Happy Uteral Expulsion Day... almost

I'm writing to you from a delicious cake coma. Tomorrow is Sean's
birthday, once the cake was made we couldn't resist. I made a
chocolate cake and filled it with raspberries and blackberry. Vanilla
icing. We both ate two pieces, because we are both fatties.

For dinner we had gnocci with spinach pesto and spicy carrot salad.
Yummm

Happy 24th Birthday to my soulmate. The love of my life. My partner in
crime, and buttface<3

Oh and we are tabling this sweet show on Sunday! Come say Hi :]

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=125050707514428

One man's trash.....

So Sean went dumpster diving for the first time on Friday night. I didn't get to go as I was on my way back from Oshawa. Quite a few good finds. So I've got a double-whammy for you.
First off two huge containers of some sort of hot pepper. I'm still unsure what kind they were. I am not a fan of hot food, and thought "what the fuck do we do with all these peppers?" The answer? HOT SAUCE! I cut the tops off, threw them in the blender with vinegar, salt, and
sugar. Blended until I liked the way it looked. I haven't tasted it, but I'm assured it's delicious.

Bananas? Apparently there was a dumpster full of bananas! We got 4 very ripe ones, so I made banana bread. I sort of followed this recipe, but you know me! I don't follow directions well. I don't
remember my modifications since I made the bread a couple days ago.

http://www.theppk.com/recipes/dbrecipes/index.php?RecipeID=121

FREE FOODZ

Sorry that I haven't blizzoged in a while. Though Im pretty sure the
only people that read this are Sean and my mom (sorry for the
profanity Ma, but I'm 21...I can swear if I want). I'm currently at my
friend and soulmate Natalie's place. A fellow vegan that knows if she
says she's going to cook something, I'll jump right in. I'm starting
to think she does it on purpose. I steamed up some cauliflower, and
seasoned it with a bit if salt. Some browning lettuce in the crisper
became caesar-ish salad. Dressing was some Veganaise, garlic, olive
oil, and salt and pepper to taste. I would have added some lemon juice
or vinegar, but there wasn't any. I made crutons out of sandwich
bread, with some olive oil in a sauté pan. Threw in some simulated
bacon bits and we were good to go.

No food jams today, just adorable baby kittens that I want to kiss all
over. Unfortunatly my allergies won't permit that. Tomorrow will be my
first time on a motorcycle. I'm turrrr-ified! Hoping to get a pic

You know you want one

little shameless self promotion. Sean and I have a small clothing company selling t shirts. We can mail them if needed but if you live in the GTA/Durham Region and are interested we are always willing to meet up to sell them.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/XO-CLOTHING/382416848744?ref=ts

or just email us at xoclothing@live.com

Oh and prices..... $5 a shirt in person $10 if we have to mail it :)

Nancakes

Breakfast for dinner? It's a pretty simple concept, my mom used to do
it alot when I was a kid. I'm not a huge morning eater, so it's a
great option. Last night we had pancakes and hashbrowns for dinner.

1 part delicious and 1 part being too poor to afford groceries. My basic

pancake recipe is as follows:

1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp baking powder
1 cup of 'milk'
2 tsp sugar

If the batter is too dry, add more milk. I'm a fan of cold pancakes
the day after. It's always fun looking for different thing to make
pancake sandwiches out of. Hashbrowns are as easy as grating some
potatos rising and draining them a few times, and frying those puppies
up. Due to finacial matters we're considering some food alternatives,
more on that later.

In other news; this sweet website published 5 of my recipes. Check
that shit out.

http://theveganpolice.com/main/?p=554#more-554


Food jams: Teenage Bottlerocket - They came from the Shadows

Vegan Margarine!

Since I went vegan the only margarine I really ever used was Celeb "Lactose Free". It has a really movie popcorn butter taste and the texture is extremely soft. On our first grocery visit upon moving to Toronto we spotted Becel Vegan, and decided to give it a try. This is probably one of the margarines (vegan or otherwise) I've ever experienced. I did have Earth Balance the few times I could find it when living in Oshawa. I find the taste quite overbearing and the texture way to hard. Becel vegan margarine has a good mild taste, good to eat on its own with bread. It also stood up well in a my nainamo bar recipe that I made recently. All in all, a good product. Just wanted to spread the word. (Get it? Get it? See what I did there?)

Vegan power!

Writing jams - Sean vaccuming the rat area.

Rice is nice...

I've been toying with the idea of a food blog for sometime now. I'm that friend that is constantly thinking about food. The biggest difference I identify between myself and your average "foodie" is that my food is cruelty free. I am a proud vegan of over a year. My biggest pet peeve when talking to meat-eaters or even vegetarians about veganism is when someone says to me "I could never be a vegan". Enough about me. Let's get to the good stuff... food. Tonight's dinner is fried rice. Easy and delicious. Inspired by my intense craving for Chinese food but lack of funds. My boyfriend asked for rice, I found some veggies in the fridge and we're good to go. We were lucky enough to have a small rice cooker donated to us some time ago, but cooking rice in a pot it just as easy. Don't use "Minute Rice", that shit sucks. I haven't decided if I want to so this as a proper recipe for just a general description. Feedback is welcomed.

So after setting my adorable little rice cooker up with 2 cups of rice, I diced up some baby carrots (reserving some for rat snacks later). I also diced up an onion. In the back of the freezer a half eaten bag of frozen corn was hiding, so I pulled that out too. The carrots and corn needed some pre-cooking. While I don't own a steamer basket or microwave, Ive discovered my own way to stream veggies. I just take my big stock pot, fill it with an inch of water and put a metal strainer in the bottom. Once the veggies are in the strainer, crank up the heat and slap a lid on that baby. My boyfriend and I are big onion people, if you don't love the burn of a good onion just throw them in the rest of the veggies for a steam.

The rice has cooked itself and my veggies are steamed. At this point I curse the universe for not owning a wok, but I get over it. Some oil in the bottom of the same pot I just used for steaming. Saute the onion a little with the corn and carrots. Get a little colour on them. If we had any tamari or soy sauce at this point I would have added some. I mince some garlic while the veggies are dancing away in the pot. Add the rice, make sure you keep it moving. The rice will turn from delicious crusty brown to burnt pretty quick. Throw the garlic in at the last minute. There is nothing more disgusting than some burnt garlic in your food. And we're done. I realize this is not the most exciting or culinarily impressive recipe, but damn did it taste good.


My cooking jams : Dookie - Green Day