Posted in Vegan Food, tagged DHAC's Mom, vegan week on 27 February, 2011 | 3 Comments »
This blog post was also featured on Vegansaurus as part of The Vegansaurus Diet!
My mom decided to try to eat vegan for a week while my dad was off visiting his family in Arizona. She didn’t end up doing it 100%, but maybe something like 90% which is still really awesome!
SO. What does a meat-loving omnivore eat when she tries out veganism for a week? (more…)
Posted in Vegan Baking, tagged brownies, cherries, recipe, v-day on 14 February, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Happy V-day! Sparked from Eve Ensler’s Vagina Monologues, February 14th has been proclaimed as a day to celebrate women and end violence towards them. No longer just a commercial holiday to remind single people how alone they are in the world! The V stands for Victory, Valentine, and Vagina. I just saw the Vagina Monologues for the first time ever on Friday, and it was SO EMPOWERING.
Since I am also against violence to nonhuman animals (particularly the females whose reproductive systems get totally exploited just so people can have their eggs and dairy), I bring to you today an awesome recipe for vegan black forest brownies. It’s a new spin on chocolate covered cherries, since there is a cherry layer sandwiched between layers of brownie!
I was going for a cakey-fudgy brownie, but these turned out really fudgy with an intense chocolate flavor. Since the rum gets cooked with the cherries as well as baked in the brownie, most of the alcohol burns off, but if you are sXe you can feel free to leave it out. For an even more intense flavor, substitute black cocoa powder for 1 TBSP of regular cocoa powder!
