The results are in! And the winner is…

The results are in! The winner of the 2010 L4 Gay Cake Contest is….

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Almost Raw Mediterranean Pizza

This is based off mediterranean-style pita sandwiches a fellow intern and I used to make at Vegan House for “family dinners,” except we would also make Fantastic Foods falafel (that stuff is actually really good!) for our sandwiches and a side of frozen french fries with Vegenaise. Mmm, good times.

Anyway, the pizza: Baked the dough on the stone by itself, then spread on some homemade hummus and topped it with sliced tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, and olives. I would’ve garnished it with parsley except the herbs I have growing on my windowsill aren’t big enough to use yet! I then realized that if not for the dough, this pizza would totally be raw, if you’re into that sort of thing.

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Pizza Friday: Wheatball Pizza

This post contains many firsts! It was my first time cooking from Vegan on the Cheap, which just came in the mail a few days ago and I made 2 recipes from, my first time using the shredding blade on my food processor (which was fun, and I only did because I had the food processor out already but would not use if I hadn’t), my first time putting carrots in marinara sauce, and of course my first time making a “meatball” pizza.

The pizza was inspired by this delicious looking one posted on the PPK forums. The original purpose of my pizza was to see how it would taste with Veganomicon beanballs, but then I saw the wheatballs in VOTC and was eager to try them. I also made the marinara sauce from VOTC instead of Vegan With a Vengeance‘s pizza sauce.

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Thanksgiving 2010

So I’ve been neglecting MoFo all week; I haven’t posted at all since Monday. Surprisingly it’s not for lack of something to post about, I’m just getting burnt out on posting every day on top of activism/events, school, and work. Anyway, it’s the last week! And how could I not post about my Thanksgiving dinner?

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Aaaand the Gay Cakes are in! Vote for your favorite!

Last night was the deadline for my gay cake contest, and though I didn’t get many entries I love the ones that I did get! There are 3 entries, so take a look, decide which you like best, and you’ve got a week to vote for your favorite. Click on the pictures for bigger versions!

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Harry Potter Movie Premiere = New Post on Dumbledore’s Vegan Army

Hey everyone! Today’s MoFo post is brought to you by Xenophilius Lovegood, staunch believer in the deathly hallows: the elder wand, the resurrection stone, and the cloak of invisibility.

Deathly Hallows Trail Mix Cookies: read more over at Dumbledore’s Vegan Army

Stay tuned tomorrow for another belated Pizza Friday post! This time I actually made it on the right day, but the posting of it just got overtaken by Harry Potterness.

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Gay Pancakes.

Tips:

1. These make a lot of dishes, so be prepared. You’ll need 6 separate bowls and spoons to mix the different colors with.
2. Make sure the batter is undermixed before you start separating and mixing the colors in, because you will be mixing a lot and don’t want to overmix or else you’ll have flat pancakes.

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Link-o-mania! Events, posts, voting, etc.

Today I’ve got a roundup of links for everything that’s going on outside of MoFo. Support! Attend! Read! I’ve also got a squeaky space bar that’s annoying me, butyouwouldbeannoyedifiwroteeverythinglikethis so I will just have to deal with the annoyance so you don’t have to. You’re welcome.

She's Super Woman. What can't she do??

Firstly, peta2 is holding their 5th annual Libby Awards and the lovely Letecia Garcia is in the running for Street Teamer of the year! She is the president of KU’s Vegetarian Education Group, a longtime member of peta2′s youth advisory board, and an amazing activist both with existing organizations and in her everyday life. Vote for her! While you’re at it, might as well vote Vegan Treats as the best vegan bakery. Go Lehigh Valley!

And since I am the HumaneTeen to Letecia’s peta2, I am going to urge you to go vote for the HSUS to get $250K from the Pepsi Refresh project! HSUS will use this money to help animals in need. They are currently in first place, but we need YOUR vote to keep them there! You can vote twice daily until the end of the month. They even have a very handy daily voting reminder you can sign up for!

