So down here in Ionia we like to  make up our own holidays instead of using the the other ones. 

 we love movies, I mean like LOVE MOVIES! but we don't watch TV (sometimes we have our shows that we watch, but that is besides the point) but we have a  satellite for one day a year, the Academy Awards!

every year we turn on the TV and make lots and lots of food and just sit and watch the Award show.

I personaly wasn't involved in cooking so I don't know a lot of the ingredients and proper names so bare with me please. 

For Lunch

Pasta Salad

with

Noodles

Tomatos 

Lettuce

Olives

Artichoke Hearts

Cucumbers

Vegan Mayo Dressing

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Fried Peas

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Pickled Pepperchinos 

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Bread Sticks

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For Dinner

Pan fried Gyoza Dumplings 

with Rice noodles and Kimchi 

 some of them had Seitan 

with a Shoyu Garlic Ginger Scallions Sauce

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Squash Carrot Tempura nest

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Seitan-Pops

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White Rice

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Fried Udon Noodles

with Sesame Seeds and Carrots and Parsley 

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Agedashi Tofu 

with Napa Cabbage

 with Shitaki Mushrooms and Shoyu and Kudzu Sauce

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Cucumber Pickles

For Lunch 

Grain Corn

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Raw Salad

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Sauteed Garden Napa Cabbage

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Pinto Bean Soup

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For Dinner

Seitan Stew with everything please! ;)

There is a girl from the community who makes these amazing stews, I get so excited! 

I love stews (eating them and making them) you can just put every you have into them and experiment!

Pasta

Seitan

Tofu

Peas and Corn

Broccoli

Bok-Choy!

So this is what I have been eating since I got back home in the community! (yay I don't have to cook for my self everyday!)