A friend of mine was reading through some of my current blog posts. He said, “This is really cool, but it looks like all your new recipes are coming out perfectly. Don’t you ever have any failures?” I realized I may not be portraying the whole picture and I did agree that all my posts do have a certain trend going lately. I also couldn’t stop thinking about my most recent recipe failure!

Yes it’s true – my recipe ideas don’t always work out how I hope. Right now I’m focusing on the new Vegetarian menu.

The recipe in review: Provencal Vegetable Tart with Zucchini, Mushrooms, Tomato and Parmesan Cheese. It is a new dinner “center of the plate”.

I must have been feeling extra creative and experimental when I made this the first time. I wanted to try tofu to replace the eggs that would typically be used in a vegetable tart. I got this idea from a vegan cookbook (although I still wanted to incorporate some cheese). First, I sautéed the vegetables. I always try to think about the colors when choosing ingredients. Eating different colors of vegetables increases the variety of nutrients and antioxidants.

The veggies go into the tart crust and are topped with parmesan cheese. This is where the tofu comes in….

I blended the tofu with a few other ingredients (all for extra flavor) and poured it over the veggies. Baked it and whala!

The tofu didn’t do exactly what I wanted. The flavor was OKAY – but not good by any means. My taste testers all said – This could use some work! They all agreed that the tofu was not appealing.

I redid the whole thing. Got rid of the tofu and used the traditional ingredients for a tart.

Much better!! This one got rave reviews.

Are any of you currently getting the vegetarian meals?? How do you like the current vegetarian menu?? Please leave your feedback!