If you’re still in a voting mood and happen to be a Giant Food Stores bonuscard member, head on over to their site and vote for your favorite design for their next Earth Day reusable bag! You know your favorite is the one with the girl hugging the heart-shaped earth. Help a sista (er, a friend’s sista!) out and vote for that one.

Reading time. In lieu of Michael Vick’s recent victories on the football field, some people need reminding that he is an asshole. Do the dogs he destroyed emotionally as well as physically care that he’s doing wonderful now? Surprise, no.

And for a lighter note: hey students! Go check out this awesome list of 100 cooking blogs for students. I’m happy to be included in the list alongside some of my favorite blogs such as The Vegan Cookie Connoisseur and BitterSweet. By the by, both those vegan bloggers have cookbooks out. You should visit their blogs and buy their books. mmm, vegan baked goods. Young vegan authors rock!

You know who else rocks? for the Animals Sanctuary in Blairstown, NJ, who I wrote about a few weeks ago. They have a blog now! Also, they are holding a holiday lunch at Loving Hut in Ledgewood, NJ on December 4th, and the menu looks amazing. $35 per person, and funds raised go directly to the animals! Yum-azing!

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Lunchbox Tuesday: Lazy Lunchin’

Sometimes I just don’t have it in me to pack a good lunch to take to school. I forget. I don’t have time. I get lazy.

When this happens, I just throw a container of WholeSoy & Co yogurt in my lunch box along with a bag (yes, the whole bag… I’m too lazy to put some of it in a little tupperware container) of granola and a spoon. Voila. Lunch.

 

I should really start making my own granola, but that would go against the “laziness” part. I will do it, though. I should also throw in a piece of fruit to be extra healthful, especially since I feel like all I’ve eaten in the past week has been unhealthy stuff with fake cheese on it. Pizza. Quesadillas. Cheezsteaks. Mac n cheeze.

I feel like I’m always giving you ideas of what to do, so here’s an idea of what NOT to do: make some ramen in the morning to pack and take with you. This is probably common sense to most folks, but by the time you’re ready to eat your lunch the noodles will have absorbed all the broth and just be really soggy. Save your ramen for when you’re at home and feeling lazy.

What’s your favorite lazy food?

Have you checked out The Laziest Vegans in the World blog?

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ChocoPeanutButterCoffee Bundt Cake

A few weeks ago when I was at school having lunch with my friend, I decided I wanted to make a chocolate bundt cake with peanut butter filling and a coffee glaze. The world’s three best flavors all combined into one cake, oh my!

Note: The peanut butter wasn’t supposed to be at the top like that. I didn’t put enough batter in the bundt pan before adding the peanut butter tube, so it sunk right to the bottom. Luckily it didn’t get all caramelized and burnt to the pan like I feared! It just didn’t look as impressive as I hoped. Otherwise it was fine.

I googled “peanut butter filled bundt cake,” and surprisingly the first result that came up was vegan! I used the peanut butter filling from that recipe (link), along with the chocolate cupcake recipe from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. The cake turned out very chocolatey and moist. By the way, cake is the ONLY thing that can ever appropriately be described as “moist”… don’t even try using it in any other context. ew.

The coffee-chocolate glaze was comprised of about 1 tablespoon chocolate chips, 2 tablespoons cold coffee, and 4 tablespoons powdered sugar. I had filled an ice cube tray with leftover coffee little over a week ago just for such occasions as this, so I popped one cube out and put it in a bowl with the chocolate chips and melted them together in the microwave. Then I mixed in the powdered sugar (it works better if you sift the powdered sugar, I didn’t and it was a little clumpy) and drizzled the glaze over the cake with a spoon.

Notice the Harry Potter mug in the background. That’s me getting excited for the movie release on Friday, woo!!

Overall the cake was reminiscent of eating my dad’s chocolate covered peanut butter eggs on Easter mornings with a nice hot cup of coffee. It was such a big success in my house that it was gone in 3 days!

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