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masses and masses of cupcakes cookies scones exotic swedish pastries pies loaves donuts and all manner of other amazingness and both days sold out not only was the sale a very successful fundraiser but we also were able to really get the point across the vegan food does not equal healthy boring rabbit food it s amazing how far a good chocolate chip cookie can go in helping people to see veganism in a different light with one bite a person who had never seriously considered veganism can have their heart and mind opened and that tiny seed of maybe this isn t such a hard thing to do after all can be planted not to get all sentimental but it s pretty amazing what the simple act of baking something with pride and with care can do i guess that s what got me thinking about what i was going to make for the sale myself donuts perfect i was even able to decorate them to match up with the pride theme june 28 the second day of the bake sale was gay pride day like i ve mentioned before i m pretty broke and that means that i don thave much money to spend on ingredients for baked goods that i m not going to eat i wanted to make something impressive that would draw people in and that people might not associate with vegan baking but buying 3 tubs of earth balance was out of the question i racked my brain and eventually settled on yeasted donuts i ve made them a couple of times before and have been working on perfecting my recipe and i m happy to say that on day 2 of the bake sale sorry day 1 i think i finally got it the donuts were cheap to make totally bad for you no vegan rabbit food here and pretty tasty if i do say so myself i made a couple dozen basic glazed and then painted the tops using wilton food colouring paste the result was visually appealing and pleasing to the stomach these bad boys required a couple hours worth of work but i like to think that they re a pretty good example of what you can do with good intentions a bit of work and not a lot of money thanks to all who volunteered baked or bought at the worldwide vegan bake sales all over the globe and hopefully we ll see you again next year 2 comments cheap and easy june 20 2009 10 17 am filed under cheapo easy tags chard cheap easy noodles soba vegan i recently had my mom and little brother leave after a pretty epic visit during which i more or less sucked my bank account dry if i m going to make my rent next month i have to tighten my belt but i refuse to survive on ramen and veggie dogs i may only have 5 a day for the next little while but i m still going to cook and bake first up chard soba my favorite cheap and easy go to standard is soba noodles with greens you can use whatever kind of greens you feel like but on this day i used rainbow chard i love chard but right now i love it even more because it s 1 for a big leafy bunch of the organic stuff at my local farmer s market if kale or collards or spinach are cheaper wherever you are right now use those you may have to adjust the cooking times slightly but you re all big boys and girls and can totally handle it to make this dish you ll need a package of soba noodles or enough of a package to feed two people some sesame oil tamari regular soy sauce or even braggs works too but it tastes better with tamari red pepper flakes white pepper and if you feel fancy some toasted sesame seeds if you have some ginger on hand and are feeling feisty you can grate some of that in too but it s good without it too first wash off your greens and roughly chop them set the greens aside and grab yourself a big pot of water bring it to a boil and throw in your soba soba cook quickly around 5 minutes though i know my package says 3 5 which i think is a lie so don t leave the room or anything after 2 or 3 minutes of cooking toss your greens into the pot unless you re using spinach then you only want it in the water for maybe 30 seconds cover and let cook for another 2 minutes or until both noodles and greens are tender strain everything and put back in the pot now i tend to not measure things very exactly especially with dishes like this so forgive me add to the noodles and greens in the pot about 1 5 tablespoons of sesame oil and 2 tablespoons of tamari shake on however many red pepper flakes you desire and some sesame seeds and some white pepper to taste if you have grated ginger now is the time to add it to the pot as well mix everything together well dish up and eat all told this dish costs around 3 5 to make depending on what you ve got on hand and feeds two people or one starving person 2 comments to palm springs and back june 1 2009 3 12 pm filed under eating out travel tags follow your heart native foods pure luck scoops vegan los angeles vegan palm springs i don t know shit about film noir but nevertheless i accompanied my husband to his home town of palm springs this past weekend to take in some noir films and hang out with his family i d never been to the desert and didn t know what