Soy Pudding and Dinner

I should probably start using my light box to take these photos the food looks so much better in real life LOL


I was in a desperate mood for some soy pudding! and this is from a person that really doesn't like pudding, but I wanted some and I was determined to have it!

Stopped by the publix near my house and I spied the ZenSoy Soy Pudding, flavor chocolate ummm ummm. I picked up my purchase just as happy as can be until I got to the checkout line and decided to look at the packaging. And here is where my dismay set in. The expiration date stamped on my precious pudding was June 12th. *sigh*

Needless to say the stockperson that was attending to all the regular pudding re *non vegan* kinds; keeping them fresh and nicely rotated, looked at me in confusion and couldn't understand why I just didn't get some of the other brands of chocolate pudding, I dunno maybe cuz they weren't vegan?

We all know the outcome don't we, I came home puddingless and slightly annoyed, not just because of the pudding, but they were also out of Tofurkey and I wanted a sandwich damnit! Just like the one I had at lunchtime.

So I made myself some comfort food, some good ol' mac and cheese. I need to tweek the cheese sauce a little bit more before I think it's cookbook ready, but it was good enough for dindin last night.





I will have my pudding today!
Duo

Creamy Rotini Casserole

We had this for dinner. Wanted some pasta and this is what I came up with. This one is definitely going in the cookbook.

Started by creating a creamy red sauce, whipped up something similar to "ricotta" cheese, added some follow your heart mozarella cheese, there was of course garlic and onions and some sour cream thrown in for a really robust and rich flavor.

It was delicious, everyone wanted seconds!

Pasta for Me
Duo

Spicy Cheesy Cornbread

I was in the mood for cornbread with dinner, not the sweet one I usually make, something spicy. So I created the above and boy was it good! Just the right amount of spicy bite, and the cheese actually melted. It hit the spot!

The rest of my dinner was a garden salad. Just a regular ol garden salad so no pic of that.


Feelin' the Spice
Duo

Mexican Pasta Casserole

Mexican Pasta Casserole

We had this delicious casserole for dinner, it had just enough spice to hit the spot!

In our version we used rotini noodles, veggie crumbles, corn, vidalia onions,tomato sauce and a can of diced tomatoes with roasted chiles, I also dice up some jalepenos and throw them in there for a touch of fire, and mix in vegan cheese.

You can substitute seitan for the veggie crumbles, I've also used tofu and left the 'meat' out all together.

Spicy
Duo

Tasty Treat

Because I really, really wanted a cupcake, I decided to make these things of beauty. Although you can't see the cupcake itself for all the creamy frosting and the wrapper. Take my word for it when I tell you it's a very dark chocolate cupcake made with dark rich cocoa, I also crushed up some newman-o's and added it to the mix for extra "oreo" goodness.



The frosting was a fluffy buttercream concotion also containing crushed up newman o's (see the trend) the vanilla and almond extract really gave it a delicious taste.



These were by far some of the best tasting vegan cupcakes, I've had recently. They were rich, moist and fluffy. Obviously, my friends and family thought so too, because before I could bat an eyelash twice they were gone. I was the victim of a drive by cupcake nabbin'. The fighting was brutal and the damage fierce. I was only able to save two of the these little dark delicacies.



Were they healthy? Well if you mean healthy in that mental health sort of way when craving something sweet and having the added benefit of chocolate. Then yes... yes, it was healthy.

I got this yummy recipe from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World

This is one of my favorite cupcake go to books. I still use it just as much now as I did back then when I first got it.

Sinfully Sweet,
Duo