MoFo 22 Breakfast For Din Din

Week 2 of Crazy Boy being out of commission. You know how every Wednesday Crazy Boy makes something, or signed on to make something for my blog. Well this is the second or third week in a row that he putzed around and didn't show up for his turn at the blog. As far as I can tell he is really sneezing. And he's coughing a little but not exactly hacking and he did sleep a lot today. I don't know. Do you think Crazy Boy is faking it? Do you think as Andrea from Andrea's Cook Easy blog suggested Crazy Boy might have to be confined to a bubble during allergy season? I could pump in some Michael Jackson music, visit once or twice a day and hand him some smoothies through the little flap in the bubble. Crazy Boy likes it when I dress up in my Haszmat suit. Do you think Crazy Boy might just be allergic to Wednesdays?

I made breakfast for dinner tonight in the hopes that CB would think it was Thursday.

 Homemade Granola with mixed fruit and an Orangenana Smoothie



I included Orange juice and coconut milk, flax seed and rice milk with a little Stevia and about 3 ice cubes in a blender. I flaked and did not pay attention to the measurements I used. :(

Here however is the Granola. It's based on Bryant Terry's black, brown and green granola  from the Vegan Soul Kitchen.

4 C old fashioned rolled oats
1 C chopped roasted almonds
3/4 C shredded coconut
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 C apple juice
1/2 C melted coconut oil
1/2 C pure maple syrup
2 tsp non-alcoholic vanilla
1 C chopped dried dates
1/2 C raisins
1/2 C dried cherries

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment and evenly spread the oats. Bake for 20 minutes stirring every five minutes for even toasting. Remove from oven and transfer to large bowl. Add the almonds, coconut and cinnamon and stir well. Reduce oven to 325 degrees.

In a medium bowl mix the apple juice, maple syrup, coconut oil and vanilla together. Pour over granola mixture and mix until the granola is well coated.
Pour mixture back on parchment lined baking sheet and bake for 40 minutes until golden brown stirring every 15 minutes.

Meanwhile combine the dried fruit in a small bowl and cover with boiling water to reconstitute. After a minute drain and return to bowl. Set aside.

When granola is done pour back into bowl, mix in dried fruit and pour back onto baking sheet to cool.

I look forward to making dinner for breakfast tomorrow.
So what do you think? Is Psycho Boy just a big baby faker?

MoFo 21 Training Tuesdays From Soup To...

I am thinking of ditching a couple of my MoFo themes this week. Yesterday was Monday and German fest day at Veganville. I adamantly refused to dress up in my Fraulein costume and wound up writing about Halloween candy. Halloween is not that big of a deal in Germany. I think it is almost as popular as the Bavarian Kwanzaa. Maybe I'm just better at going for a theme within a theme.

Today's theme within a theme is a loose rendition of Training Tuesday. I want to work in the hearty barley soup that I didn't get to share yesterday. There will never be a barley soup jelly bean. Anyway my running mileage once again sucked this week, in fact I am armed with so many blame excuses for why I did NOT run that I am calling this week's entry...

~From Soup to Nots~

Crazy Boy made this soup.
I did not.

Crazy Boy made up the recipe.
I did not.
Truth...kind Psycho Boy made this while I was working out. Really.

Yes I lifted weights and did cardio ...Run?
I did not.

CB set up this shot and took this picture.
I did not, not, not!

CB is asleep and has the recipe in his head.
I do not.

This soup is good after a run. I will run and get you the recipe soon.

P.S. Thank you for the delicious soup and surprise pics, CB!

Is your partner helping you out during MoFo? How?

MoFo 17 Who Dat Vegan? Video Interview With Kendy

 Hi and welcome to this week's installment of "Who Dat Vegan?" We invite you to sit back and watch my interview with the delightful Kendy Paxia from Miss Muffcake.

 

  

G: I first met Kendy though veganetsy a team of vegan stores managed by vegans on Etsy. What do you sell on Etsy and where else do you sell?

K: I sell zines now. I started off doing accessories, now I do accessories for shows and just sell my zines! I might launch some limited edition necklaces soon though! I try to do as much retail and craft shows that I can. Things are always changing!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/missmuffcake

You can also find special edition bows in Sarah Kramer's shop in vintage prints:

http://store.govegan.net/miss-muffcakes-hair-bows/

G: You include Mar in all your zines? Tell me a little about this Mar.

