meow!

how do i get my kid to eat his fruit and veggies? not easy. i resort to disguising food. here we have a kitteh made of kangaroo flat bread cut into shapes. i decorated the cat with mashed bananas and peanut butter. the stripes are baby food carrots, the eyes are dollops of vegan yogurt and the eyes are raisins.

you'd think he'd have licked the plate clean, right? wrong. he tore it apart and told me he wanted a cereal bar.

(((((sigh)))))

what goes with chocolate?

would you just look at that? two flavors that seem odd to put together--pumpkin and chocolate. sounds a little weird, but please believe me when i say this works **magic**. put down the peanut butter, put down the banana, and give this combo a try. pumpkin is a superfood! these are the pumpkin pie brownies from vegan cookies invade your cookie jar. don't ask me why isa put brownie recipes in a cookie cookbook, but it works. besides she's isa and can do whatever she wants.
because i have the tendency to eat a whole pan of brownies at a time, i put the mixture in muffin tins and mini muffin tins. some of them weren't really that attractive, but they were still quite tasty. making the minis allows me to have a one bite brownie instead of eating one obnoxiously large serving.

not like there's anything wrong with that, i just dabble in moderation every now and then.

no access to the kitchen, so now what do i do?

my kitchen is teeming with the smells of paint and spackle as skilled professionals get things done for us so we can sell our teeny tiny house. so me? no kitchen. ((((whistling a dramatic tune))))

PRODUCT REVIEWS!

it's been a while since i've done this. fortunately, i have these two gems in my pocket. the first: anyone who's anyone knows amy's kitchen came out with a vegan mac n' cheez--gluten free to boot! can i get a whoop-whoop? hell yeah. this stuff rocks. THIS is the mac n' cheez you eat when you are having one of those whiny meltdowns that makes you question your veganism. one bite, and you'll be saved from ingesting the what-have-you byproducts from our cow friends. this dish takes me back to the sharp, twisted-gooey-cheddary-homemade glop that the lunch ladies used to make in elementary school. looking on the back at the nutrition info, it has just as many calories too, if counting those happens to be your thang. it ain't mine, but i did find it interesting that one serving has 39% of your daily fat intake. so what. it's effin' mac n' cheez. last time i checked it wasn't classified as health food. these are expensive, so wait until they go on sale. the big secret ingredient is daiya cheese, so if you want to really do it right, i suppose you could just make a homemade dish of it yourself. i think i'll have to look into that. something with breadcrumbs on top...


rating: two turntables and a microphone PLUS beck. it's that good.
this little gem has been the mainstay of my on-the-go mommyhood breakfast. mr. j. found these on amazon and we save when buying in bulk. don't let the label fool you, this is no cookie. it's more like a cookie shaped cliff bar, only better. you can even pop these in the toaster and they have that fresh outta the oven feel. i like the pb and chocolate chunk the best. another great thing? fiber.

rating: a turntable, just a turntable. let's face it--you're better off making your own cookies, BUT for the vegan on-the-go this is nice to have. if you have a vegan at college who needs some goodies, this would fill out a nice care package.