Posts Tagged ‘testers’

What you want, baby I got it

Friday, February 27th, 2009
I made this a few weeks ago and have only just got around to uploading the pictures – shameful! Another tester for Bianca, and another winner! Southern Fried Tempeh Steak with Milk Gravy, and Creamy Corn Casserole (served up with mashed potatoes and peas).


The fried tempeh was sooooo good!



And the corn casserole was so rich and creamy and decadent. The Brit said he ‘loved’ both of these dishes – score!


Next up, dinner loaf. I’ve been trying to use up stuff I already have on hand, and this fit in with that plan nicely. I used this tool to build my recipe, changing just a couple of things to fit what I had on hand and personal preferences. Another hit with The Brit – he even asked me to make sure I wrote down what I did so I could make it the same way again. Served with mashed potatoes, green beans and gravy (not shown). Sorry for the mediocre picture, but you get the idea.

And last, but certainly not least, orange tamarind glazed tofu! This was really yummy, just a teensy bit too sour. Next time I will cut down a little on the tamarind paste – otherwise, super good. Served up with quinoa, peas and glazed carrots.
That’s it for now – look forward to more frequent updates from now on… find out why in my next post!

No New York Yet -OR- I love alliteration

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
Yeah, that’s right, my lazy ass hasn’t sorted through the pictures from NYC yet. I will do it, I promise. I have been cooking though! Shown below, in a somewhat nonsensical dinner-lunch-breakfast order, are my latest yummies.

First off, Bianca‘s Chipotle Chickpea Chili, another tester for her book. Holy mother of beans, this stuff is good. Even The Brit ate it, and he’s the pickiest person I know. I made some double corn bread muffins to go along with it. Thank goodness this made enough for leftovers tonight, because I’ve been craving it since I got up this morning. I almost had it for breakfast. Seriously.



Up next, I have possibly boring but incredibly delicious lunches from the last couple of days. First, roasted red pepper hummus, avocado, tomato and cucumber in a whole wheat pita. So easy. So good.



Next, essentially the same thing but with leftover tempeh bacon and Vegenaise in place of the hummus. Serious yum.


Last, breakfast this morning was tofu scramble, which is so hard to photograph because it rarely looks pretty, but I tried anyway. This was basically a ‘clean out the fridge before I go out of town again’ breakfast, using up leftover tofu, mushrooms and onion. I normally like something green in my scramble, but I didn’t have anything so I tossed in some sun-dried tomatoes instead. Doesn’t really make sense, but whatever. The muffins are just leftover cornbread with blueberry jam.


The Brit and I are leaving tomorrow to go to Nashville for the weekend, so I probably won’t post again until Monday. Have a good weekend everyone!

Inauguration Day breakfast

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

I had an awesome time in NYC, but I haven’t sorted through all my photos yet, so you’ll have to wait to read about it. Don’t worry, I have something equally as good – if not better – for today’s post.


Seeing as it’s such a special day, what with the inauguration of President Obama and all, I figured I should make a special breakfast. And what could be more special than testing Bianca‘s Cinnamon Pecan Waffles and Tempeh Bacon from her upcoming southern vegan cookbook! I couldn’t decide on which photos to share, so I thought I’d just share a bunch!


 





Let me tell you – these were the best waffles I’ve ever made. Seriously. The flavor was awesome, cinnamon-y and not too sweet, and the texture was perfect! Crispy and delicious. And since The Brit isn’t a fan of pecans, I get to eat all of these waffles myself! Yay! I even have enough leftover to last the rest of the week.

The tempeh bacon was also the best I have ever made. Of course, I’ve only tried once before, but it was a total disaster. Bianca’s recipe was so easy and so tasty, I can’t wait to make it again! I definitely see some rockin’ TLT’s in my future.

Pictures from Manhattan to come, but in the meantime, happy inauguration day everyone!

Just cookies

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Sorry for the sporadic postings lately – I will try to do better! Also, I am working on getting caught up on reading blogs, I promise!

I promised to post a picture of the ice cream sandwiches I made. I made half with Vanilla Rice Dream (shown) and half with Tofutti Better Pecan. I love both, but I think I love the Vanilla a little more because the others seem just a little too sweet. These are so perfect on a hot day I can’t even tell you.


I made another tester for Kelly and Garrick’s vegan cookie book today. Soft Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies. I subbed some of the regular PB for White Chocolate Wonderful PB, and increased the chocolate chips. They are so soft and amazing, I want to eat them all.



They practically require a glass of soy (or rice or almond) milk.


If you are a peanut butter/chocolate lover, it will be worth buying the book just for this recipe alone.

Also, my friend Ahnah has started a vegan blog of her own, so go check it out! 

Cake, cookies and SUSHI!

Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Saturday I made another wedding cake, and I got to use my new cupcake stand for the first time! It was 80 jumbo cupcakes – 40 chocolate with mocha icing and 40 chai with maple icing – and two top tiers that were white almond with rosewater icing covered in vanilla fondant. All assembled the cake was about three feet tall!


I finally made another recipe for Kelly and Garrick’s Vegan Cookie Book – Chewy Banana Cookies!


I made a triple batch because I had some bananas that had to be used pretty much that day. I also made them a little bigger than called for, because I had so many to make.



I’m glad I did that, because I made ice cream sandwiches with the extras, and they are awesome. I will post a picture of those later.

To prove I don’t exist solely on cupcakes and cookies, here are some pictures of my first ever sushi! I made a ton of nori-maki. This was my first roll ever:


I made three kinds. Spicy tempeh rolls with green onions and avocado (the recipe is in V’con), curried butternut squash rolls with apples (my own creation!) and simple avocado and cucumber rolls. Notice I even made the butternut squash rolls inside-out!


I ran out of nori sheets but still had a little bit of rice and fillings left, so I made some nigiri sushi.


I will be making more sushi soon for sure – it was so much easier than I thought it would be!