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Let jackfruit thaw. Place parchment paper on a cookie sheet. Using your cleaned hands, breakup jackfruit into smaller pieces and bake in a oven at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until the jackfruit is brownish in color. Once warm to touch use your hands to season baked jackfruit with steak/burger seasoning, garlic powder, salt and pepper and olive oil. Bake for 15 minutes more.
While jackfruit is baking, slice onions, peppers and mushrooms and fry in 1 tbsp of olive oil. Dice tomatoes and slice lettuce. Slice sub-roll, add veganaise, jackfruit, onions, peppers and slice tomatoes
2 1/2 cups full fat coconut milk
5 oz dark chocolate or 2 tbsp carob
1/4 to 1/2 cup cane sugar
1 tbsp arrowroot
1/2 tsp vanilla
Add coconut milk in a pot over low heat, add chocolate. After chocolate has melted whisk in arrowroot , 1/2 tsp vanilla.Mixture should be smooth and somewhat thick but pour-able. Let cool slightly then pour into pop molds and freeze for 24 hrs.
I couldn't resist sprinkling coconut flakes on the fudgesicle
1 Cup chickpea flour
1 1/2 cup water
1/4 tsp sea salt
1/4 tsp turmeric
1/4 tsp cayenne
1/4 ground carom
1/2 cup chopped red onion
1 jalapeno pepper
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
1 tsp safflower oil
2 tbsp safflower oil for frying
In a bowl, mix the chickpea flour, and all the spices with a fork. Add cilantro and onion and mix with a fork. Add 3/4 cups of water and mix with a whisk until combined. Heat a non stick skillet on medium heat or if it's an electric skillet heat to 250 - 300 degrees. I like to cook my pancakes well done, therefore I cooked them for about 4 minutes or until brown on both sides. Serve these savory pancakes with your favorite salsa sauce.
I'm a trailblazer. Exploring new landscapes and terrain is my perfect escape starting in March 2018! This is my year to unplug in the wilderness and clear my mind. It is my chance to see more of the natural beauty this planet has to offer. But 1st I'm going to explore some big cities.
Traveling Solo To Toronto Canada In March 2018
This will be my 3rd time traveling solo and my 1st time traveling solo to another country. I love to travel with my family but sometimes it's difficult to plan our vacations all at the same time. I've worked up the courage to fly and take long road trips alone which to my surprise was enjoyable! I am more cautious of my whereabouts while traveling solo. If I'm traveling on a road trip for instance, I try to refuel where there's a well lite gas station that offers food service and restrooms and plenty of customers. I always have my phone in hand! I'm a member of an auto club that offers road service and a lot of extras, like nearby hotel stay, emergency funds, car rental and cash for food in case of a car accident while I'm away from home. I also use a road trip plan app so I know where to stay and how many fuel stops I need to make along the way.
The same goes if I'm planning to fly to another country. I like to plan well in advance (2 Months) I found that airfare, hotel, hostel or airbnb are much lower in price. There's also a site called couchsurfing but I don't recommend solo travelers to stay at one of these places alone unless you know a family member or friend who is a member and is offering their place for you to stay.
I've been using expedia for price checking and planning my trips since I took my very first solo trip to Los Angeles, CA in 1985. I like Expedia's user friendly itinerary and if I need a car rental or hotel, hostel, airbnb, they will compare price check with different companies. Expedia will automatically add your itinerary to your google calendar and sync all your devices with photo's. You no longer need paper tickets. to check in at the airport, just present your irtenery information from your mobile device.
What am I packing for this 2 day trip?
I've had the same carrying on suitcase I used on my trip to Dominican Republic in 2002. I want to travel light as possible so with a little research I found a backpack carryon that will fits everything I need to I carry on my person.
Clothes packing cubes
3 personal bags including
I'm going to need to travel with my passport this trip but I was worry about losing it so I searched for something that will hold my passport and protect it. (RFID) protection and it's pretty stylish with a strap to go around my neck
Something to listen to my music while I'm on the plane
I called my mobile provider to make sure that I can receive phone service while visiting Canada, unfortunately they don't provide service towers in order for my phone to work in Canada.. Thank goodness I called my phone service way in advance so that I could do some research. I did a lot of research on personal mobile hotspot device about the size of a mobile smartphone called Glocalme. It's a mobile wireless hotspot. This device is able to give you wifi service in 100+ countries. You can also use it to charge your phone. I don't believe you can make calls like using your data. I have skype and viber which is an app I can use to make calls using wifi which will allowed me to navigator etc.
I was about to buy a battery pack until I read on the glocalme website that this little device can charge one device at a time.
Before hitting the road it's a good idea to plan out your itinerary, here's a sample
Get a rental car with unlimited miles
You might have make emergency stops or get a bite to eat a little earlier than planned. We made several stops before arriving at our original 1st stop in Delaware. Although I was the only vegan, I was able to find a vegan takeout restaurant on yelp called Candles 79 about 5 minutes from where my non vegan family members order their food. I ordered the seitan burger, fries, with a side of coleslaw and vegan gingerale. Its was delicious and filling!
Our 1st stop in Maple Shades, NJ for fuel
Fuel in VA
South Carolina, Sunday morning. South Of The Boarder
Breakfast/Brunch at Asian Fusion Red Bowl in Florence, SC. Sorry no pictures of my Curry Vegetable Singapore noodle dish. (no comment)
We stopped at Walmart in Georgia and we got caught in a massive rainstorm! Sorry, no pics, but I did get soaked running in and out of Walmart :(
