What to Use

Unsalted Cashews (to taste)
1 Medium Onion, Chopped
1 Medium Carrot, Peeled and Shredded
Pineapple Chunks (Optional)
Red Bell Pepper (Optional)
A jar of your favorite Sweet and Sour Sauce
Brown Rice
What to Do

Cooking Time
Approximately 20 minutes.
What I Like About It
This dish is very versatile. Depending on who you are and what you like, you can add a variety of ingredients to make it your own.
I also love the palatable blend of sweet and salty in this dish. The chick'n strips and cashews add a wonderful variety to the texture of the meal. Yum!
What I Don't Like
On some level it bothers me to use store bought sweet and sour sauce. It's just a little too syrupy sweet. I need to create my own recipe that incorporates fresh ingredients while cutting back on the sugar content.
Conclusion
I've been cooking this dish for a long time - much longer than I've contemplated veganism. I started cooking with Smart Strips after reading Jane Goodall's Harvest for Hope. This book opened up the question for me of where my food - especially my meat - comes from. I quickly realized that the packaging in the meat section of my grocery store was extremely vague and nondescript, and for good reason. If Americans had any inkling of the type of conditions animals are raised in for meat, most everyone with a conscience would promptly stop buying it. The good news is, a lot of the meat alternatives that are available are quite delicious. Of course they don't taste exactly like meat, but the create an experience that is similar enough to eating meat that you probably won't miss it much. My exploration of Smart Strips was more about avoiding buying products with origins unknown than veganism. So imagine my delight when I realized that this meal is 100% vegan. Don't you love it when everything falls neatly into place?
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