The Brit… has decided… to become… vegan.
If you need me – I’ll be here, dying of shock and glee.
Did hell just freeze over?
April 10th, 2009The upper crust
April 8th, 2009Every week, usually twice a week, I bake my own sandwich bread. I love it (and so does The Brit), but sometimes I want more. Something… heartier. Crustier. Chewier.
I decided to try my hand at no-knead bread, guessing it would pair perfectly with the soup I planned on making. I was right.
Check out that sexy crust.
Don’t let that tough exterior fool you.
Inside it’s all soft and chewy.
It’s not a great photo, but the leftover bread made amazing French Toast.
I definitely see more specialty bread in my future.
I love leftovers
April 2nd, 2009Last 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.
Rolled foods
March 28th, 2009If you missed my last post, go check it out, and enter for a chance to win an adorable wee plush monster of your very own.
Okay, now that I’m done whoring myself out, on to the food! I baked some Asian marinated tofu (leftover from grilling), and put it in sushi along with avocado, green onions, carrots and black sesame seeds. Possibly the best sushi I’ve ever made:
And of course, gotta have something sweet… like cinnamon rolls! These were pretty much amazing. I let The Brit talk me into using all white flour (which NEVER happens in my house) and I made them extra-large (that’s a 12″ pan they’re in, so they’re 4″ each!). I put raisins in the filling, which I’ve never tried before, and it was so good.
Check out the giant deliciousness:
That’s it for now!
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March 27th, 2009
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