Split Pea Soup and Brussel Sprout and Rutabaga Casserole So good the omnis ate it all up!

I fed both of the omnivorous men that are here last night with split peas soup, salad and brussel sprout casserole.

Split pea with home made condiments on top.













The little one ate garlic bread and something else. I don't know. I gave him fruit and some salad and a spoonful of flax seed oil so i feel like he ate some good food yesterday :)


Agar

It's a substitute for gelatin. Vegetarian. Made from sea vegetables. I can't find it anywhere not even Nightfire.

Here is a Wikipedia article about agar that seems pretty factual.

I want it to make vegan cheese products that can be sliced. just for fun. and for cheese slicing.


Here is a photo of the big white cat.















he likes to sit in cupboards and nap all day.















The ketchup that I made is actually pretty tasty. I keep it in the fridge and it doesn't taste funny or make me sick so, I say Success! I made fermented ketchup! Next time I will make it with more tomatoes and less salt. In a better jar. With more success.
I put a teaspoon or so in my soup and it gives it a nice ketchup-y flavor. I love my condiments.



















We bought some powdered mustard last night so maybe I can make some good mustard that doesn't have honey in it like all the ones in this house do :)



I put some of it on the vegan split pea with seitan sausage soup. It was good. I don't have a recipe, I just threw it together.
This is split pea soup with vegan parm and fermented ketchup, again.
















Here is the casserole I made for dinner last night. It went well with the soup.

Brussel sprouts, carrots, onion, zukes and rutabaga chunks and soaked quinoa in a seed cheese sauce with bread crumbs and vege parm on top.














Here is is, after baking at 350F for two hours, then cooling, on a plate with a slice of soda bread that has a vegan buttery spread on it.