RECIPE: Zucchini-Wrapped Lemon Pepper Tofu with Cabernet Marinara

You guys, it’s been way too long since I updated this blog. But I’m making up for it now with an awesome recipe! For whatever reason, a few days ago I got the urge to wrap something in zucchini strips (don’t we all?). My mom had also requested I make a cabernet marinara sauce, like her mama used to. Unfortunately, we don’t have Grandma’s cabernet marinara recipe, so I just adapted the pizza sauce recipe from Vegan with a Vengeance.

I had some tofu in the fridge and not much else, so this dish was born. It looks super fancy and tastes awesome, but is actually pretty easy to make!

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Recipe: Black Forest Brownies

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!

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