What I eat: Easy Vegan Lavash Pizza

Most of the time when I tell a non-vegan that I don't eat animal products they ask, "What do you eat?" Well...follow me on this food adventure as I unveil that mystery.

This week:  

Easy Vegan Lavash Pizza

This one is pretty darn easy to do and yet tastes great & looks so colorful! This is what you'll need:

1 Lavash per person (These are personal size pizzas)

Pizza sauce (Pasta sauce will work too)

Chopped veggies (Pictured are onions, 3 colors of bell pepper, tomatoes, & mushrooms)

Daiya Mozzarella Style Shreds *Optional 

Toast the lavash while you chop your veggies. If it's not toasted, the sauce will make the lavash soggy instead of crispy.

Spread a good amount of sauce over the toasted lavash.

Distribute your chopped veggies over the lavash.

If using, sprinkle the Daiya shreds over everything.

Bake in a toaster oven or regular oven at 425 degrees F for 5-10 minutes or until the Daiya has melted & the veggies are heated. 

You can get really creative if you play around with different toppings or sauces. Make a BBQ pizza with BBQ sauce or a Thai pizza with Thai peanut sauce or a pesto pizza with fresh vegan pesto. 

I also make party sized versions of these using English Muffins instead of lavash.

So back to the original question: "What do you eat?" Now you know!

P.S. Daiya Shreds are a super tasty, totally meltable cheese substitute that can be found at Whole Foods & health food stores. For more info: http://www.daiyafoods.com/
    

2012 Luck Dragon (Better late than never!)

Like most people I've been trying to put together a list of goals for 2012. I've been having a hard time getting started this time around. A career coach, Dallas Travers, suggested that you must first acknowledge what you accomplished last year in order to move ahead this year.

I first thought: "What I accomplished last year? Yeah, right! A whole lot of nothing!" I was seriously disappointed that I wasn't light years ahead in terms of my career. But I decided to look over my calender for 2011 & see what I did. I actually did a lot! None of it is really making me money but maybe 2012 will be the year it pays off. This is what I discovered:

• I produced and performed in a late night stage competition & out of 16 we made it down to the final 4
• I performed in a total of 9 episodes with 3 different web series
• I performed in a TV pilot that is being pitched
• I performed in two different "reality" type shows. One of which I performed for a music video.
• I performed in a 48hr film festival where the entire script was improvised
• I performed in 7 weekends of a stage show
• I took 2 commercial classes with 2 casting directors
• I took an on-camera audition class
• I took a musical theater class with an artistic director
• I started taking a few casting director workshops
• I joined SAG & paid up my AFTRA dues
• I got new headshots
• I tried out a manager 
• I signed with a print agent

Whew! I was busy!

But really the biggest things I accomplished were:

• I figured out my personal life & got rid of a lot of baggage that was making me unhappy
• I helped 2 friends get SAG eligible (Though now the unions are merging!)
• I met a lot of new, awesome friends

So in the end I didn't actually accomplish some of the giant goals I was hoping for and I'll probably just do a "cut & paste" of last years goals but I guess I see a lot of things I did in 2011 that I can build upon for the year to come. And I sure hope the Chinese are right about the Year Of The Dragon as being a lucky year. I could use some!