Great Healthy Vegan Snack "The Hummus Sandwich"

So i make these all the time. They are very quick and simple and they taste sooo good. The ingredients that i usually put into it are:

Any Bread Toasted
Roasted Tomato Hummus (or Spinich and Artichoke)
Lettuce
Tomato
Red Onions
Avocados

Now this is an easy sandwich to change up. I sometimes will use both hummuses and put them on opposite sides. I'll even grill a flat piece of tofu or tempeh with soy sauce and add that to the sandwich. If you are feeling really crazy...put it on an everything bagel. Anyways, this is a quick and easy snack for all vegans.

November 20 2010

1

a glass half full
is optimism
a glass half empty
is pessimism
yours should be over-
flowing
for what i do for you
mine was kicked over
by your selfishness
my liquid displayed all
over the ground
free to be stepped on
by everyone
it will resort to the
cracks with in the
earth
to soak in
and disappear


2

worlds hands tight at
my throat
unwilling to let go
grasping the air within
paintbrush and bottle are
the only things that
can loosen this hold
to give me sometime to
recieve the oxygen that
was promised at birth
the problem i see
is my brush will run out
of paint
and the bottle doesn't do
much for my body
so i hestiate to just
let the world
suffocate
me


3

when the eyes go fuzzed
and the world starts to
spin
im left to think of how
tomorrow will begin
but all that matters is
what goes on tonight
in this lonely bar
in this dim ass light
turning to the waitress
she never says a word
but i see in her eyes
that she is concerned
yet she brings the drinks
the 6 to 7
and become alone in the bar
just me and the drinks
fuck im so alone
i cant even think
by the time i get to the door
my legs buckle under me
and im laying there staring
at the traffic above
those hearts that are broken
and some that are loved
how they just want the
same liquid
the sign promises outside
im picked up by a man
and thrown out into the night
where im left to stumble
home

November 18 2010

1

beggars cant be
choosers
i beg and get what i
want
and dont want it anymore
for i'm left alone
on my couch

just drinking
by myself
but that's what i begged
for all along
and it's gone on every
night
over and over
again
me left typing
with a drink in hand

words come out wrong
sometimes
saying what you don't
want said
what i really want
is my own bed
with your head on my chest


2

your memories
crush me from the inside
grabbing and squeezing
trying to hold on
by the thin wire wrapped
around my rib cage

the rain from those
two years
flooded my lungs
drowning me in sorrow
for time wasted on nothing

clouds for that time
stir and blur
my vision
so i'll never see
clear again

green paper
burned for heat
left us trying to
regain any sort of
feelings

all these things will
be left there
as scars
on my sleeve
just to hold our peace


3

the beauty in your eyes
stuffs my throat
so my true feelings for you
can't be set free

you leave me here to
suffocate
on the smoke from the fire
burning inside of me

lips tied tight
with a thin thread
that has pierced and sewn
my mouth shut

maybe you're afraid
the same has happened to you
and that there won't be a
doctor
surgeon
or tailor
around to help you

November 16 2010

1

how i wish time would
freeze
for at least a year
or two
when im cuddled on the
couch
just laying with
you

your head lies on my
chest
i keep telling myself
to breathe
for the last thing
i want
is to disturb your
peace

our bodies are
intertwined
for comfort
and heat
i stare at the clock
not wanting the time
for you
to leave


2
words are meaningless
unless
an action follows
or is before

you can say all you
want
but all i'll believe
is what you do

for they're louder than your words

you tell me you like
me
you want me,
im a perfect fit

but all you show
me
is how you are
completely over us

how am i supposed to feel for this

my heart comes through
my throat
even through what i
do

i just wish
everything
was as simple
as i make it for you

is that so much to ask


3

i wish that sun
would go away
its always fucking out

it's a change to move
south
south to north
than back again

all this climate change
has got my body confused

i never thought those feelings
were there anymore
just a glance of those eyes
and i'm straight to the bottle
again

to try and blur them
from your vision
or feelings
to stomp them out
on the ground
for i never thought i would
be down here

im sitting here
praying for rain
with my whiskey bottle
dried to my lips
so i can remember
the pain

but all that comes back
is the couch

those rained in days
spent wasted laying about
hoping for the sun

what justice did that ever do
but grow us apart

maybe it was the rain
that made the warmth within
us

Tater Tot Burritos

Tonight I made some tater tot burritos for my girlfriend and step-mom, and might I say they were delicious. I was missing a few ingredients that would have made them super bomb, but life goes on. It is a very quick and easy recipe. The longest part is the tater tots, or you can use fries.
Here is the list on ingredients I used:

10" Tortillas
Refried Beans (or black)
Spanish Rice
Tomatos
Guacamole
Salsa
Tater tots (alternative fries)

What I wish I would have added would be:

Lettuce
Onions
Some sort of enchilada sauce

All together the dish is amazing.

November 15 2010

how do you want to be
remembered
some have a wasted life
on work
or a trapped life by
a mini self imagine
even others brain-washed
by a thought
taught over
and over again

if you focus too hard
and strain on one thing
that's all you'll leave
behind
for those are things
i will only remember
for some

i just want everyone
to know
my heart has one beat
and its to only be
happy

from the things
i do
to the people
i meet
to the places
i go
it's only to be happy

November 13 2010

your fingertips
and nails
shift through my skin
cells
putting my hair on
edge
and a lightening bolt
down my spine
till it shoots down
and out
my toes

my mind still pounds
on the wall of my
skull
pressing and pushing
and holding
my words behind my
tongue
while my heart jumps
and thumps
against its small
boney cage

if it continues to
leap
it could break free
or just drop to the
bottom
with only a faint beat
to move on

just continue to run
those nails down my spine
for that's what makes me
feel alive right now

November 12 2010 Poetry

1

The whiskey and coke
has tainted my breathe
and blurred my vision
Has it blurred my feelings
too?

