Have a good weekend!

Lasagna.
noodles
tomato sauce
fresh spinach
fresh mushrooms
all kinds of peppers.
some cheese, not some cheese. your choice.
layers.
make sure it's SAUCY as hell. you'll have a great weekend.

Coming up: falafals? why not?

Confection Lovin'!

Today was my Papaw's 80th birthday celebration, and my cousin Sara made a giant 14" round double layer white cake. She decorated it with beautiful blue frosting and millions of flowers. It was probably the biggest round cake I've ever seen. That's the main thing I love about special celebrations like weddings, big birthdays, anniversary parties, etc...the work that's put into a good cake. Taste the love!

Refried Black Beans w/ a Side of Darlin

This weekend my dude had a break from tour and I made some refried black beans. I had some leftover black bean and corn salad (the ever popular and always delicious vegan cookout dish), a can of black beans, and a sauteed giant red onion. Pureed all together with taco seasoning packet style spices these ingredients make killer refried black beans. These inspired us to make a tex-mex breakfast like the one we had at some really good cafe in Flagstaff, AZ. I can't find the name of the place anywhere, but it was the second best breakfast I've ever had. Our version mixed with beans, tomatoes, loads of cilantro, and poblano peppers with taters on the side was deee-lightful.

Skewerin' Cakes

I helped skewer some mini cupcake for a party recently. It wasn't my idea, but I did make the frosting which I was happy with. It was "summer frosting," which is super thick so as not to melt in the warmness. The color is from beet juice. Beets are my favorite way to make pinks. A little goes a long way, and you can get very pale beautiful pink to a dark pink peony style color. These remind me of underwater growths that you shouldn't touch because you'll ruin the whole reef. They were eaten however.

Baked Bean Nachos and Blue Mushrooms

Harvest the benefit of beans! Tootally! They're so fart-out! I've come a long way from the Campbell's Bean with Bacon soup and fried bologna that I grew up eating for lunch. Here's poof:

Nachos, with baked beans for beans. Also involved were avocados, nutritional yeast sauce, fresh tomatoes, sauteed onions with fresh spinach and garlic, green olives, and hot ass sriracha sauce. They all were promptly annihilated after a campsite scouting trip to the woods where I found a blue mushroom. What does it all mean? I think I've found the answer: You should put baked beans on nachos. (squeak)

Japanese Ew-Daun Soup

I have been sitting on some frozen Japanese udon noodles for a while, and decided to make some soup on Sunday. Got some super cheap dried shitakes and wakame. Scored some good daikon (has that ever been said before?) and went to choppin'. This was the first time I've made miso at home. It turned out really really good! Added lots of fresh green onions. The most enjoyable meal I've had since homemade pizzas the day before (See below). The only thing I would change is the use of dried shitakes. Next time I will opt for fresh. The dried ones made my fingers smell.