This is my 300th post! To celebrate, I figured I’d show you some celebration food.
St. Patrick’s Day – corned beef seitan, spinach potato patties, soda bread, a shamrock shake made with avocado and mint, and Guinness Extra Stout. Guinness Extra Stout distributed in the US is vegan!
Cinco de Mayo – ground “beef” tacos with guacamole, rice and beans.
Valentine’s Day – Chocolate Covered Katie’s Snickerdoodle Blondies cut into cute little heart shapes.
Easter – homemade peanut butter cups. I was going to make eggs but Michael’s was out of egg-shaped molds, so hearts it was! The filling was 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter mixed with 2 teaspoons melted Earth Balance and 1/2 cup powdered sugar. The coating was a 12 ounce bag of chocolate chips melted with 1 Tablespoon coconut oil. The cups had a really good texture, but you could taste the coconut oil a bit, so I’d reduce it next time.
all packed up for shipping
I made the Ultimate Vegan Brownies from veganbaking.net to send to my mom for her birthday. There are a few steps to the recipe, but it’s so worth it – they are by far the best vegan brownies I’ve ever had. They’re the perfect mixture of fudgey and cakey and crumbly, and even have the desirable crunchy top.
We went to a San Francisco Giants tailgate for Dave’s cousin’s birthday, so I brought cupcakes – yellow cupcakes with chocolate frosting and white and orange sprinkles for the Giants fans.
I’m not a horseracing fan, but Dave and some of our friends are, so we had a little gathering for the Kentucky Derby. I made Wolffie’s Derby Pie from La Dolce Vegan. The filling starts as something like a dough, with flour, margarine, sugar and flax seeds, which you then combine with chocolate chips and walnuts. It’s probably one of the richest things I’ve ever made, and so delicious.
Vegan Homemade 