I can haz cookie?

Lately I've been blissed out and totally obsessed with cookies...making them...buying them...eating them... Here are some instances of recent bliss:

{blackstrap gingersnaps from vegan cookies invade your cookiejar}

{vegan and allergy-free (GF) snickerdoodles from Enjoy Life...mmm, soft}

{"lazy samoas" from VCIYCJ. made these for a bday party}

{ok, so not technically a cookie but a chocolate-coconut haystack. F! where did I get these??}

Plus, I made the Mexican Hot Chocolate Snickerdoodles from VCIYCJ again and brought them to work for a cookie bake-off for charity. Didn't win the contest, but the cookies won a trip to some hungry stomachs.

If I can find where I got the chocolate-coconut haystacks recipe from, I will post it here. They are seriously like FOUR ingredients, easy to make, and ready to eat in like 30 minutes. Swoon...

UPDATE: The haystacks are from VegWeb!

Thinking of what to make next...

Jes

VCON-Stravaganza

I recently (finally) purchased a copy of Veganomicon ("VCON") by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero and Love It. So I've been making all sorts of things out of it lately.

I made Chickpea Cutlets, after hearing all over the vegan blogosphere how wonderful they are. This was my first time. I can do better, but they were dang tasty.

{chickpea cutlets with organic mustard and a rice stirfry-thing}

I've also made:

Messy Rice {pg 118}

Chickpea-Quinoa Pilaf {pg 115}

Lemony Roasted Potatoes {pg 109} <---those are in the oven right now

Roasted Portabellos {pg 112}

Chickpea Cutlets {pg 133}

I am sure I am forgetting something... oh yeah-- Marinated Asian Tofu {pg 129} and Baked BBQ Tofu {pg 128}

{And this is the Roasted Red Pepper Pasta, though not from VCON, that I made a week or so ago. I LOVE it.}

Enu expresses my sentiments regarding VCON appropriately, I think.

Jes

Hot Cookies!

Ok, well, not HOT but SPICY. I bought myself a copy of Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero's cookbook, Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar, which had a recipe for Mexican Hot Chocolate Snickerdoodles.

Usually when I make cookies, they turn out all flat and crispy...but these were substantial and chewy on the inside, and they were my first time pairing heat with sweet.

This is what it was like to eat one of these bad boys:

*munch, munch, nom, chew*..."Oh, I like the chocolate...I don't taste any of the cayenne" *munch, chew, nom, gulp* "Oh...wait...there it is...WOW"

Yeah, pretty freaking yummy. This is certainly a recipe I'll be making again and again. I brought them to a pool party because heat and chlorine go hand-in-hand. Recipe available here.

Jes