Thanksgiving Feast

So after a few arguments with my mom they decided to cut ham out of their holiday meal!!This Thanksgiving was the best one I have had (in memorable history anyway).
At my parents home Sean and I had mashed potatoes,sauteed green beans and spinach,biscuits,seared tofu,stuffing with gravy to cover it all.It was all topped off with an organic vegan cherry pie for desert.

Seans mom bought us a Tofurky, now the only fake meat we ever buy are these chicken patties or chicken pot pies because for one we have no desire for meat and two they generally taste like crap.So I was surprised that the Tofurky tasted very much like turkey (coming from someone who hasn't eaten meat in 7 years).Im not sure if we will have one for every holiday but its not out of the question.

In other news Sean and I will begin volunteering at Heritage Humane Society soon, super excited =).

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So while wasting time last night Sean and I came across what seems to be the ultimate vegan cheese.I freaked out when I saw this, melty gooey vegan cheese has long been a myth to me, we currently use vegan gourmet which does melt but nothing like what teese seems to do. So on our trip to Norfolk for our 4 year anniversary we will be picking some up and seeing if it is as good as it looks.

We found Teese thanks to links on Farm Sanctuary . What they do is so beyond amazing so check them out and donate if you can (I donated $10 of the last $20 I had till next Friday, so Im pretty sure you can spare some $$ as well)

In other news it seems like I will be starting college in the summer =) It's taken way too long but thanks to Sean I now have the confidence and support to do so.

Fried rice topped with spinach

Being that tomorrow is payday ( not like that really means anything, this whole check is going to bills) our refrigerator and pantry are quite bare. I intended to make a typical asian stir-fry but we had about a tablespoon of soy sauce left and no veggies. We did however have spinach that I didn't use for the spinach pockets I made for Halloween.I decided to fry the rice with the little bit of soy sauce we had as well as with a little bit of garlic,crushed red peppers,garlic powder,pepper and salt. I then sauteed the spinach in olive oil with the same seasonings. It was pretty delicious =)

Vegan Spinach & mushroom pocket/Vegan Marbled cupcakes

Yesterday I had a few friends over for Halloween, good times to say the least.I struggled with what to make for omnivores.I didn't want to make anything that was trying to be like a non-vegan dish (cheese pizza or whatever) I found a pizza pocket recipe but I decided to do a few things differently.For starters I made the dough from scratch, when I looked at the ingredients for the pilsbury pizza dough it says to use I saw some questionable ingredients.However I am happy to report that everything was pretty much gone by the end of the party.




Pizza dough

2 Tablespoons of Dry Active Yeast (2 packets)
1 1/2 cups of Lukewarm water
3 Teaspoons of salt
6 Tablespoons of Olive oil
3 Cups of all purpose flour
Seasonings of your liking (I used basil,oregano,garlic powder & pepper)

Filling
I did not measure the ingredients I used in the filling so this is my best guesstimate, you are your best tool, fill it that way you'd like.
1/2 a clove of garlic,minced
1 bag of baby leaf spinach, chopped slightly
1/4 of an onion
A small container of sliced mushrooms


Dissolve the yeast in the lukewarm water and let sit.Put the flour in a large mixing bowl and mix in seasonings & salt. Mix in oil and water/yeast mixture.Let sit for 5-10 minutes covered with a damp towel.Roll out on a floured surface,I worked with about half of the dough at a time.Cut off the edges so that it forms a large rectangle,cut this rectangle into 2 and roll out each rectangle so that the dough is thin enough to work with and cook through but not so thin that it rips.cut your two rectangles in halve so that you have a total of 4 rectangles.Spread about a tablespoon of olive oil on the entire surface of the dough.Sprinkle salt and pepper then add diced onions,mushrooms,garlic and spinach to on side of the rectangle making sure to lave an edge.Pick up the opposite side and cover the filling rolling the ends in.Bake at 400 degrees until golden brown.This made about 11 pockets.


For my cupcakes I resorted to vegan cupcakes take over the world, in my opinion an essential recipe book for every vegan.