what the hell _does_ a vegan eat anyway?

Dinner 7/9

Meat Loaf*
(cashew, sunflower and walnuts puree mixed with marniated portobello mushrooms, onion, garlic, red bell pepper, parsley, jalapeno, olive oil, sea salt, shaped into loafs and dehydrated for four hours -- Juliano p. 151)

Barbecue Sauce
(tomato, sun-dried tomatoes, dates, olive oil, shoyu -- Juliano)

Mashed Potatoes
(pureed cauliflower, cashews, lemon juice, garlic, thyme and salt -- Juliano p. 85)

Gravy
(pureed white miso, onion, shallot, garlic, orange juice, dates, olive oil, jalapeno, shoyu, ginger, apple cider vinegar, sesame seed oil -- Juliano. p. 223)

Wine

Coturri 2000 Sonoma Valley Syrah

* Almost burned out the Vita-Mix grinding the nuts -- it recovered. The meat loaf was topped with barbecue sauce after an initial bit of dehydrating -- and they ended up looking a bit more like salsbury steak from ye olde TV dinner days, but tasted fantastic... and matched well with the cauliflower and miso gravy.