day#24: it's getting later and later--what's a gal to do?

i'm getting to these posts just a little to late for my liking. what's a gal to do? snack. snacky-quacky-snackytown. love the snacks. i wanted s'mores. i don't have a fire place or the means to start a fire outside or in the house. mr. j would get mad if he saw that i had burned the couch down just to have toasted marshmallows, and i really need to be on his good side because channukah is right around the corner.

so i improvised. i grabbed some vegan grahams covered them with vanilla dandies-(omnis: these are vegan marshmallows) and some kroger valu-brand chocolate chips. NOTE: @$1.50 a bag, that's some cheap vegan chocolate!
put the sammie on some heavy duty foil and wrapped-(((insert record scratching noise here)))
set in a non stick skillet between level 3 and 4. watched carefully and turned a few times.
look! vegan marshmallowy goodness. wouldja look at that gooey chocolate!
hellooooo s'more. how are you? meet mah mouth.
nomnomnomnomnomnom
going, going, going....
last happy shot before i stuffed the whole thing in my face. i regret not taking a post eating photo. when i went to the bathroom to brush my teeth, it looked like i had eaten it without hands and was very funny.

this snacky doo is called "alien on toast" and dedicated to BAPS and her blogging talents via her spectacular blog also called alien on toast.

what's on the menu for thanksgiving? well, i have been way inspired by mo betta vegans meatcake. she will forever go down in MOFO blogging history for that epic noshable.

day#23: a different kind of stuffing

okay, i couldn't get enough of those stuffed pancakes. i wanted to make something gluten free, so i gave it a shot by applying GF ingredients to the brainless banana pancakes from how it all vegan. to sub for that recipe, i used bob's red mill GF AP flour. i doubled the batch and added 2 extra bananas, cut back the milk by 1/4 cup, and added some cinnamon to reduce the beany flavor of the flour. that's my main critique of Bob's--too damned beany.
anyway, i stuffed them with a kitchen sink compote--also gluten free. i'll call the mixture "oh the irony", and dedicate it to dr. apricot from the ppk. the irony? there aren't any apricots in the compote. i'm sure she'll find that funny.

"oh the irony" kitchen sink compote-(also makes a great pie/tart filling)

• 2 apples chopped
• 1 cup of black berries, frozen
• juice of 1 pomegranate
• 1/3 c vegan powdered sugar
• 1 chopped pear
• 2 T instant tapioca
• 1/2 t cinnamon
• 1/4 t cardamon
• 3/4 t ginger
• 1/3 cup apple juice
• 1 orange, peeled and torn apart
• 1 clementine, peeled and torn apart

oven: three fiddy. wash fruit, peel the apples/pear. add other fruits, juice, and mix in sugar/spices/tapioca. mix this well! cover with foil and let it do its thing for about 30 minutes. it'll get nice and bubbly. let it completely cool before sticking it in the fridge. makes really rad stuffing for pancakes. NOTE: you can really use any fruit blend, i think. i've never tried tropical fruits, just play around with it and see what happens. i'm lucky this combo worked. it's not my fault if some wacky combo doesn't work for you.

day#22: does your food have a face?

of course your food has a face! mine does, just look at that gnawdorable cutesy pie!
technically speaking this isn't a pie. it's an empenada. seems like every cuisine has its take on the hot pocket. the empenada is the spanish version of america's favorite on-the-go nasty goo stuffed in a pastry shell. unlike the hot pocket, this baby is filled with all sorts of good stuff: black beans, cumin, cinnamon, salt, carrots, onions, jalapeno, corn, and some red pepper. it was a party up in that bidnezz, and a fiesta en mi boca!
i borrowed bits and pieces from a recipe from vegan ronin's blog, and she got the recipe from vegetarian times. i added different kinds of flours and some corn meal for tooth for the dough. it rocked. look how that empenada is drooling!
i had lots of left over filling, so i mixed it with brown rice and topped it with salsa verde from los reyes. when you buy their salsa, they donate part of the funds for the CASA-(court appointed special advocate) program.

i'm dedicating this power lunch to ms. terry hope romero because she's a doll face. i'm so grateful for all of the amazing vegan chefs that make vegan eating one of the best things i've ever done for myself.