Breaking News Missing Vegan Blogger Found and GF Bagels for the Press

       
                                                               
 Hi Everybody. My attorney, Skutch Sandalman, has advised the public to respect our family's privacy. I understand a lot of readers have expressed their concerns about my whereabouts. Larry and Jerry and I are truly grateful for all the comments and prayers we have received in the past month. We will be sure to reveal more about the case in the coming days. When Skutch first found me I was a little tired and woozy, and my mouth was as parched as PB without almond milk. I had also been on the lamb for a while. I had forgotten my tweezers and wax, which turned out to be a good thing for a few days, since without these modern conveniences I hardly resembled myself and did not want to be found right away. Skutch said I resembled a sloth when he found me. So as soon as I got home, I shared some water with Jerry, then I kissed he and his dad. I then got to work on making gluten free bagels for Skutch and Fletcher and the search crew. While the bagels were rising I had some time to pluck. I had to make a special spread for the press, so I whipped up some Green Goddess Cheez for Skutch and Fletcher and the rest of the nosy body reporters.

Gluten Free Caraway Seed Recipe

I totally riffed the Gluten Filled Bagel found in Isa Moskowitz' "Vegan Brunch". I exchanged the flour in equal amounts of Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Flour and added 1/2 tsp xanthan gum. I used caraway seeds and Pink Himalayan salt for one type of bagel, and cinnamon raisin for another. Although the recipe says it yields 12, I would make 6 bigger bagels next time because my family has big mouths.

The Reporters from "Yesterday's Gazette" Preferred Theirs Open faced

Green Goddess Creme Cheez Spread
Serving Suggestion: highly recommend heirloom tomatoes and micro greens for topping sandwich
1 C raw cashews (soaked in water at least 4 hours or overnight)
1/4-1/2 C Nooch
juice of 1/2 lemon
1 tsp canola oil
1/2 tsp. apple cider vinegar
2 Ripe avocados chunked
2 shots of your favorite hot sauce
sea salt to taste

Drain then blend cashews in high speed blender or food processor until smooth. This might take a few minutes. Add all the remaining ingredients except avocados. Blend until smooth and then add avocado. Blend until you have it just the way you like it, chunky or smooth.

A special thanks goes out to my family, friends, readers, sleuths and Skutch and Fletcher who have followed my story from the inception. I promise to reveal more of my adventure as I reacclimate to the world and it's surroundings.

Love and Hugs,

GiGi

Larry Takes Jerry Out to Flacos

Jerry: Hi everybody it's me, Jerry. I was feeling a little sad the other day, I mean I know there

was a Mommy sighting and everything but she's not here yet. I bet her cell phone ran out.

I bet Daddy didn't pay her cell phone bill.

Anyway, Daddy told me to keep my fingers crossed and my chin up. It's hard to cross my fingers because they can only go in one position. Kind of like my feet. I can keep my chin up if someone doesn't swivel my head.

Anyway, Daddy took me to my favorite place ever, Flacos in Berkeley and this what we had. Daddy can you tell everybody what we had?

Larry: Well, Jerry and Mommy and me love the taquitos which are made of a soy chicken mixture rolled in a corn tortilla and fried. They're doused in Flacos' signature avocado salsa, (also sold to-go for $6), which comes in mild or spicy, the latter with roasted habaneros, but we get it with mild because there is no happy medium. 

Flaco's 3031 Adeline Street Berkeley, California 94703 510.981.8081

Jerry: Tell everybody in blog world about the the huarache, Daddy.
Larry: Hi everybody in blog world, a huarache is a handmade corn tortilla layered with avocado, refried pinto beans, rice, cilantro, onions, cabbage and..
Jerry: There's cabbage in it, Daddy? No way!
Larry: Way, Jerry and it has radish and salsa too.

Jerry: And Flaco's has pozole that is almost as good as Mommy's.
Larry: Almost, you can find Mommy's recipe here. 
Jerry: I wish Mommy was here!!!

