Monday, May 4, 2009

Vegetarian Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes, and Cashew Gravy


Recipe:

1) Get in the car.
2) Drive to Monty's Blue Plate Diner in Madison, WI.
3) Order the Vegetarian Meatloaf with Mashed Potatoes and Cashew Gravy
4) EAT!

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Peanut Butter Banana Cookies

Peanut Butter Banana Cookies
4 large egg whites room temperature
¼ teaspoon salt
3 cups confectionary sugar
1 cup cream peanut butter
2 tablespoons butter room temperature
3 tablespoons mashed ripe bananas
¼ teaspoon fresh lemon juice
½ cup chopped peanuts
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper
1) Beat egg whites with 1/8 teaspoon salt in electric mixer on medium high until they form stiff peaks
2) Gradually add 1 ½ cups confectionary sugar until thick for about 2 minutes, fill in BP until just blended.
3) Using 1” ice cream scoop place 16 mounds of cookie mixture evenly on parchment lined baking sheets.
4) Bake each cookie sheet on racks and then switch top and bottom. Total 12-20 minutes- be careful not to burn bottoms.
5) Cool completely then remove with metal spatula.
6) Mix 1 ½ cups confectionary sugar with 2 tablespoons soft butter. Add 3 ttablespoons ripe mashed bananawith ¼ teaspoon fresh lemon juice. Beat until smooth frosting.
7) Frost cookies then put crushed peanuts on top.

Monday, March 9, 2009

Tofu No-Egg Salad


What up WFD!!? Yo yo yo! Welcome to the WFD Week-Before-Spring-Break WFD-stravaganza!

Let's kick things off with a quick update from the Sarr-dogg...

Sarr-dogg: "What up WFD!! No more eating yeast or sugar for me!! This is the coolest WFD-stravaganza evaaaaa!!!"

Word up Sarr-a-doodle-do. For all of y'all suga' and yeast haters out there, and all of those mack-attack-meat-n'-heart-attack-cuttin'-backers out there, this recipe is FOR YOUUUU! [Producer's note: echo; insane applause; pan to mosh pit; fade in baseline]

Chop 1 block (12-16oz) extra firm tofu into small 1-2cm cubes
Mix with 2-3 heaping scoops mayo (veganaise is really what you should use)
Add 2-3-ish tsp ground yellow mustard seed
2-3-ish tsp turmeric powder
garlic salt
onion powder
fresh ground black pepper
salt

make into sandwich with slice of cheese, tomato, lettuce, etc.!

b-radical out!

Sunday, February 8, 2009

The absolute best doughnuts EVER


I found this recipe on 101cookbooks a while back and figured I'd try it. (I owed Joel big time for being so patient this week!!) They were not nearly as much work as I thought they'd be and they rocked. They're baked, so they are much healthier for you and I found you didn't need nearly as much sugar to coat them as the recipe called for. I'm thinking next time of trying a mixture of whole wheat pastry flour and regular flour. Click here for the recipe.

Pumpkin Ravioli with Apples and Pecans


Lazy dinner alert... literally, all I did was boil the frozen ravioli mom brought down. While it was cooking I chopped up some apples and sauteed them with about 2 tablespoons butter and some cinnamon, toasted some pecans, and voila... lazy dinner. Soooo good.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009