to expect but i had a great time and ate some awesome food on the way our first stop once we hit the road was l a mike lived in los angeles for a couple of years before coming to his senses and moving back to san francisco for a number of reasons i had kind of a grudge against l a and wasn t entirely stoked to be stopping there sure i d heard good things about some restaurants but i d always felt like it was a shallow expensive mean spirited place i am happy to report that i m a total idiot and that i really liked what little i saw of l a on this trip first up pure luck pure luck is an all vegan restaurant that serves lots of good beer tacos and some awesome looking appetizers and salads i d heard nothing but good things about their jackfruit carnitas tacos so i ordered one of those and a fish taco to go with it i was worried about having to pee during the rest of our drive so i abstained from beer and instead had a gigantic glass of house made lemonade which was a good call the jackfruit definitely didn t disappoint the jackfruit mixture was perfectly seasoned and with just enough of a kick to be tasty but not so much spice that the flavour of the jackfruit was overpowered it was the fish taco that was the real winner however the fish was a kind of fishy patty grilled up and served in two corn tortillas with shredded cabbage salsa fresca and a kind of sour cream ish tartar ish sauce with my mouth full i described it as perfect and i will be actively plotting my return to l a if for no other reason than to eat another couple thousand fish tacos from pure luck right across from pure luck is one of l a s vegan friendly ice cream parlours scoops scoops i hear is the brainchild of owner and chief ice cream maker tai kim scoops has gotten a bit of bad vegan press in the past for carrying foie gras ice cream gross also inexcusable though i don t know if i necessarily think foie gras is worse than oh dairy or any other kind of meat but i ll not ruin everyone s food boner with that but they have since mended their ways all their ice cream vegan and non is made in house and flavours are often produced based on customer requests evidently this is how the foie gras variety came about i hear that when kim was approached about it by vegan customers he felt bad and stopped making it right away i don know what genius came up with the idea for banana oreo vegan ice cream but whoever you are i thank you i don t normally go in for banana flavoured anything but this stuff was perfect creamy banany a bit crunchy from the oreo pieces and generally awesome and a perfect treat from scoops oh which is right across the street from pure luck can we say synchronicity we hit the road to palm springs with full bellies and drank gin and tonics while watching the garment jungle which i highly recommend the next day we hit up palm springs vegan mainstay native foods my husband who s been vegan for almost 9 years and vegetarian for at least 11 before that is a native foods devotee and was excited to take me there for the first time we sat on the patio which amusingly has fans an outdoor patio with fans palm springs is crazy and shared some save the chicken fingers these weren t what i was expecting the chicken is chef tanya s native foods founder and chief chef own creation and uses soy gluten and pea protein incidentally this stuff is also used by gardein the company that makes awesome fake chicken that isn t yet widely available in the us though is used in some of the new trader joe s chicken products they weren t spicy but instead were hot battered oblongs of pure deliciousness served with ranch sauce on the recommendation of mike i ordered the baja surf tacos for lunch and was not disappointed two tacos stuffed full with shredded cabbage salsa surfer sauce and battered house made tempeh with a generous dollop of bright green perfect guacamole on top i inhaled my first one and then was too full for my second which i saved and shoved in my face later my only beef with nf was that they aren t open on sundays so i m going to have to wait until my next visit to the desert months for another helping after taking in desert fury and riff raff both recommended though desert fury was my favorite we disappointedly hit up del taco for a couple of gross good green burritos with no cheese mike lived on these as a teenager and young dude and hit the sack because palm springs is hot and tiring after saying our goodbyes the next day we drove back to l a and hit up follow your heart fyh many vegans are aware are makers of vegan cheeses and other dairy replacement products what you may not be aware of is that they also operate a natural foods market stuffed full of among other things fyh products that aren t widely available anywhere else and a cafe mike had a reuben and grabbed a pre made club sandwich to go and i had the chicken sandwich i normally hate sauerkraut and haven t had thousand island dressing since i was a kid and hated it then but the reuben was awesome i mean