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Mac and Cheese SUCCESS!

Weez — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:23 +0000

I am happy to report that I found an edible and quite tasty mac and cheese recipe (thank you vegangela!) and here’s the recipe. It’s creamy and cheesy, but not oily (which is what sometimes happened when I’d make the very unhealthy versions of this pre-vegan).

As you can see, I also added some peas because, well, I love peas. Though, on a side note, I would recommend halving this recipe (as noted on vegangela’s post), not only because it makes A LOT of sauce, but it overflowed in my food processor, and I have a decent sized food processor.

Immediately after this photo was taken, I wolfed down this bowl of cheezy noodles and now have a very happy smile on my face.

Mac and Cheese FAIL

Weez — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:27:42 +0000

Apparently I’m totally ok with posting my fails on the internet. I tried to make mac and cheese (easy, right? wrong.) for a simple dinner. I use the Uncheese Cookbook for a recipe, and it smelled so bad I didn’t want to taste it. But I did. Mistake. It was gritty and just yuck.

At this point the noodles were in full boil and needed a quick fix. I flipped to another recipe and it was better, but still not great. At least the pasta is totally awesome brown rice and rad shaped (big swirly cork screw shapes, you cant see it in the photo but that’s what it is).

Anyone have a good (vegan, obs) mac and cheese recipe? Something not too terrible for me that will bring back my faith mac and cheese?

Pancake Amazingness

Weez — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 02:15:58 +0000

I made pancakes. Were they FANCY pancakes? No. Were they magic pancakes? No. Were they pancakes that look like pancakes but are really something else? Umm, no. They were your standard, run of the mill pancakes from VWAV. And they were YUM!

Batter with whole wheat flour and applesauce instead of oil!

It was a bit thick, but I smoothed it out a little and it cooked up nicely. (I used a little spray oil in the cast iron skillet. I need to use this thing more often.)

Flip!

And repeat, stack and EAT!

The truth is, I only ate two of these and saved the rest for breakfasts for the week. A little maple syrup and a glass of almond milk. Quite delicious!

Berries… present and future!

Weez — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:30:16 +0000

I love berries, and I love that my backyard produces and ABUNDANCE of berries in the summer. Soon I’ll need to decide what to do with them all. Eaten fresh, of course, but also freezing for smoothies and cooked for jams. And I think I’ll have to whip up a few batches of “ice cream” (frozen bananas and berries, processed in the food processor to create the equivalent of ICE CREAM!).

The strawberry pickings even after my mom enjoyed a bunch!

Blackberry bush – there are hundreds (if not thousands!) of tiny berries already on this monster!