Archive for April, 2010
Tofu Scramble, Diner Potatoes, Sausage and Toast
Usually weekend breakfast’s for us consist of coffee for Peter, some sorta iced mocha espresso drink for me and bagels with peanut butter or earth balance (sometimes both). Every once in awhile I feel like actually making us something substantial to eat. It takes some time but with careful planning it’s well worth the effort.
As you can see in the picture above I don’t really scramble my tofu. I like to keep it in smallish cubes with a few of them squished up from mixing. Its just a personal preference. I also like them plain as in without veggies. Just some garlic and onion’s, lot’s of nooch and some spices mixed it. The potatoes are diced, or sliced, boiled until softish and then fried in a pan with some onions until there is a nice crispy crust when they are turned out onto a plate. Fry up some homemade sausages or some Field Roast Sausages and toast some bread and you have one hell of a breakfast. You’ll be so full you won’t even think about food again until dinner time.
April 27th, 2010
Me and some pals are throwing together a sorta last minute entry into the Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale on May 1st outside of Go Lightly Eco Store in Montclair, New Jersey. If you are in my area please stop by and say hi and buy some delicious treats to benefit a good cause. If you are not in my area of the world but have friends and family who are..please pass on the info to them. Do it for the animals!
April 21st, 2010
Dr. Cow Cheese Plate
Last weekend me and 4 other lovely vegan ladies had a girls day in NYC. Our first stop was the all vegan chocolate shop Cocoa V. What a lovely space! We entered through the chocolate shop which was filled with chocolate, cookies, cupcakes…etc…etc…. Then we entered into a really nice little dining room where you can order all sorts of things from quiche to cheese plates and chickpea melts and drinks like wine, espresso, juices and Iced Chocolate all of which are 100% vegan. You can even get shakes there! I so wanted the Peanut Butter shake but was so full after our experience there that there was no way I could fit it into my belly. Next time.
For our appetizer the 5 of us decided to share the Dr. Cow Cheese Plate for 2. Besides having a few rounds of Dr. Cow cheese on the plate there were crackers, strawberry, figs, hummus and what I think was a type of quava jelly candy sorta thing. This was my first experience eating Dr. Cow cheese and it won’t be my last. I loved it. If it wasn’t so expensive I would probably make sure I had it in my fridge at all times.
Cocoa V Quiche of the Day
For our main course the 5 of us each ordered the Quiche of the Day. Which was made with leeks and daiya cheese. IT WAS AMAZING! Hands down the best quiche I’ve ever eaten vegan or not. I truly believe you can feed this quiche to the most hardcore omni you know and they would have no idea that it was vegan. It was that good and its something I’m going to try to recreate at home.
Chocolate Fondue Offerings!
After our main course we all split the Chocolate Fondue dessert. I didn’t get a picture of the melted chocolate but let me tell you it was the most melted chocolate I’ve ever seen in my life. We dipped everything from strawberries, candied ginger, apples to brownie bits and biscotti into the melted warm chocolate. I won’t name names but one person in our group, and it wasn’t me, was dipping their spoon into the chocolate and eating it like soup.
This was seriously one of the best meals I’ve ever had outside of my home. Everything tasted perfect, I was with wonderful vegan friends and it was so nice to go into a food establishment and be able to eat whatever I wanted and not have to worry about hidden animal ingredients. If you have yet to visit Cocoa V I suggest you do ASAP.
April 15th, 2010
Cupcakes from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World
A friend of ours got engaged and asked me to make some cupcakes for their engagement party. I happily said “Yes.” Since the party was at a Mexican restaurant we decided the cupcakes should follow the theme of the restaurants cuisine. I made the Mexican Hot Chocolate Cupcakes and the Simple Vanilla and Agave Nectar Cupcakes. They were all decorated, by our engaged friend, Anna and my sister Nicole with a vegan Vanilla Buttercream. They were a hit and no one knew that they were vegan except a few of us who were privy to that sorta information. I even got double thumbs up from the bride to be’s Maa!!!
The great thing about making these 2 cupcakes are that know have a go to recipe when I need a vanilla cupcake. I loved the agave in it so much. It made it a bit different from a regular vanilla cupcake but I think also better. Also the Mexican Hot Chocolate Cupcake has made the top 5 of my favorite cupcakes of all time. I even made mini ones the same day I made the engagement party ones for a vegan event I was going too. So basically…if you haven’t made these 2 cupcakes yet I suggest you do ASAP!
Speaking of vegan events. Over the past 2 days myself, 2 other Jennifer’s and a Rachel have decided to take part in the Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale! We will have a table set up in Montclair NJ on May 1st right outside of Go Lightly. Once I have all the information available I’ll post all the info here. If there is anyone in the area who wants to be involved and bake something for the event please email me at B36kitchen@gmail.com
April 14th, 2010