Recipe Friday! Memorial Day Vegan BBQ!

It’s Friday! My husband and I have been in the San Francisco area all week (well just outside of it really) and I”ve been enjoying trying out some REALLY great vegan spots. If you are in San Jose definitely check out “Good Karma Vegan Cafe” my husband really loved the tofu scramble and mashed potatos, and I really liked the curry! And then in Berekely I finally got to go to “Cafe Gratitude”! I am in love. I picked a few raw chocolates for a friend of mine who isn’t vegan, but I’m learning more and more that chocolate wins over things like tofu for the non vegan folks. And last night I was in Palo Alto and found a vegan cafe called “The Loving Hut” the recomended their Shepherds Pie and veggie salad. It was so good. I really recomend if you are vegan curious to find one of the good vegan spots in your area, or if you are going on summer vacation look up vegan spots, it definitely helps to have something prepared for you every so often, so you can get a little inspiration when it comes to what vegan foods taste like.

You can also make some tasty vegan foods! If you’ve missed my previous recipes, I thought I’d include them in this post so you can catch up and start creating! And I’ll include some new recipes as well. It’s your lucky day!

Recipe Archives:

Green Smoothies
The Easy Vegan – meal plan
Seven day meal plan with lots of recipes.
Oatmeal Cookies
50 Dessert Recipes
Recipe Friday – random recipes

There are a few more scattered about, but really, if that doesn’t get you started, I don’t know what will.

Here are the NEW recipes for today!

I was going to do comfort foods this week, but I will save that for next week because this weekend is Memorial Day and you might be headed to a BBQ!

Bean Burgers
Creamy Mac & Cheese (there are A LOT of great vegan mac and cheese recipes out there)
Vegan Macaroni Salad
My big and easy pasta salad
Vegan Potato Salad
Fruit Salad (vegan ambrosia)
Chicken Wings
Vegan cupcakes
Vegan chocolate chip cookies
Vegan Coleslaw
Tofu Curried Salad

Vegan Baked Beans
Watermelon (do you really need a link?)
Corn on the cob (With vegan butter)
Vegan 7 layer dip
Veggie kabobs (just get some of your favorite veggies, put on kabob with your favorite spices and sprinkle some olive oil over it) You could also add some tofu or vegan meat.
Fruit kabobs - these are great! Just get your favorite fruits and put them on kabobs – and you are all fancy!
Grilled Pineapple with coconut

What are your favorite vegan BBQ dishes? I hope all of you have a WONDERFUL long weekend! We are leaving for the Pacific Northwest on Sunday morning! We’ll be in Seattle for the entire month of June, I am really looking forward to discovering the vegan spots up there! Be safe this weekend, good luck at those BBQ’s and spread some vegan love and goodness!