You must have QUICHE when you have a brunch. I used the broccoli recipe from Vegan Brunch of course. It never fails and it's really amazing. If you miss quiche and you're vegan, make this!
Diner home fries from Vegan Brunch. So good! Loved the crispy bits.
Maile made this gorgeous fried rice! She veganized her daddy's recipe and it's damn good!
All together. It was quite the spread.
Can't have brunch without mimosa material!
And cake because, CAKE!
Gorgeous isn't it?
Another sandwich, this time with pico de gallo instead of plain tomato. Just as delicious.
VWAV split pea soup never disappoints.
Beautiful baby squashes with shaved brussels, roasted.
Spice cake from a box made with canned pumpkin and topped with cinnamon bun frosting.
Homemade sandwich on whole grain with Tofurky italian deli, Chao cheese, avocado, red onion, lettuce, tomato and Vegenaise!
Awesome sandwich.
Had my sandwich with a cup of Annie's tomato soup. This is so good if you don't have time to make your own soup.
Last Thursday was my birthday and I made my own cake! Chocolate with penuche frosting. I got the frosting recipe from a vintage Betty Crocker cookbook. It's a brown sugar frosting that is sooooo good.
My dad bought me a birthday pizza from Domino's. Thanks Dad!
For my birthday weekend, my husband and I spent time in Santa Barbara. We ate at the following restaurants:
British fish n chip shop. The chips are so good.
While my husband ate fish n chips, I had chips n baked beans.
At The Natural Cafe there are some good vegan options.
Like this sandwich. It's called the "Local's Favorite". Ask for no mayo and get a side of tahini sauce. Such a good little spot to grab lunch.
On our last night we hit up Galanga for amazing Thai food.
Spicy Mint Noodles with tofu. Make sure to order without fish sauce and egg.
Delicious veggie red curry. No fish sauce.
My plate. I was so full afterwards. Can't wait to go back to SB!
And because I can't live without cake, I made a fat free cake which I got from The Fat Free Vegan blog. I've been making so much cake for the past few weeks/months that my dresses are fitting kind of tight lately! I've made this recipe probably 8 years ago when I first went vegan. It uses pineapple and apple sauce for the fat and has much less sugar than a normal cake. It was good then and it's good now. It's got a 'chewier' consistency than normal cake (probably because I used tapioca flour for the egg replacer) but it is a nice sweet treat without the guilt!
Garlic cheese bread again!
Plain vanilla cake with vanilla icing and sprinkles.
Saw this pull apart cheesebread recipe going around that I had to make vegan. You basically melt Earth Balance, add garlic and scallions. Then you pour this mixture into the crevices of your cut up bread loaf. Wrap it in foil and bake for 10 minutes at 350 F. Then unwrap and fill with cheese, then bake for another 15 minutes unwrapped at about 400 F.
It's totally doable!
Delicious and so bad for you! I probably ate most of it on my own. The guilt!
And for weekend dessert, mocha blueberry cake! I used this recipe. I used blueberry instead of plain yogurt so mine had a hint of blueberry flavor.
It is intensely coffee flavored. The dark chocolate drizzle is a must to balance out the strong coffee.
A very sloppy to eat sandwich with lots of ketchup and tabasco. I love it.
I was in the mood for a silky smooth cake so I made this gluten free chocolate cake (made out of tofu and chickpeas, Godiva chocolate and espresso powder) with a cocoa peanut butter frosting.
This is all for me! I kind of winged it with the frosting. I mixed up in a bowl: a couple TB peanut butter, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla and almond milk. Start with small amounts and work your way to the sweetness and consistency you like. I liked it on the thicker spreadable side though I'm sure it would have still worked as a runny glaze.
Recipe here!
Here's cake batter in my old cooker ready to go. I had to keep it on "cook" by taping the button down. I took someone's advice online to do that. Not smart.
Cake came out very moist and nice. Didn't enjoy it as much because I was bummed that I broke the cooker.
Our new cooker. It was time to upgrade to a Zojirushi which is a very well respected brand. It's a japanese brand but the conventional cooker I got was made in Thailand. Since I am Thai, I thought that was a good sign. I ordered it on Amazon and it arrived a couple days later. It's pretty! I grew up using rice cookers with flowers on them.
Make great rice as expected!!!
Made a pot of Thai style rice porridge using steamed rice made with the rice cooker. Perfection!
And fried rice again! So the lesson here is DO NOT make cake in your rice cooker, unless you have one of those fancy micro chip ones with a cake function!