it was super gross because it was full of sauerkraut and thousand island but in a really delicious way my sandwich was full of fake chicken grilled onions tomato lettuce fake cheese and thousand island my new favorite sandwich dressing we also grabbed a small container of the smoky chicken pasta salad which contained about 8 000 calories according to the container but was tasty and awesome all in all the trip was a delicious success and i can t wait to get back to socal for some more food 2 comments last minute birthday may 27 2009 12 55 pm filed under barbecue cakes my husband turned another year older yesterday i d arranged to borrow a charcoal grill from my neighbor to grill up some veggie burgers and kebabs for the occassion since the birthday boy said he didn t want to do anything when i told him what i d arranged he was disgusted and told me that in america y all don t barbecue without inviting people over forgive me i m half watching cold mountain while i write this so we hastily invited over some friends and i started throwing together some food and a birthday cake the birthday boy requested homemade veggie burgers and kebabs and corn on the cob so i made a trip to the co op for gimmelean ground beef and a trip to the big crappy safeway for corn and kebab veggies i made up some veggie burgers mixing the ground beef with some finely diced onion sage and a bit of tamari then i marinated the veggies cherry tomatoes sweet onions yellow summer squash pineapple and mushrooms in a bit of olive oil tamari garlic and a touch of ginger the corn was grilled in the husk all in all prep took about 40 minutes and produced enough food to feed about 8 people next up birthday cake my husband told me after eating is birthday cake that he hadn t had a cake in over a decade so i m glad i made it i didn t have a lot of time and didn t want to spend a tonne of dough on ingredients so i made two 8 inch vegan wacky cakes the standard vegan chocolate cake flour cocoa baking soda sugar water oil vanilla and vinegar and a batch of isa chandra moskowitz s peanut butter caramel i let the cakes cool and turned one of them out onto a platter i spread it with the caramel and then turned the other cake out on top in retrospect i should have turned out the cakes onto a board and brushed all the crumbs off but i didn t so i had to make do next i whipped up a batch of peanut butter frosting my recipe is close to all the standard versions but seems to be just distinct enough to warrant posting jordan s peanut butter frosting that s not much different from anyone else s 2 3 cup smooth natural peanut butter use natural pb that isn t too grainy or separated you want the stronger truer peanut taste of the natural stuff but you don t want to grainy texture or the oiliness of the kinds that separate check your grocery s bulk bins 1 2 cup earth balance buttery spread 1 4 cup shortening 1 5 tablespoons brown rice syrup 1 tsp vanilla 2 cups icing sugar mix the buttery spread and shortening both should be at room temperature until smooth you want to get all the lumps out because lumps of shortening in the frosting is nasty add the peanut butter and vanilla and brown rice syrup beat the shit out of it i did this all by hand with a whisk if you re doing it that way your arm should be good and tired before you move to the next step add the first cup of icing sugar and beat until very smooth then add the remaining cup and beat again until smooth the frosting should be smooth but fairly firm the longer you beat it the fluffier it will get electric mixers or beaters are great for this but it can be done by hand i frosted the cake with the peanut butter frosting and threw it in the fridge for about half an hour next i mixed up some quick and dirty ganache about 1 3 cup of vegan chocolate chips melted in a double boiler with about 3 tablespoons of soy creamer i had meant to borrow a pastry bag and tips from a friend i know it is lame that i don t own my own yet but i forgot so my sole decorating tool was a spoon and a butter knife in the end i decided just to pour the ganache over top of the cake and go for the classic chocolate dripping down the sides of the cake look not my favorite decorating job ever but it turned out okay and was devoured in about 30 seconds all in all about 50 was spent on food and supplies maybe 2 5 hours spent in the kitchen doing baking and prep work and about 4 hours spent having fun not a bad investment at all if i do say so myself and the birthday boy enjoyed his day immensely 3 comments if i had a million dollars may 22 2009 11 01 pm filed under cheapo cooking tags golden beets roasted beet salad roasted beets salad vegan i would eat elaborate organic salads every day as it is my bank account is just barely holding on for dear life so i find myself falling into the starch trap so familiar to my fellow bums it makes sense pasta rice potatoes and bread and the various configurations thereof are cheap so when times are tough we eat lots of...