Last week some friends and I did a food swap. Kind of like a potluck, but you get to take the food home and eat other people’s leftovers. Basically it means that I ended up with yummy food that I didn’t have to cook. Score.
I made little veggie loaves, but you know what those look like so I won’t post yet another picture. Bianca made this delicious pizza:
I didn’t get a picture of Hart’s carrot soufflé (more like a casserole, but seriously yum). I also don’t have any pics of Nic’s pâté (my friends are so fancy, no?), because I already had too much food in my house, so I wrapped it up and put it in the freezer. I will take some pics when I do something with it. Meanwhile, you can check out Bianca’s much more thorough post about our swap here.
I also made some Self-Frosting Peanut Butter Cupcakes from My Sweet Vegan for the food swap, although I made a bunch of changes, which is probably why they sank in the middle. Oh well, they were still good.
I made this curry last week. Isn’t it pretty? Veggies, curry and coconut. It sounded good in my head. It looked good. It smelled so good… It was not good. Not good at all. CURRY FAIL.
This sweet and sour on the other hand, was really good. I cut the tofu so small because that’s the way The Brit likes it. I fried it because, well, it’s good like that. This totally made up for the curry fail.
I made the veggie lunch meat recipe from Vegan Dad. I had to steam it in two separate logs because my steamer is stupid, but otherwise I followed the recipe exactly. It turned out very well, I can’t wait to play around with the seasonings some more.
I used half of the veggie lunch meat to make chopped BBQ sandwiches. The inspiration came from Vegan Dad as well, but I made my own BBQ sauce rather than his recipe (which I’m sure is delicious!). I also changed up the cooking method to use my slow cooker, since I wanted it to be ready when I got home.
Served up on homemade bread with homemade coleslaw, it was awesome.
I LOVE LEFTOVERS TOO! =)
I didn’t think curry could be messed up, I always thought it was a no-fail dish but maybe I’m wrong.
Love the “lunchmeat” and the sammich, delicious.
Glad the cupcakes still came out well! They certainly look good.
Haha, that rice ball is so bright and perfect!
looks yummy. i saw your veggie meatloaf pics on Vegan Crunk and i’d like to try it out. it looked sooooo goood! have you posted a recipe for it yet?
many thanks…
I made your hedgehog potatoes last night and they are the new Favorite Potato in my house! My boyfriend ate many of them.
That sweet & sour stuff looks amazing, and everything else too. Yum! I need to get back on the seitan train, I haven't made any in months.
I’ve always wanted to try VeganDad’s meat recipe… I’d forgotten about it, though. Thanks for the reminder, it looks yum and seems super convenient! I hate buying packages of it in the store…
Your curry looks glorious. I like it on the dark plate. Nice juxtaposition!
Some friends and I used to do that when our husbands were in the Navy and out at sea. We’d get together each Saturday night, and each of us (between 5 and 7 of us on any given Saturday) would make a meal for 6, then pack it up into individually servings for everyone. We’d have dinner at someone’s house, then all swap leftovers at the end of the evening. Cook once, get 6 meals AND a fun evening together! Nice! I miss that!
I love the cooking swap idea! That is too cool.
Too bad about the curry. It looked great! What was wrong with it?
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