Laying with you
The pain creeping in my gut
Dying for those three words
to come from the vocals
of your heart

For those same words
are clawing at my cords
Dying to be let free
Only another drink
will calm them down


2

Calm and dark
Outside alone and drunk
No sounds to be heard but
a lonely barking dog
and a distant freeway

My body is numb
to the chill of the night
Every bloodcell flowing quickly,
racing around
to keep my body warm

Free as a mind can be
I feel nothing


3

Home sweet home
home is where the heart lies
shattered on the living room
couch

Told to feel welcome
That my company is much wanted
Yet your actions prove
otherwise

Your lies flow smoothly through
your teeth
Somehow throwing in what
you want me to do

I know I've failed you
But don't rub your second chance
in my face
Home sweet home


4

A shot down my throat
Breathe through my nose

How can you still feel that way
Are you really that lost
and insecure
I've destroyed you
without thought or action
Not even trying to

Maybe I should have given
that last shot to you


5

A leech on my heart
is like your eyes into me
Sucking me dry of all my
feelings

I wanna scream them out
But that leech holds tight
to my words

I feel silenced
Hands tight around my neck
My true feeling unable
to be heard

Maybe it's good
for they could frighten you
away
but someday
that leech will be full
and let go
Hopefully you
won't follow

Vegan "Fronch" Toast

So i cooked some "vegan" french toast and hashbrowns for my girlriend, jen, and i. It surprisingly lived up to what the recipe told me. I cooked this meal last night for her and I. It tasted exactly what I remember french toast tasting. I told my friend about this recipe. All he had to say is french toast taste like crap to begin with unless you add syrup, Haha. Either way I was satistied and so was my darling. Here is the recipe for you to try:

Loaf of Italian or French Bread (baguette shaped)
1/2 cup of soy creamer
1/2 cup of rice milk
2 tblspns of cornstarch
1/4 cup of chickpea flour

This is cooked exactly like traditonal french toast. Excluding the bread, mix everything in a large mixing bowl until liquid (come chunks are ok.) Once done mixing, soak an inch think piece of sliced bread in mixture and cook on skillet with a thin layer of vegetable oil for non-stick. Cook each side for 2 minutes or until golden brown. Then enjoy.
Let me know what you think.

November 10 2010

the feeling those eyes
give
those big blue eyes
i only need two seconds
with them
to have my whole world
swept away

i've been raised
to do this
and taught to
know that
but your vision
is wipes it clear
and for a second
i'm a blank slate
and reborn

without those pearls
of blue
im as good as blind
just another
lost cause
for they make me
endless
no beginning to end
no finish for a start

just a current
a circle
a recurring cycle
that can be taken in
and retracted
like a breathe of fresh air
across an ocean blue

Older Poem

The world was a mundane place for me
the last couple of years
I went out in search of something to fill the
emptiness within
I was ignorant and bliss
But consequences come with every decision

I ran away withoutatrace
Told no one where I was to go
Just my car packed with shit
And a lonely CD
My life was an open book
Awaiting the fresh ink of a pen
Waiting to be written in

I made mistakes
Many mistakes
But all have been learned from
For I'll never make them again

I know not what I want from my life
But I know I am home
Where the sun sets on the Pacific Coast
It's been in front of me the whole time

For being in your arms is all I want
Nothing can change my mind

Random Poetry Brought Together

1

I'm not a poet
And I know this
I'm just a
wise-assed
kid

That doesn't give
two shits
what my parents
ever
did

Just a drunk
young lad
with a pen and
paper

Writing how I
wish
the world was
only better


2

The sky turns with dark clouds
and sun rays
Unable to decide its outcome

My lips and teeth are stained
from another lonely night with my wine
It used to be you that stained me

Just holding your body
kissing those lips
Who cares what was on t.v. that night

Days were filled with your words
and of your voice
Now it's empty thoughts in my mind

Don't get me wrong
you still tell me your feelings are there
You just seem undecided now

Much like the weather


3

I'm the stalker
While you're the prey
I don't think I should feel like this

It's as if my feelings scare you away
As if too strong to take
My bad, I'll stop

I just want you happy,
want the world for you
It doesn't matter my feelings

If your soul is warm
And your eyes are bright
I know that i'm actually doing something

No matter how far away I am
No matter how less I see you
I see true happiness in your lips

For I will fill my time with other things
With art and alcohol,
seems to be the poison now

Sometimes I just wish you felt the same
Isn't that what a stalker thinks


4

The curve of your lips
The strain on your cheeks
That smile,
It makes everything alright

The scent of your hair
The smoothness of your skin
That touch,
So gentle, but i'm brought
to my knees

The power in your voice
The meaning in your words
That thought,
It can open anyone's eyes

The feeling in your kiss
The warmth within your soul
That love,
can truely overcome anything

Remix

So I, Taylor Duffus, am changing this blog/magazine into a more personal self reflection of how I view and how I do things. This will be inside the mind and soul of Taylor. Haha. Enjoy.