After craving and craving that sandwich I had at Spiral Diner, I decided to take matters into my own hands. I made the Jamaican Jerk sauce from VwaV and marinated some five grain tempeh. Here it is with some pineapple in my trusty cast iron grill pan (I made way more than I could eat in one sitting!):
I put it one some whole grain toast with Vegenaise, lettuce, red onion and Wickles (the best spicy pickles in the world). It wasn’t quite the same, but it was still hella good.
After all that savory goodness, I needed something sweet. I had some silken tofu that needed to be used up, so I made chocolate mousse pie, natch.
First I made the crust. I had about half a package of slightly stale Newman-O’s (chocolate sandwich cookies), so they went into the blender first and got turned into crumbs. To those I added about 3 Tbs melted Earth Balance, and pressed the crust into the pie plate.
I added 1 package silken tofu to the blender and pureed until it was smooth. I added 1/4 cup Kahlua, a tsp of vanilla and a generous squeeze of agave, then processed again. I melted 1 1/2 cups of vegan chocolate chips and added that to the blender, processing again until everything was smooth and creamy.
I spread it in the pie crust and left it in the fridge until it was set. So freakin’ rich and creamy.
It was so good, but The Brit wouldn’t even try one bite. Oh well, I took some to my sister’s house and her whole family enjoyed it!
Yesterday I played the role of big sister and took my younger sister Abbie to the mall. Abbie is 11, which gives me an excellent excuse to ride the carousel!
Disclaimer: it is very difficult to take a picture of someone sitting next to you on a carousel, because as you are going up they are going down, and vice versa.
That said, here is Abbie:
I don’t really have an excuse for the blurry picture of myself (notice that I have taken most of the color out of the picture – this is because I was sitting under some bizarre red light that made me look like a demon, and I attempted to counteract that with desaturation):
After much walking around and looking at shiny things, we got hungry and stopped for lunch. Abbie opted for Chick-fil-a:
The only thing I could find to eat was spaghetti from Villa Pizza, which was cold and cost $5, but at least it was filling:
We met up with my little brother (who is 20) after the mall and went and played miniature golf (I won both games, of course). I didn’t get any pictures of that though because it was HOT and I didn’t feel like lugging my camera around the course. Trust me though, hilarity ensued.
And last but not least, the mandatory ‘sisters acting very silly together’ shot:
