about that particular reason struck me as funny. I mean, how often do you think people select that for a restaurant? My guess is: not very.