Wednesday Lunch... and Dinner

So I decided to give in a try out Field Roast. I bought the smoked apple sage sausages and while good, I think they had a bit too much seasoning. I also had some steamed asparagus and a baked potato topped with Earth Balance, Tofutti Sour Supreme, and Bac-os (yep, vegan). And I even packed my dinner so that I don't have to get Chipotle for the millionth time this week while I'm at work.

Cake Porn

Look at mah cake! Recipe found here. All my dear friend Katie and I did was substitute the raspberry preserves with strawberry preserves and we topped it with fresh strawberries. Be jealous.

German Chocolate Blob

So I made my second cake yesterday for my Grandma's 87th birthday. I used this recipe. Of course after I was already mixing the ingredients together I realized that my roommate had used nearly all of my sugar, so I had to substitute most of the refined sugar with turbinado sugar which definitely tasted a little different. To sweeten my fresh coconut I tossed it with powdered sugar because I was too lazy to boil and evaporate sugar (oh wait I didn't have any anyway). Also, I attempted to move the cake without letting it cool completely and so it kind of broke... a lot. I covered most of the mess up with icing. It tasted just fine and all the omnivores at the birthday party liked it. My grandma was also happy because she is diabetic and the lack of refined sugar made it a little bit more acceptable for her to eat. :)

Tommy's

I forgot to upload these pictures from last month when my friend Katie (VeganNoms) and I went up to Cleveland Heights to Tommy's.



Katie, pictured at the top, ordered the Veggie Burger, which was huge as you can see. I had the Seitan Sub without cheese. Delicious! We also split a giant order of fries and each had a Tofutti milkshake. And then we both could not move. It was glorious. And there were leftovers!

Oh nose!

Almond cheese has casein in it. Sadness. :(
Additionally, I attempted to make vegan spinach artichoke dip using this recipe. It was an epic fail. Perhaps the problem was the vegan parmesan cheese. I don't know. Either way, I would not attempt again.
I made vegan meatloaf found here. It did not maintain any sort of loaf form, but it tasted good, so it wasn't a total loss.
And finally, I made the The Best Freaking Sandwich Ever... and it was! I will be making it again and again and again. NOM!
Vegan St. Patty's day coming up in a week and a half. So excited. :)

Thursday Night Comfort Food

Thursday nights are generally a night for my friends and I to go cut loose, so I needed something simple and tasty for dinner.

I opted for a recipe I found on Recipezaar: Buffalo Tofu Sandwiches.



Okay, so I kind of "crowded" the mushrooms, but they turned out all right. I also ended up cutting off part of the tofu and using it for the "blue cheese" dressing and then cutting the remainder into three slices, which turned the serving size into 3, instead of 2.







Since the recipe suggested using blue cheese dressing, I looked up a vegan recipe for it here. It made WAY too much. And to be honest, I am not sure that it actually tasted like blue cheese dressing. It's hard to say though, as I'm not sure the last time I actually had blue cheese. Oh well. It was still pretty good.



I do have one suggestion for improving this meal, and that would be to marinate the tofu beforehand. Perhaps in the buffalo sauce (I used Frank's Red Hot). I don't really like spicy food, but this was not spicy AT ALL. It needed a little bit more spunk.

Until next time. :)

Ice cream... no wait... I scream... and then you scream?

Finding a delicious vegan ice scream... oh damn it... ice cream is a giant pain in the ass. No more Peanut Buster Parfaits from Dairy Queen or Frosties from Wendy's, but fear not! You will not be without delicious frozen sex. I mean ice cream.

So let's countdown the best vegan ice creams I've had in the past year:

5. Coconut ice cream. This doesn't get a picture. You know why? Because I have no idea where you would buy it in a store. They serve this lovely treat at Pad Thai, which has locations in Fairlawn and Hudson. It's freaking expensive for what you get ($4 for a teeny weeny bowl), but whatevs. It is a nice complement to one of their awesome vegan entrees. However, let's be honest: it is frozen coconut milk, not ice cream

4. Rice Dream Frozen Dessert



Okay, so on a scale of 1-to-awesome this is probably only a 4. It is so... ricey. Maybe it's because I only had the vanilla. This is good, and relatively cheap, but not quite up to par with the following vegan ice cream alternatives.

3. Tofutti Frozen Dessert



Now we're getting somewhere! Tofutti knows their shit, there is no doubt about that. It's reasonably priced and pretty damn close to real ice cream if you ask me.

2. It's Soy Delicious



Soy Delicious is kind of exactly the same as Tofutti. In fact, it really is a tie between the two, although I think Tofutti is a little cheaper. :)

And now the next one is soooooooooooooooo far away from the rest of the pack that I ought to make you scroll down all the way to the bottom of the page to see it. But I won't.

1. Tempt Frozen Dessert



ZOMG What?? That is not ice cream? I DO NOT BELIEVE! This is literally identical to real ice cream, minus the pus, pain, and poop of its moo cow counterpart. Did I stutter? If you haven't tried this yet, don't. Because you will not be able to stop eating it. It takes a little longer to defrost to scooping temperature than regular ice cream. I usually just throw it in the microwave for 10-20 seconds. My boyfriend says that causes crystals to form once it's refrozen. I don't care, it would still taste as good as Jesus. Yeah, I said it.

So there you have it, heavenly frozen bliss is possible. Get it.