Tag Archives: Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

Soft Pretzels w/Smoked Salt & Dijon Mustard

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Spelt Soft Pretzels ~ From Vegetate, Vegan Cooking & Food Blog

“Chew slowly.” — A note scrawled on a big bag of pretzels that President Bush sent back to the press cabin on Air Force One, a day after he fainted after choking on a pretzel

Hot, soft, salty goodness! From The Joy of Vegan Baking, page 174. Keith substituted spelt flour for the all-purpose flour called for in the recipe when he made these phenomenal baked goodies. He also used a combination of coarse plain sea salt and smoked sea salt on top. We enjoyed these hot with dijon mustard. This pretzel recipe is amazing!

Blueberry-Balsamic Meatball Sandwiches w/Mashers, Mushroom Gravy & Pumpkin Pie

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Blueberry-Balsamic Meatball Sandwiches w/Mashers, Mushroom Gravy & Pumpkin Pie ~ From Vegetate, Vegan Cooking & Food Blog

“From a man who’s eaten his fair share? I think it’s all about the… Jesus, what’s the secret to a good meatball? I have no idea. I like a lumpy ball, personally.” —Daniel Holzman, Meatball Chef

When we saw the recipe for Blueberry-Balsamic Meatball Sauce with Rosemary in The Vegan Slow Cooker cookbook, page 170, we just had to try it! This is like a slow-cooked, blueberry and red wine sweet-and-sour sauce. What could be better?

We made sandwiches from Nate’s Meatless Meatballs sauteed in the sauce and served on toasted ciabatta with a side of garlic mashed potatoes absolutely drowning in Mushroom Gravy, from The Real Food Daily Cookbook, page 69.

We also had a ton of fresh pumpkin left over after making Fall Harvest Fruit Butter, so we filled a store-bought graham cracker crust with the yummy Pumpkin Pie filling recipe from The Joy of Vegan Baking, page 104, and we baked ourselves a pie.

High Tea!

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HIgh Tea: Cucumber & Cream Cheese Sandwiches - From Vegetate, Vegan Cooking & Food Blog

Cucumber & Cream Cheese Sandwiches, from The Vegan Table, page 78. Perfect for a luncheon with tea, fresh fruit, and muffins or scones. We made ours using Follow Your Heart cream cheese, but any other non-dairy cream cheese would also work well. The cream cheese was blended with mint, chives, and dill, and this was layered with thinly sliced, seeded cucumbers slices and baby arugula. We made ours using fluffy white bread (I know, not the healthiest choice, but it was heavenly) with the crusts cut off, just to be fancy. ;)

Geek Gaming Snax

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Geek Gaming Snax - from Vegetate, Vegan Cooking and Food Blog

Sun-dried Tomato Olive Spread (with pumpkin seeds) on crostini, from ExtraVeganZa, page 11, and Ryan’s Mushroom Poppers, from The Vegan Table, page 256. The roasted mushrooms were stuffed with Fakin’ Bakin’, Tofutti cream cheese, and chives. Served with grapes, nuts, and store-bought choco-cherry-cream cupcakes. To fortify the heroes and the Overlord through the “Descent: Sea of Blood” campaign. Best game evah!