Take yeast, cashews, pimientos, cumin, onion powder, garlic powder and water.
Puree together.
Heat and serve.
Recommend serving with tortilla chips.
Seriously.
That's the recipe I sampled recently at a game night hosted by my vegan friends, Peter Pan and Tiger Lily. And, though skeptical at first, I found that the combination tasted surprisingly like nacho cheese!
I have a hard enough time understanding vegetarians. I mean, if we werent supposed to eat animals, why are they made of meat?!? But vegans are REALLY beyond my realm of understanding. Maybe it's because I was raised in a state that makes a lot of money from the raising and slaughter of hogs. Maybe it's because I've tasted bacon and it is good. Maybe it's because I look forward to someday experiencing the meat sweats. But whatever the reason, vegan-ism baffles me.
That said, I support my friends who choose to pursue these alternative (read: dumb) diets. I've since begun researching some vegan cupcake recipes so that I can bake something special for the next event at the home of my vegan friends.
*If you had told me 5 years ago that I'd be thrilled to run across a mint chocolate vegan cupcake recipe on the interwebs, I'd have laughed at you. My, how time changes us.
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Saturday, May 9, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Old, Older, Oldest
Last week was my birthday. I turned another year older.
I loved my birthday this year. It was on Friday the 13th (which is awesome) and I got to go to work! (I love going to work on my birthday...everyone has to be nice to me!)
PattyCake wrangled a fun crew (Pickle and G-Funk and Shanks) for a birthday lunch, because she said "no one should have to eat Lean Cuisine on her birthday." We headed to Collins Pub, where my steak sandwich was fantastic, both glasses of wine were delicious and the waitress brought us a birthday dessert.
Back at the office, my Big Purple Cup was returned to me, I was toasted at our "staff meeting" and after a couple glasses of wine, PattyCake and I headed out. We got on a bus to go to my birthday party, missed our stop but managed to find our way home from wherever we got off the bus.
After changing into a Sparkly Sweater Dress, I headed to the Nabob, where Rosie, Frannie, Bullwinkle, Fritha, Conan and Pie were all waiting with gifts. I got a tape measure, a flask, a Big Fat Llama and cupcakes. Yay!
Over the course of the evening, we had a great time just mingling with each other and the other fantastic friends who joined us: Jazz Hands, Sigma, Traskinator, FrankieWayne, Pickle and Skater among others.
And since we're not spring chickens anymore, we headed home around 11:30pm and got a good night's sleep.
2009 birthday cupcake count: 9 (major improvement over 2008)
All in all, an EXCELLENT birthday.
I loved my birthday this year. It was on Friday the 13th (which is awesome) and I got to go to work! (I love going to work on my birthday...everyone has to be nice to me!)
PattyCake wrangled a fun crew (Pickle and G-Funk and Shanks) for a birthday lunch, because she said "no one should have to eat Lean Cuisine on her birthday." We headed to Collins Pub, where my steak sandwich was fantastic, both glasses of wine were delicious and the waitress brought us a birthday dessert.
Back at the office, my Big Purple Cup was returned to me, I was toasted at our "staff meeting" and after a couple glasses of wine, PattyCake and I headed out. We got on a bus to go to my birthday party, missed our stop but managed to find our way home from wherever we got off the bus.
After changing into a Sparkly Sweater Dress, I headed to the Nabob, where Rosie, Frannie, Bullwinkle, Fritha, Conan and Pie were all waiting with gifts. I got a tape measure, a flask, a Big Fat Llama and cupcakes. Yay!
Over the course of the evening, we had a great time just mingling with each other and the other fantastic friends who joined us: Jazz Hands, Sigma, Traskinator, FrankieWayne, Pickle and Skater among others.
And since we're not spring chickens anymore, we headed home around 11:30pm and got a good night's sleep.
2009 birthday cupcake count: 9 (major improvement over 2008)
All in all, an EXCELLENT birthday.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Free At Last! Free At Last!
I FINALLY THREW AWAY THE CUPCAKE BOX!
Don't worry: the cupcakes had all been eaten.
At one point in 2008 I was involved with a guy (heretofore known as DTB) who sent me cupcakes. He was living three time zones away from where I was living and we had the opportunity to be in the same time zone for a special event. DTB had emailed asking if I was attending said event, to which I replied "I don't know...I'll have to check with my boss." At which point, DTB decided to try to persuade me. He sent various music and picture files, jokes, movie quotes and hand-drawn images to attempt to persuade me. Even pictures of baked goods.
Yes, he tried to bribe me with cupcake pictures.
The next day at work, my IT guy comes over with a bakery box full of cupcakes. DTB was now trying to bribe me with actual cupcakes. He lived in another country, three time zones away and found a local bakery to make and deliver cupcakes to my office, with a note reading "This is a bribe!" Which was pretty stinkin' cute.
I didn't really tell people where the cupcakes came from (for a multitude of reasons: I had just broken up with someone else, the story of how I met DTB was a little sketchy, etc.) so I just smiled and enjoyed it.
Once all the cupcakes were gone, I kept the box as a reminder of that fun day. Even long after my involvement with DTB ended, I held on to the box. But after lots of thinking and soul-searching over the Christmas break, I realized that it's time to let go. He turned out not to be the man of my dreams and holding on the cupcake box was just pointless. And kinda gross.
So at 5:20pm today, I threw away the box. I got applause from some co-workers, even a high five. It was a good choice. I feel free.
Don't worry: the cupcakes had all been eaten.
At one point in 2008 I was involved with a guy (heretofore known as DTB) who sent me cupcakes. He was living three time zones away from where I was living and we had the opportunity to be in the same time zone for a special event. DTB had emailed asking if I was attending said event, to which I replied "I don't know...I'll have to check with my boss." At which point, DTB decided to try to persuade me. He sent various music and picture files, jokes, movie quotes and hand-drawn images to attempt to persuade me. Even pictures of baked goods.
Yes, he tried to bribe me with cupcake pictures.
The next day at work, my IT guy comes over with a bakery box full of cupcakes. DTB was now trying to bribe me with actual cupcakes. He lived in another country, three time zones away and found a local bakery to make and deliver cupcakes to my office, with a note reading "This is a bribe!" Which was pretty stinkin' cute.
I didn't really tell people where the cupcakes came from (for a multitude of reasons: I had just broken up with someone else, the story of how I met DTB was a little sketchy, etc.) so I just smiled and enjoyed it.
Once all the cupcakes were gone, I kept the box as a reminder of that fun day. Even long after my involvement with DTB ended, I held on to the box. But after lots of thinking and soul-searching over the Christmas break, I realized that it's time to let go. He turned out not to be the man of my dreams and holding on the cupcake box was just pointless. And kinda gross.
So at 5:20pm today, I threw away the box. I got applause from some co-workers, even a high five. It was a good choice. I feel free.
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