Larry and Jerry scream and cry and get kicked out of Flacos. On their way home from Berkeley Larry and Jerry get hopeful when they see Mommy's poster on a telephone pole. Larry and Jerry know in their heart of hearts that if people in Berkeley are looking for GiGi, then by God Mommy will be home soon.

Yes, GiGi/Mommy will be home soon.
P.S. I need Mommy to help me with Blogger. I am very sorry the text came out weird!!!
Love,
Jerry

MoFo Case # 10 Psychic Hotline and Spinach

Larry and Jerry Call the Psychic Hot line

Spinach Mash Balls Recipe

Leftover Mashed potatoes or about 2 pounds newly boiled Yukons

2 C finely chopped fresh spinach

1 C diced onion

2 T Dijon 

3 tsp favorite hot sauce

3 T lite coconut milk

lots of seasonings salt and pepper

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Mash everything together. Line 2 baking pans with foil and spray. Use a melon ball scoop to make small spinach mash balls. Bake for 15 minutes on one side and then flip with a spatula and bake for another 10 minutes.

Tofu Sticks

1 pound firm tofu drained and pressed and cut into sticks

1/4 C cornmeal

1/4 C unbleached or GF flour

1/2 C coconut milk mixed with 1 T apple cider vinegar

Lots of salt and pepper

Preheat oven 450 degrees. Already done if you are serving with Spinach Mash Balls. Line a baking pan with foil and spray. Pour liquid into one shallow dish. And flour mix into another shallow dish. Dredge tofu sticks with coconut milk and dip into flour mixture. Make sure you coat both sides of tofu stick. Place on foil lined pan. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Flipping gently halfway through cooking time.

Serving suggestions: Dipping sauces. Great with peanut sauce, guac, salsa or sea salt and vinegar.

Anyone with any information concerning GiGi is urged to call the number from our very first MoFo blog 2013 here. Thank you.

Mofo Case #9 Jerry Writes to Mommy the Missing Blogger, and Eats Mostly White Food

Daddy is going to let me have white food for dinner tonight. Not exactly white though not white like the North Pole or Snow White, or Petey's annoying dog Fluffy. If I don't have a hissy fit like I did on Prime Time then I can eat anything I want, vegan of course with no white sugar or anything. So daddy is making me almost white soup and I picked out triangle crackers in Target. Mommy doesn't really want me to eat triangle crackers, Mommy says they aren't that bad but still they are kind of processy, and who needs to eat that sh*$. I am not supposed to say that she said that though.

Here is the soup and then for dessert I get to eat a special snowball.

Roasted Cauliflower and White Bean Soup with Lemon

1 head of cauliflower cut up

5-7 cloves of garlic not peeled

1 Can white beans drained and rinsed

4.5 C veggie broth

4 Ounces shredded mozzarella Daiya

1 lemon

salt to taste

hot sauce to taste

topping suggestions: vegan sausage rounds, scallions, drizzle of olive oil, avocado

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking pan with foil and spray with non-stick oil. Spread cauliflower and garlic on pan, spray again and roast/bake for 20-25 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool for about 15 minutes. Peel garlic cloves and add with cauliflower and broth to food processor. Puree. Add half of the puree to soup pot and then add the rinsed white beans to the food processor  and puree with the other half of the soup left in the food processor. Add remaining puree to mix in pot. Bring to a boil. Let simmer and add shredded Daiya. Cook until cheez is melted about 15-20 minutes. Ladle into bowls and squirt each soup generously with lemon and a couple of shots of hot sauce. Yeehaw :)

Me and Daddy like these raw snowballs with chocolate crust more than Mommy does.

You can find the basic recipe here. But Mommy puts these in big muffin pans and adds an extra banana and half a cup of unsweetened shredded coconut to the filling.

If you have any info about my Mommy please refer here to our first blog post for Mofo 2013.

Thank you.

Love,
Jerry