sushi dinner

I’m a little behind here, I have lots of pics to update the blog….I just need to make the time.  Here are a couple pics from our sushi dinner:

soy joy roll w/ tofu, pina roll (avo + pineapple w/ basil & coconut milk drizzled over top), jerk tofu sashimi, shitake & avo nigiri

And dessert:

Chocolate truffles in a raspberry sauce

from Nama Sushi bar

easter basket

My wonderful husband surprised me with this almost vegan Easter basket. The soap, mints, chapsti and cookies are all vegan. I love reese’s eggs, so those were a sweet surprise. I hope everyone enjoyed their Easter Sunday.

w’end pics

this past weekend we were in asheville, NC for a mini-vacation…here are a few pics from the trip:

gorgeous mountains

grove park inn spa

view from room, golf course

the hotel’s menus were not veggie friendly, so we ate mostly downtown..especially at my fav the laughing seed cafe

hotel food pics:

portabello hummus wrap, chickpea salad

after breakfast

strawberry shortcake trifle

vegan chocolate cupcakes

Vegan chocolate cupcakes with vegan fluffy buttercream icing

into the oven:

just out of the oven and making the icing in the bowl to the right:

so delicious, and this was my first piping experience:

vegan chocolate chip cookie

Happy New Year!

Over the holidays, I made lots of sweets and I really enjoyed the holiday baking.  One night I made some chocolate chip cookies but I pretty much improvised on the recipe.  I will have to come up with a good recipe, because I love choco chip cookies!

no bake cookies

I have been baking a lot of sweets lately, something about the holidays…I think the holidays & baking just go together!  Here is a pic of the vegan no bake cookies that I made last week.

These cookies are one of Ben’s favorites.

crockpot apple crisp

A while ago I made this delicious and so EASY apple crisp in the crockpot.  The recipe is from Vegcooking.com.

vegan chocolate cupcakes

More chocolate cupcakes from VCTOTW!  This time I made chocolate cupcakes with vegan chocolate buttercream icing….sooooo great!

chocolate cupcakes

Deliciousness.  Vegan chocolate cupcakes with chocolate ganache topping, recipe from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. This is a great book if you are interested in making vegan cupcakes. Simple read and easy instructions with a lot of variations to try.  I’m just sad to say that I have had this book for quite a long time and have waited this long to try it!

24 Mini cupcakes:

No dairy, no eggs…delicious vegan cupcakes!!

zucchini bread

This was so delicious.  I used a recipe from Enlightened Cooking, a new cooking site I found when searching for a bread recipe.  We have an abundance of zucchini and squash from both our parents so, why not make bread out of it!  It was sweet and hearty and full of wonderful whole grains.  I used half whole wheat and half unbleached all purpose flour, and yellow squash.