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Monday, February 8, 2010

Hearty and Wholesome Winter Eats

When it is winter time and snowy and such, all I really want to do is snuggle up inside and make some rib-sticking, delicious food!! So that is pretty much all I have been doing lately...and I love every minute of it!!

Some stuff I have made recently...warm, tasty, filling, and healthy, too...mmmmm.....

Chili-Rubbed Seitan Sandwiches on Homemade Sweet Potato Buns with Raspberry Chipotle Mayo. Sweet Maple Slaw. Mexican Hot Chocolate Snickerdoodles, from Isa and Terry's Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar! These are sooooo goood! I made some chocolate cinnamon buttercream, and turned them into cookie sandwiches! Forgot to picture it though....too much eating to do!

Two Potato Chowder with local sweet and yukon gold potatoes! Garnished with local tempeh and scallions. Side of Jalapeno-Molasses Cornbread.
Nutty Fig Bars, with local pecans. Seitan Reubens--Homemade rye bread topped with homemade corned "beef" seitan, organic sauerkraut, caramelized onions, and homemade 1000 island dressing. Ah, the open-faced sandwich, how I love thee. Side of local Sweet Potato Salad.Salted Caramel Pecan Bars from Isa and Terry's VCIYCJ. These are my favorite thing I have made from that cookbook so far!! Salty and sweet and crunchy and chewy all at the same time!! I served them with some vanilla soy ice cream, and it was a perfect combination! Pecan-Crusted Seitan with Smoky Smothered Greens and Mashed Local Potatoes and Gravy.
Maple Cupcakes with Maple Buttercream and Candied Walnuts from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World!!! These are seriously amazing!! They taste like maple doughnuts, which I looooved in my omni days! People went crazy for these! Perfection when eaten with a hot cup of coffee and shared with lovely friends.

6 comments:

nora said...

mannnn i feel like you eat better than almost any other vegan blogger. every post is torture! :)

Laura said...

awww that's the nicest thing i have ever heard (read?) you just made my little heart so happy! :) thanks! that's so funny, because i just loooooooove your blog, too! yay for blog love!!

veggievixen said...

holy crap, this post was definitely the exact definition of food porn!! everything looks so amazing, i'm inspired to hop into my apron right now and reproduce everything. i have had the mexican chocolate snickerdoodle cookies, though, and i can vouch for their deliciousness!!

Bianca said...

You have been cookin' up a storm, girl! Everything looks so good...especially the two-tater chowder, the caramel pecan bars (must make those!), and the sandwich at the top of the post (homemade buns!).

Michal said...

Ho snap! I want those snickerdoodles... mmm.

brntheart said...

Awesome pictures! I need to start baking some cupcakes and your post inspired me.