It's Day 12 of Vegan MoFo! It has been cloudy, blustery, chilly for the past few days...perfect weather for a steaming bowl of chili. Since it was Sunday, I had my restaurant going at my house, chili just had to be on the menu! And, since I can't eat chili without cornbread, as it is a mortal sin, there was jalapeno cornbread, too! While I was at the farmers' market getting produce on Saturday, I came across what are probably some of the last squash blossoms of the season. I hadn't worked with squash blossoms yet, so I figured this was my last chance! So, they also came into play for my Sunday meal. It was fantastic!
A big bowl of beany, seitan-y chili, topped with a fried squash blossom and served with a side of jalapeno cornbread
The stuffed blossoms, resting up for the big show!
Kebabs, with my homemade seitan that Dane marinated, and all-local veggies!
A big bowl of beany, seitan-y chili, topped with a fried squash blossom and served with a side of jalapeno cornbread The chili: black, red, and pinto beans with local green peppers, onions, garlic, tomatoes, spices, and my ground homemade seitan....sooo delicious.
Whole grain cornbread, with locally-grown jalapenos
The beautiful squash blossoms, pre-stuffing
Whole grain cornbread, with locally-grown jalapenos
The beautiful squash blossoms, pre-stuffingThe squash blossoms are stuffed with a mixture of vegan cream cheese, toasted pecans, chopped kale, dried cranberries, paprika, sage, thyme, lemon juice, and agave. The batter was made of beer, soymilk, brown rice flour, garbanzo bean flour, and spices. These were an INSANE amount of good!! I'm pretty sure these were the peoples' favorite!
The stuffed blossoms, resting up for the big show!
The perfect place for a stuffed, fried squash blossom? Atop some kickin' chili, of course!
And the only dessert that goes with chili: Cinnamon Rolls! I made RRF's Cinnamon Rolls, available on the blog http://bjorkedoff.blogspot.com/. Some of the best cinnamon rolls I've ever had. period.
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Iced.
Served.
As the second leg of the KC Vegan Crawl, Dane made another awesome meal last night, too!! He has a fire pit, and this chilly weather was great for cooking over the open fire.
Kebabs, with my homemade seitan that Dane marinated, and all-local veggies!
Smore's roasting on the fire, getting all melty and gooooood. The marshmallows were Sweet and Sara's Vanilla Vegan Marshmallows, which are perfection!
3 comments:
Cinnamon rolls rule! Those squash blossoms are really interesting looking. Very cool!
All your food looks amazing. Esp. the squash blossoms!!!
Fried squash blossoms?! You just kicked chili up a major notch! YUMM!!
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