Hey Dad

Welcome to your very own blog!

I thought it would be fun to make a food blog to support you in your effort to transition to a vegan diet.  I hope we (me and maybe other family members) can use this to post recipes of things we make ourselves or maybe just some links to things that you might like to cook!

If you're just coming across this blog randomly- welcome to you too!  My dad is trying to address his recurring heart and health problems by making the bold and exciting move to a vegan diet for the first time in his life.  As one of his children wanting him to live forever (forever!!!), I am trying to inspire him to try new things and get new ideas.  All vegan all the time on this blog people!

To start things off, I'm making something with this Bulgur Wheat that I've had sitting in my cupboard for months...

Try to ignore the terribly unhealthy items that I didn't have the foresight to hide on another shelf.

This recipe is kind of like Tabbouleh if you've ever had that.  Bulgur is really good for you too!  With one cup you get 25.6g of fiber, 17.21g of protein (tough to get in vegan diets!), and only 0.2g of saturated fat.

Bulgur with tons of cucumber, tomato, onion and a lemon olive oil dressing.

Here's what you need:

1/2 cup bulgur wheat
1 cup boiling water
1/2 of an English cucumber, chopped
about 1cup of chopped tomato
1/2 cup chopped red onion
Zest and juice of one lemon
3 Tb Olive oil
1/2 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp oregano
salt and pepper to taste

To start off, you need to soak your bulgur in boiling water for about a half an hour in a covered bowl.  In the meantime, put the zest and juice in a medium bowl and whisk in the olive oil, then add all the spices.  Put the soaked grains in a fine mesh sieve and drain the excess water, pressing into the sieve to get more of the water out.  Then add the grains to the dressing and toss with the veggies.  Adjust salt & pepper to taste.  All done!

The bottom photo is your daughter eating fancy-style.  Wine is vegan too!  Hurrah!

The recipe was inspired by kalyn's kitchen .