I DID IT!

 I finally accomplished the inside out roll! =D

"As long as humans think
that animals don't feel,
animals have to feel
that humans don't think."

Seans been wanting bagels so I decided to re-try the recipe from vegan with a vengeance (this time I had vital wheat gluten and sesame seeds).They turned out better than I could have imagined!

Meh

Works slowing down, In all honesty It's pretty much come to a halt. More time on my hands and a copy of Veganomicon that my parents got me for Christmas(You guys are the best!) what more could a girl ask for?! Well maybe money to buy ingredients or a miracle drug to make her a little less lazy.

Sean and I have two days off a week together now which is AWESOME. Time to be with each other and help the animals at Heritage Humane Society.

The piglet I donated my measly 10$ to help is officially healthy!!

"There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest."
—Elie Wiesel

VEGAN Christmas cookie extrabaganza!!!

It is no secret to our family and friends that we are two broke fools, so for christmas this year we decided to give the gift of cruelty free cookies.

My mom never did make an awesome tasting cookie (Love you mom!!) let alone gingerbread men.In fact I think I have only eaten 1 in my entire life.My curiosity got the better of me so I tried a recipe from Baking Bites. They came out PERFECT, tasted awesome and were nice and soft.

I also tried a recipe from Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar for peanut butter chocolate pillows.The first thing that went wrong was when I mistook maple syrup for molasses.Since we didn't have maple syrup I decided to forge ahead with the molasses.When it came time to making the actually cookie we didn't pre-roll out the peanut butter into 24 balls so our cookies came out more like cookies than perfect round pillows. The taste Isn't bad I just hope that our parents like them.

Mac and not-so-much-cheese (but something rather like)

Today was the orientation for the humane society so starting hopefully Monday or Friday I will start actually helping out =)


Sean has been in the mood for Mac and Cheese lately so I decided to try this recipe from vegan yum yum. AMAZING, I have learned not to go into these recipes thinking that they are the perfect mimic of a non-vegan dish, so even though this is not the same stuff from childhood it is delicious.I didn't have what seemed like a lot of the ingredients (lemon juice,miso,tahini) and I added a little bit of garlic powder but it still turned out oh so good.I added asparagus topped it with some panko bread crumbs and baked it for about 10 minutes, this will definitely be my official Mac and Cheese recipe.


Last night Sean and I made some snicker doodle cookies =)

Vegan Pineapple Right-Side-Up Cupcakes

I love birthdays and holidays because it's the perfect excuse to bake something yummy.So for my moms birthday this past Monday I decided to make her vegan Pineapple right side up cupcakes from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World.They turned out awesome,very moist and with just the right sweetness.

 

Martins also began carrying daiya shredded soy cheese.I had heard awesome stuff about its melty and tasty goodness.I found that Its melt-ability was the best I've seen in fake cheese, It bubbled and browned much like regular cheese would but the taste did not do it for me.It had a creamy, very almost too gooey texture for me.I know that the legend of a fake cheese that taste and acts like real cheese is just that,a legend, and I dont miss cheese at all any more but I still wanted to try it out.

diaya soy cheese and mushroom pizza

In non-food related news Sean and I had a nice anniversary revisiting our teenage selves.We spent the day on Yorktown Beach where we first kissed and got married (aww I know) nothing like drinking playing some hacky sack and listening to good music with the one you love.

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.