But How Do You Get Your Protein??

Last night I made the perfect meal for all the millions of times vegans, and even vegetarians get asked the ever present protein question. I think it's probably the number one question we get asked. It never ceases to make me giggle to myself, especially when people ask me with that concerned look, like at any minute I'm going to drop dead from lack of protein. I think the Atkins diet craze really started the whole protein obsession. Even a lot of vegetarians and vegans are super obsessed with protein. It's funny, for me since going vegan I don't really worry about any single nutrient, because my diet has become so much more varied and I just feel like I'm getting what my body needs based on how I feel. I eat foods as a vegan that I probably never ate in my life before. I mean, I eat cauliflower now, granted it has to be baked in a scrumptious General Tso sauce, but I'm still eating it!
I was craving cold sesame noodles, and I had a new jar of Tahini burning a whole in my cupboard, but no pasta. Except that I had this soybean pasta that I had found in Seattle at Grocery Outlet. I was going to make my sauce and share the recipe, but I didn't have rice vinegar or sesame oil, so I totally Mcgyvered the sauce. It had tahini, garlic, a little peanut butter, sriracha, soy sauce and the rest of my Bulgogi marinade. The bulgogi sauce has sesame oil and vinegar, so it actually worked. Not very traditional, but tasty nonetheless.
I also baked some tofu, because why not?
I used this brand of pasta. They have adzuki bean pasta, edamame and I think black bean pasta too.

Atkins Approved!

The noodles are good, probably the best tasting gluten free pasta I've had. The texture is of course heavier than traditional pasta. Like Udon, but a little chewier. If I were gluten free, I would probably choose this pasta over some of the others.
For dessert, I had more of the Little Secrets dark chocolate raspberry candies. Definitely my favorite new discovery.

The colors aren't as bright as M&M's, but I like that. No funky dyes or any other toxicity. I want to get like a Costco sized supply of these. It gets easier and better to be a vegan every single day!
In other, more depressing news, the guy from the pancake house never called. I guess his "meeting" went really long, poor guy. It's so depressing because I didn't even want to work there! I genuinely don't want to serve food anymore. Even vegan food. It's just frustrating because I feel trapped in this life of demeaning, low paying soul crushing jobs. I just wish I could walk dogs and scoop poop. Anyway, I feel embarrassed for the whole pancake house debacle. Anyway, I'm trying to not let it dull my shine. I thought about marching in there, and thanking him for wasting my time, but I realized that a) I loathe confrontation and b) what would that really solve? Would it make anything better? I'm going to just let it go. I guess that's a running theme in my current life.
Happy Friday!