We have water! We still have to have someone come out and rehang drywall so they can put the sink back. Right now it’s living on our (wet) bedroom floor:
The plumber cut a very large hole to find a very small pipe:
Hopefully all of that will be over with soon. Oy.
This post is pic heavy because I am both trying to make up for my lack of posts, and trying to make up for the fact that it will probably be Monday before I post again. I have a wedding cake and groom’s cake to make and deliver to Oxford, MS tomorrow, and another small wedding cake to be delivered in Memphis on Sunday. I will be crazy busy/extremely exhausted, so I’m apologizing in advance.
In the meantime, pictures!
Banana Wheat Germ Muffins from V’con. These were very tasty, and not too sweet. I baked them in muffin liners with little animals on them, because they are adorable.
My first ever seitan! I used the recipe for Seitan O’Greatness from the PPK forums. I really liked the flavor and how easy it was. The Brit loved the texture, but wasn’t so crazy about the flavor. Anyone who knows him would know what a huge deal that is – he actually almost liked it! I’m going to make it again and switch up the seasonings until I find something he’ll like.
I will take this opportunity to introduce two of my favorite kitchen tools. First, my cast iron wok (all oiled up here, ready for action):
Second, my rice cooker. I freaking love my rice cooker:
Using these two tools, together with my Seitan O’Greatness, I made a yummy sweet and sour stir-fry that was actually pretty good. Even The Brit ate it!
I always make a little extra rice so I can have rice pudding. This time I added some currants, which I love! I shook up the soy milk before adding it, and for some reason it stayed really foamy even after cooking it with the rice. You can see the little bubbles:
We bought some more strawberries and I decided we should have strawberries and champagne. After trimming and cutting the strawberries, I macerated them in some Grand Marnier and a little sugar for about half an hour. Then I poured on a little Silk Soy Creamer (The Brit used real cream) and served them up with a glass of nicely chilled champagne. Indulgent, I know! (sorry for the crappy picture)
And last, this morning I made ‘Egg McVegans’ using this recipe. I pressed the tofu overnight in the fridge so I would have more time this morning. Also, I used Gimme Lean ‘sausage’ instead of the veggie bacon. The tofu was a little too vinegary for my tastes, but I may try making these again with less vinegar and maybe some more seasonings. All in all they were pretty good, though.
They sure looked like the real thing!
Tags: blah blah blah, bread, breakfast, seitan
Those muffin cups are SO cute!!! Hehe. I agree, those muffins are great, I like them becauy!! Congrats on your seitan-o-greatness. Ohhh yay!! Congrats on your seitan-o-greatness. I got addicted to it when I made it!!
Your seitan looks great! but the best is the Egg McVegan, hehe.
Thanks a lot for all the great advice you’ve given me. Really really REALLY
My main problem is that I can’t find ww pastry flour anywhere… I didn’t change the amount of flour, just made like 75% ww and 25% ap. I’m so upset that I can’t buy ww pastry flour… But I still want to bake ww, specially for my mother, since she has to eat very healthy (and usually doesn’t…).
And the second problem I have is that I have NO IDEA what baking soda is… I looked it up, and in theory, my baking powder already contains baking soda, or that’s what I understood (today I actually added a baking mix for bread, the only thing I found! no wonder it was a disaster!)
Next week at home I’m baking a couple of things for work, and I’ll try to follow the recipes, hehe.
Thanks again!
Ooh that does NOT look fun
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But the food DOES! I could go for some rice pudding right about now.
Oh man, thanks for calling my attention to that seitan recipe. That looks perfect.
I’ve been wanting to make seitan! Bianca keeps telling me how easy it is, but I haven’t done it yet.
Those muffins look great!
Thanks for commenting on my blog. It’s not much yet. I plan on writing regularly once I move and start my new job.
Oh my god, you MUST make me one of those Egg McVegans. Seriously. When I say things like this on other blogs, I don’t really mean it because logistics make it impossible. But I know where you live missy…actually I don’t. But I know what town you live in and it’s small. So I’m sure I can hunt you down and make you make one for me.
And your seitan is beautiful! I’ve never tried that recipe, but I usually make mine using the pinch off and drop into broth method. So the texture isn’t all that pretty, but yours looks like a real sausage link thing!
oh my goodness, I just found your blog through alice in veganlands, and your food is beautiful. that egg mcvegan is scary perfect! and I’m also a big fan of those banana wheat germ muffins, which probably taste even better for being in cute muffin liners.
THat egg mcvegan looks almost scarily like the real thing!
oh wow! everything looks so awesome! and the Egg McVegans – mmmmmmmmmmmm!