K: Mar is my 15 year old, 19 pound cancer surviving superstar panda cat! I have had him since he was a wee little booger, my sister rescued Mickey, Mar's mom and when Mickey had kittens (we never had a female companion animal before and was like OMG - she is pregnant!) my sister said "look she had a goth one for you!"... I was a senior in high school and Marilyn Manson was my idol... So Mar's full name is Marilyn Manson... we just call him Mar (pronounced Mare)...

G: I recently reread a couple of your zines (I'll include their names) and in addition to your humor, and creativity, I like that you shoot from the hip. In addition to being a voice for the animals, your sense or social conscience seems to be all pervasive. What other issues are you passionate about?

K: Being nice! Seriously it is that simple! Saying thank you and please do not take much effort but it seems people forget these little things. I know we are all busy and have a million things on our minds but when someone opens a door for you or brings your food to the table if you are dining out - say thank you!
I also think we learn from life experiences that we share. That is why I write my zine! I do not believe I am the best writer on the block but I have stories and my stories come from the heart, it counts for something right? Sharing a story of being bullied, a story about suffering from an eating disorder or a story about overcoming something might comfort someone... Often when we face life's problems we feel alone and we seek out others to help us. Sometimes all we have are words on the net to inspire us and not a friend to turn to. The words we write, the stories we share - those can be friends in a time of need!
 

G: How do you stay positive? Any special practices? or Affirmations?

K:Trying to take one problem at a time... I also try to shift focus. I do not like to think about stuff - which is bad, I guess that is why I procrastinate at times. Yoga, tai chi, chi gong... bringing balance in my life with physical balancing has helped me be a better person. I also wish on stars, light prayer candles and pray to the universe daily! I am not a religious person but I am spiritual!
 

G: Let's switch gears and chat makeup. Current cruelty free fave raves? What's always in your purse?

K: Right now and for the last year I freakin' love E.L.F.'s bronzing compact. You get 4 colors and I use them to contour, highlight and give my cheeks color. The darker color even works as a crease color for my lids! I cannot live without black eyeliner and currently it is Wet N Wild's black liquid liner. Even though it is not waterproof it stays on all day! I use 3 coats of Urban Decay's Lush Lash mascara and love the wand - it really is a nice formula!
It is kinda sad how much crap I carry around in my purse... Like really - do I need 5 lip glosses? I have a ton of balms, glosses, lip pencils and a few lip sticks. I also have blotting papers and Fresh's Brown Sugar perfume in a roll on applicator! I also carry around a brush and hair ties - just in case... Oh and 3 mini bottles of lotion right now... I need to clean my purse!
 

G: Favorite HM cosmetic tips?

K: Wash your face! Do not go to bed with makeup on... Really at least invest in makeup remover wipes! I am lucky because my handsome boyfriend bought me a leopard print Clairsonic Mia. I love washing my face with it. Skin care is so important! Makeup can only do so much, start with a great canvas!
 

G: What recipe are you going to share today?

K: This is an easy Fall inspired dish I came up with on a whim. It is easy and comforting! I wanted to add hominy - but I could only find these hugggeee industrial sized cans at the store. I think garbanzo beans resemble hominy so I added them to the mix. You can play around with the bean mixtures here...

Seitan 2 Bean Chili-Stew

1/4 cup of vegetable broth
1 8 oz can of tomato sauce
1 10 oz can of black beans - drained
1 10 oz can of gabanzo beans - drained
1 can of Original Rotel
1 package of seitan strips/small chunks
2 tablespoons of Wizard's hot sauce (or what you have on hand)
a dash of paprika

Mix the vegetable broth with the tomato sauce. Add beans, Rotel, seitan, hot sauce and paprika. Stir everything together and heat over a low-medium heat for an hour! Serve it however you like, corn bread, Fritos, a dollop of soy sour cream...
 

G: Where can we find you?

K: www.missmuffcake.com for all of you Kendy needs!

 

Thank you again for swinging by. It was so wonderful to meet up with you and spend some time getting to know you and Matt.

 

 

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MoFo Day 31 Post 26 What Can I Say?!

But Boo! And Well ..

