Friday, April 30, 2010

Cookies and Cupcakes oh my!

Cookies part 1

So, I really just wanted one cookie, but you can't just make one cookie...or can you? So, I made around five and gave three away. I just wanted one really.

And it was so long ago that I forget what I put in them. Terrible, I know. But they were decked out with chocolate chips and some other experimental stuff that I forget. I'll oupdate this if my memory fixes itself, but I'll probably forget to.

Yummy chewy-ness.
Cupcakes part 2
Katja, Eva and I are sharpening our vegan cupcake skills for a vegan cupcake bake-off! We made a chocolate cupcake to start, which was pretty tasty if I do say so myself, although I'm really not into chocolate flavored things. I just like my good ol' chocolate bar. That's all it needs to be. Anyways, we tried this buttercream frosting, and although it was yummy, we all consented that we couldn't make it again. So much butter and sugar it was almost unappetizing. I ate three, nonetheless.





We made one large batch and divided it up so we could each experiment a little.



Peete's Coffee
Cayenne Pepper + Ginger

Almond


My favorites were Cayenne Pepper & Ginger and the Coffee one. So. Good. Honestly, cupcakes are way up there with my favorite foods. Especially the one that an awesome Teen Team girl got me from Love at First Bite. I swear to god, best cupcake ever. Gingerbread with cream cheese frosting with candied ginger piece (love ginger!). She gave me two of these. Plus a chocolate one.


Friday, April 2, 2010

These are a few of my favorite things...

I get into phases of food where I eat them constantly. I've been obsessed with these foods for quite sometime.

1) Yogurt with stuff
Current Yogurt With Stuff Ingrdients: (they change, but this list is what I am currently inlove with)
- Plain, Whole Soy & Co. yogurt
- Granola! (Especially the 13 Rabbits kind with cashews, almonds, hazlenuts, pumpkin seeds, cocoa nibs etc. It's amazing)
- 1/2 a banana thinly sliced
- 1 big strawberry or 2
- 1 diced date (my mom has been getting the most amazing dates. They have the most perfect texture and flavor ever)

BEST YOGURT EVER!
How long have I been obsessed with yogurt, granola and bananas? Since late November when I started reading the 6th HP book again.

Fond memories? Cuddling up in my blanket and eating maple yogurt (so sad there is no vegan maple yogurt at BK Bowl...yet...) while reading about Harry Potter and his magical world.

2) Popcorn!
Current Popcorn Ingredients:- margarine
- salt & pepper
- nutritional yeast
- jalopeno hot sauce (my popcorn necessity)
- kernals (duh. I buy a container from Target so I can pop as much as I want)

How long have I been obsessed with popcorn? Too long. It's true that I go through phases and have been known to eat two bowls of it by myself, but definitely since middle school.
Fond memories? Oh boy yes. I used to eat popcorn while playing various Sim games with apples. Now I eat it while reading Fruits Basket online, though it is kind of a struggle.

3) Oatmeal with Almond Butter
Current Oatmeal Ingredients:
- Nature's Path Instant Hemp Oatmeal
- cinnamon
- almond butter*

How long have I been obsessed with Hemp Oatmeal and Almond Butter? A while, but not too long. I have always loved oatmeal, although my stomach protested to this love. When I bought Nature's Path, all that changed. I think we were destined to be together. After I read an article about nut butters, I had to try almond butter in my oatmeal and it was divine. Next, I tried peanut butter and hazlenut cocoa butter which proved vastly inferior to my love. I always come back to almond butter.

Fond Memories? Nothing so emotional and dramatic as those I shared above. Just nice mornings/lunch hours/nights reading while eating oatmeal and almond butter.

*note you CAN go overboard with almond butter. Or, at least I can. Just like with nutritional yeast and butter *shudders* This week I got exciting and put a lot of almond butter in it and my stomach wanted to commit suicide. But then again I have a sensitive stomach. I like it best when the almond butter's taste isn't prominent in every bite. It gives the oatmeal some diversity.


I often eat these for dinner and lunch too. My meals are not conventional. I love breakfast foods!