Soooo I'm a day late, the day of the dead was in fact yesterday. but in my defense I did make these yesterday and it's getting closer to that baking time of year so here's a fabulous cut out cookie recipe that I found.
1T flax seed meal + 3T water (or other egg replacer)
1t vanilla extract
1/2t almond extract
2t lemon zest (plus a little juice for good measure)
2 1/2c all-purpose flour
1/4t salt
(optional: 4t matcha powder or 2T lavender)
Cream together Earth Balance, and sugar with an electric mixer. Beat in flax mixture, exracts and zest. Then incorporate flour salt (and matcha or lavender). Refrigerate dough for at least 30 minutes. Pre-heat oven to 375. Roll out cookies on floured surface cut with cookie cutter place on a baking stoone or lightly greased baking sheet and bake 10 minutes. Remove, cool completely and frost! (see below)
Icing
2c powdered sugar
3t light corn syrup
5t non-dairy milk
Mix together in a bowl and adjust as needed to get desired consistency.
Nothing brings a devilish grin to my face like taking a beloved American classic and turning it on it's ass! Take for instance the rice krispy bar. I don't think I could even begin to fathom the sheer number of these babies I've consumed in my youth...
Appentetly today is food day, and we are encouraged to celebrate by eating more fruits and veggies. Now you maybe thinking "ugh I hate fruits and veggies..."
Well folks, another pub crawl has come and gone, and to be honest I think this was the best one yet. Mostly because I got to actually spend an entire evening out with the big man. I've been working my ass off between two jobs and it honestly was like a mini vacation, even if it was just a night. As hungover as I am, I feel refreshed and ready to hit the ground running.
If you know anything about me you know that I will jump on any excuse to throw on some fake blood and have a good time. But when I also discovered that there were food trucks involved I felt like I had died and gone to... well you get the idea.
I feel like such a small town Minnesota girl when I say that this was my first experience with real food trucks! The lines were a little ridiculous but I couldn't settle on just one. Hola Areapa and World Street Kitchen were the two I actually got through to and oh my god, the black bean areapa with a tangy red cabbage slaw and bright red tomato was as tasty as it was colorful and my curried squash tacos were seasoned perfectly served with a spicy chutney and a lot of fresh green onions and cilantro, it was to... die... for... (no pun intended).
Soooo good!!!
The rest of the night was slightly a blur, but I do remember a faintly a loaded veggie dog and us getting lost on the way back to the hotel (a 15 minute walk turned into a hour +)
I could eat this every morning!
but we topped off a bloody evening with a lovely breakfast at The Triple Rock Social Club full of toast, tofu (eggs for Mike) and good conversation. Oh what a weekend it was!
Today I will leave you with a festive little recipe to get you pumped for the up coming holiday... homemade fake blood!
Blood:
1c corn syrup
1/4c chocolate syrup
3-6 drops of red food dye
1-2 drops black food dye (optional, add more chocolate syrup if you don't have black dye)
Mix together in a bowl. (Hey I never said it was hard)
Be warned this stuff it really sticky and it takes a bit to dry but when it does it looks awesome!
PS. I apologies for the lack of posts, I recently had my old computer died and finally replaced it last Wednesday and haven't had much of a chance to set it all back up. So bear with me, I hope to be back up and running again very very soon!
So the other day I was asked what my favorite fruit or vegetable was. Surprisingly I drew a blank. I love things like carrots, apple and bananas but then again there aren't many fruits and veggies that I hate.
Today at the farmers market I came across a little basket of papery-lanterns and remembered, my absolute favorite thing to snack on: pineapple tomatillos!!!
If you haven't tried them and you're a big fan of cherry tomatoes and pineapples I suggest you run out support your local farmers and pick up a pint!
This morning while rummaging though my fridge I happened to see that I had both grapes and celery... And briefly I longed for the days of homemade chicken salad sammiches... Mostly fir the wonderful contrast between the sweetness of the grapes and the savory of the celery all mixed together in creamy harmony.
I heart bananas! If I had to be trapped on a tropical isle and could only eat one thing for the rest of my life it would be bananas. Which is convenient since bananas grow in tropical areas.
I kid you not, at one point I was buying around 10 lbs a week (which isn't conclusive to a local diet haha) but like I said I love the little yellow buggers.
