We Will Party Hard.

Tonight, we are hosting a Housewarming party, you know, because we recently moved way closer to friends and wish to indulge ourselves in a night of fun.

And we're serving vegan food (DUN dun dun....)...not including what others bring.

Here's what's on the Housewarming Party Menu:

--Chipotle Black Bean Soup (made before here) from jae steele's Ripe from Around Here. I've been head-over-heels for this soup for almost a year now, make it regularly, and want to share the goodness with my friends. Squeee!

--Amazing Rosemary Bread from VegWeb. Just something I've been seeing around lately and want to try out.

--Coconut-Cocoa Haystacks, also from VegWeb. I've made these for friends before, and they were so easy and good. This is kind of a request.

--Vegan Strawberry Fudge "Cheese" Cake, from VegWeb (what? that's what I do sometimes when I'm bored at work. Don't judge.) Otherwise to be known amongst my friends as "some soy sh*t in a pie pan."

--Vegan Fudgy-Pudding and Strawberries. This is basically the Fudgesicles! recipe from VegWeb that I tried a while back, but not yet frozen. It's faaaaabulous.

--Moscow Mules as my drink. From Shutterbean.

And if you haven't signed up yet for Vegan MoFo 2011, you. need. to. NOW.

My theme this year (my 2nd time!) is still in the works, but I'm thinking of doing a bunch of posts about "foodie"-type foods. This is based on a FB conversation I recently had...and got angry about...and will turn into something positive.

It's still a work in progress, but you shall see soon (OCTOBER 1st, FOOL!)...

In the meantime, ENJOY your Saturday and your weekend! We'll be alright here so long as the Moscow Mules don't run out :)

Jes

Holy Bajeez, It's Been a While!

I'm so sorry (not really?). It's been a month or so since I've written a post, but it was a necessary break. Here's what I've done in the last month:

1) FINISHED THE BOOK!!!!!! Kansas: In the Heart of Tornado Alley will be coming out in late November (just in time for xmas...). It was done as non-for-profit to benefit the Wichita State Univ. History Dept. You know, to keep the lights on for a little longer, right? :)

2) Got a promotion at work. Definitely not something I was expecting; I didn't even know we had a higher level for my job. Now I am a "senior" at my position with a huge boost in $monies$. Right on!

3) Enjoyed my summer. That's right! I am soaking up the sun on weekends (and at our Annual Lake Trip last weekend), and I am not looking forward to the fall. Nuh uh.

4) But I am also bummed by our annual "omg, it's summer, and we are POOR" lull. Damn these bills and grown-up responsibilities!

5) Started writing to my vegan pen pal (if you are viewing my site, "What up, lady?") :)

6) Watched my zucchini plants FAIL miserably. The last big zucchini I pulled off had a funny hole in it. So I poked the scissors into it...AND PULLED OUT A SQUIRMY WORM! I FREAKED OUT and threw the whole thing over the fence into the alley in a sheer panic. And now the plants are toast. Ah well!

I'll be posting more regularly on here and want to share with you an AMAZINGLY AWESOME recipe from VegWeb.

FUDGESICLES!!

These really take me back to my childhood. For real--even the popsicle mold I used is from my own childhood (yeah, Mom, I took that!). There are only two popsicle holders left on it, but it still works!

Mmmmm...childhood. You MUST try these out!

Bon week-end!

Jes