It has been a journey worth taking. I have so appreciated meeting all of you. Thank you for reading and commenting and laughing with me. It has been an absolute joy to read other blogs and get to hang out with more of the vegan community.

A Journey is Nothing If I Don't Remain Teachable
The Bump in the Road- Stupid camera acts out 
The Aha- Take Pics of Leftovers

The Bump In the Road- Ice Creme Maker is Very Mean
The Aha- Use As Blender

The Bump in the Road- Raw Food Is Not the Same As Baked. It Is Not Always As Pretty.
The Aha- I Can Bake and I Don't Have to Eat It, But Raw Does Taste Good!

The Mime- Know when to be silent and Detach With Love, know when to stand up for your rights even though it could make you feel a lot of raw emotions.

Count Your Victories

1. 26 Posts

2. Stayed on the E2 Plan Throughout MoFo

3. Read A Trillion Blogs

4. Have Not Used That Many Hyperboles

5. I Married the Right Guy!

6. We Are Still Married After MoFo

The Brownie we are holding is Adapted From Gratitude Cafe's Marbled Fudge Brownie.

Look forward to our continued journey. See you in November. After I snooze.

In Gratitude and Love,

GiGi 

MoFo Day 30 Post 25 And the Secret Ingredient Is....Tropical ...

For Today's MoFo Iron Chef Challenge Secret Ingredients please view Above Video!

GiGi and Her Team, (her Crazy Boy Husband-videographer and carrot shredder), have decided to make TROPICAL TROUBLE VOOPEE PIES.
Here is a little ditty to go with the recipe and photos.

It's Not a cake

It's Not a Cookie

It's Got a Middle

It's For a Vegan

So It's Called a Voopee

Tropical Voopee Pies Pre Oven and Pre Frig

 

Hey these are the perfect cookie to have when you are craving an island get away!!

2 Sticks Earth Balance softened
1 Cup Organic Brown Sugar
1 C Vegan Organic Sugar
¼ C water mixed with 1 T Ener-G Egg Replacer (or if you can't stand this stuff, 1 flax slurry)
1 tsp non-alcoholic vanilla or 1 tsp coconut flavoring
2 1/4 C unbleached flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
2 C rolled oats
1.5 C grated carrots
1 C dried pineapple (with sugar) chopped ( about 5 dried pineapple rings chopped finely)
1/2 C macadamia nuts (chopped finely too). You can use more but those babies are pricey
1/2 C dried chopped papaya optional ( I opted out... I couldn't find any anywhere)

 Preheat Oven to 350. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment. Cream together Earth Balance and both sugars on medium speed until fluffy. Add egg replacer (or flax slurry) and vanilla and mix until combined. Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder and spices in separate bowl. Add gradually to Earth balance mix and mix until combined. Mix in oats, carrots and pineapple and macadamias (papaya if using) until just blended. Use medium size ice cream scoop to scoop into balls and place 2 inches apart on baking sheets. Refrigerate for an hour before baking. Bake  around 20-25 minutes until lightly browned. Cool completely before filling.


Vegan coconut cream cheez frosting

1 stick Earth Balance (softened)
4 oz. Tofutti (softened)
3 C vegan powdered sugar
1 tsp non-alcoholic vanilla
2-3 T rice milk or coconut milk
1/2 C unsweetened shredded coconut


Cream Earth Balance with Tofutti. Beat in confectioner’s sugar a cup at a time. Remember to scrape down the sides in between. Add vanilla and then add rice or coconut milk..

When the cookies are completely cool, spread about 1 T of vegan cream cheese frosting on the bottom of one cookie and then sandwich it together with another.

My Bags Are Packed Cookie

 

I'm Ready To Go Cookie With Rice Milk

Ode to A Tropical Trip

Yep I think a Tropical Trip is in the cards right After MoFo 31. Who else needs a vacation here? Where do you want to run away to?

I bid you good eating.

MoFo Day 29 Post 24 Cheerful Little Earful

I will definitely meet the MoFo Iron Chef deadline this week. Yay. Will post it later today. We interrupt this chatty happy go, (oh lucky doesn't fit), happy go mucky MoFo blog to bring you GiGi's sad face blog. Yep once every other full moon I switch up the apron for a protest sign and use this space as a tiny platform.

