Meatless March

With Thanksgiving tomorrow, it is time for us to reflect on our blessings. I'm grateful for health, a lovely family, the means to live the high-flyin' Jennie lifestyle, and all that. But for the purposes of this blog, what you need to know is that I'm grateful that Thanksgiving never, ever takes place on a Wednesday. That said, not only did I pull off #VeganVednesday today, but I even made a Thanksgiving-style vegan crockpot stuffing as our dinner entree, in a nod to the holiday upon us. And it was good! I could legit see stuffing a turkey with this stuff(ing). Still sporting a bandage, I'm afraid, although it's mercifully smaller than the original version Not gonna, however, because on special occasions, I say bring on the butter and meat . Also, I have the luxury of not cooking the meal tomorrow, a challenge that my mother-in-law has bravely assigned herself. I'm merely bringing sweet-potato muffins. Back to our " Crockpot Stuffing with Wild...

You remember how there were no butternut squashes at Whole Foods yesterday? Of course you do - and I appreciate your righteous indignation on my behalf. Well today I tried my luck at Trader Joe's, and guess what?! Yeah, that's right: NO BUTTERNUT SQUASHES. Dizzy with visions of a squash conspiracy, I plunged into the produce section of Stop-and-Shop, and thank the merciful heavens, they had a whole bin of them. It almost seemed a pity to purchase only one. Tonight's recipe was based on Roasted Butternut Squash Panini from the "Oh My Veggies" blog, but I altered it enough that I'm going to give you my version below. In short, I felt the sandwiches needed more crunch and tang than the original recipe suggested. Incidentally, having tried pine nuts in my own version tonight, I feel they actually weren't crunchy enough, and would suggest trying sunflower seeds instead. Let me know if that works for you! Despite still needing more crunch, the sandwic...