While the baby took a nap I made Kirk and I lunch today, a carrot and rice pilaf and alongside I served vegetable pot stickers. Yum! (And really easy as well) Carrot and Rice Pilaf Ingredients: 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1 cup carrots, peeled an cut in circles (about 4 thinner carrots) 2… Continue reading Carrot and Rice Pilaf for lunch
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Meals and whatnot.
Lil’ Chocolate Cake Bites
I found this delicious recipe on Please Pass The Tofu's blog yesterday afternoon and made them while cooking dinner. Using a stand mixer made these so easy to whip up. I made mine bigger so I played with the baking time (her recipe made 48). Lil' Chocolate Cake Bites Ingredients: 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder… Continue reading Lil’ Chocolate Cake Bites
Baked Spring Rolls
While reading over a copy of V Cuisine: The Art of New Vegan Cooking, I came across "Superior Spring Rolls" on page 139. It seemed to be a nice choice to go with the Plum Sauce I had made this morning so I got started on it early - this was a pretty labor intensive… Continue reading Baked Spring Rolls
Semi-Homemade Plum Sauce
I have an idea for dinner tonight that needed a dipping sauce. I considered using sweet chili sauce but Ford has never developed a love of it plain. (He is fine with it in recipes, like in my favorite peanut noodles though.) Apparently none of the grocery stores in town had plum sauce for sale… Continue reading Semi-Homemade Plum Sauce