Crap picture, I know, but these pumpkin-pie brownies (with my own cream cheese topping) were awesome, and not one person knew they were vegan! The recipe is from Isa Chandra Moskowitz's blog (no shocker, her being the queen of decadent vegan sweets.) Chocolate and pumpkin might seem like a weird combo, but its heavenly!
I also recently found my copy of Vegan with a Vengeance. Man, I love that cookbook! I consider it to be one of the three pillars of cheap vegan cooking. The other two are Vegan on a Shoestring and Don't Feed the Bears. All three of these cookbooks, in case you don't know, are jammed with delicious and relatively cheap recipes that are really filling and don't rely on super-fancy ingredients. I also just realized that all three have sort of a punk aesthetic... coincidence? (All three are available on Herbivore.)
Anyways, I'd never tried the mustard-maple veggies from VWaV so I made them for my parents the other night along with some creamed cauliflower.
Wow, these were fantastic. Very gourmet tasting and made a great gravy for the cauliflower. And I already had all of the ingredients in my pantry!
And now things are accelerating quickly towards Thanksgiving. Despite the fact that I've already stocked up on recipes to veganize, it looks like I'll be bringing just one or two dishes to Thanksgiving at my Aunt's so I'll need to choose wisely. It won't be like last year's feast, that's for sure. But on the other hand, with all the work I have coming up it will be nice to let others cook! But in case you aren't in the same boat, here's some great places to look for ideas.
*Epicurious.com has lots of vegetarian menus, but many are heavy on the dairy.
*101 Cookbooks has some great ideas in the archive.
*Here are my posts and recipes from last year.
*And here's the uber-inspiring creme de la creme Thanksgiving from WTHDAVEA.
Enjoy!
Song of the Day: "Too Too Too Fast"- Ra Ra Riot
4 comments:
Time DEFINITELY flies!!
LOOOVE that dessert!!
These brownies look special!
Pumpkin brownies? Oh my goodness, that sounds amazing. I might have to try that out sometime.
You reminded me of creamed cauliflower! Why isn't there ever any local broccoli or cauliflower around this year? Damn the cold and damn all the rain we had!
pumpkin-pie brownies with cream cheeze topping?! ooooo! they look scrumptious! and i've been looking for Don't Feed The Bears - thanks! :)
i need to get my copy of VWaV back from my friend as i need to check out that mustard-maple recipe! it sounds sooo goooooood! let us know what you choose to bring to thanksgiving, too! and thanks for all the links! it's a glorious post with lots of information! yay!
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