You see, Crazy boy and I were invited to this big Halloween bash that our friends were giving. They've been planning it for three weeks. Invites, decorations, dance floor, tons of food. Yep tons of food except nothing for the vegans. I received a stressed out call today while I was working.
Hostess: I'm totally stressed. Just realized that I made four sauces and all of them have yogurt, and I said to myself, GiGi and Larry won't eat that. Should I just keep some of the beets out for you?" 
GiGi: Well did you get any vegan ice cream?
Hostess: Um no.
GiGi: So should we bring our own food?
Hostess: Yup.
GiGi: Well we better win best effing costume at least! Hahaha.

Needless to say said friends were going out to run errands and still didn't ask, "Hey what can we get you guys?"

Considering that Crazy boy and I have an open house policy and friends are always here chowing down, and that we will accommodate special dietary concerns like gluten free, sugar free, and we always ask everybody if there is any food that they won't eat or are allergic too, this lack of hospitality knocked the wind out of me. I asked three times in the last few weeks if I could bring anything. The answer was, just bring yourselves. (Subtext: and freaking starve to death you annoying vegans.) The hostesses were even invited over to our house this past Friday evening but declined since they were whipping up a storm, uh not for any vegans though.

Now to the bullet points:

• Veganism is not an anathema. Vegans don't make these food choices to stress you out.
• These vegans have chosen to live this way because we respect all animals and don't believe animals were put on this earth for our consumption. Isn't there enough violence in the world?
• With the exception of my few in person vegan friends, none of my friends have ever asked why we have chosen to live our lives this way.
• With all honesty, most of my friends have made a concerted effort to accommodate us and have made beautiful meals, or even tacos and hummus, but none of them really know why we are vegans. We appreciate the meals so much, but wish you knew more about us and the why's of veganism. Perhaps you would be able to make more informed choices.
• Oh and the next time you ask a vegan over, we don't expect you to make something fancy shmancy for us from one of our fancy cooking blogs, but we'll happily make that for you. 
• Why not visit your local Whole Foods and pick some already prepared grains from the salad bar, serve with premade baba ganoush and chips and we're good to go.
• Or just ask. Yep just ask your pain in the ass vegan friends, something like, "Would you like anything special?"

I'll probably give you the standard answer I've been giving for forty years. (Vegan for 7, the remainder veggie). "I'll be fine with just a baked potato, some sea salt, and a tossed salad with vinegar. Yep don't wanna cause any trouble, ma'am. One carrot is fine."

As Colleen Patrick Goudreau says, I obviously need to raise the bar.
If you've got a couple of minutes, check out this amazing video from Colleen called "From Excusitarian to Vegan."


I'll be back in a couple with some cookies and rice milk, I promise.
Thanks for listening.

MoFo Day 28 Post 23 Squash and the Alphabet

I had a relatively easy morning in the Veganville Kitchen, so I decided to catch up on reading through the MoFo blog roll. Contrary to my blog post tangents I really do think pretty linear. I must go through each post alphabetically and not skip around. It is day 28 of MoFo and I just got through the "T's". There are like a thousand blogs that begin with the word, "The". My eyes are tired, and it makes me looks shifty.

If everybody is going through the blog roll alphabetically like I am, I sure hope they get to mine. Getting to the" V's" after all the "The's" might not happen til December for some readers. Could explain the lack of new followers I'm getting. My blog title begins with a "V'! Oh I'm f*cked. So do you think I should change Veganville to Eganville for next year's MoFo? Is it to late to do it now? Now instead of saying "Welcome to Veganville", I can say, "Welcome to Eganville", and it'll sound all cockney like. Now you try it.

Hey do you guys know about pininterest? My buddies over on my Veganetsy team just told me about this site about 1 month ago. I'm probably late to the party. You can search all these cool pics there and you'll be led to the creators of the cool pics blog sites. Anyway that's how I found a recipe that I adapted below. I never would have found one of the recipes if it wasn't for Pininterest, because the site is not all vegan, just this recipe. As a matter of fact right above the recipe on this blog there's a picture of a rodeo the blogger went to. Yuk. I might have to grab some of my activist cronies and go picket her blog. The recipe was decent enough to swipe. My pics came out suckaroo. I made squash fries too, adapted from another blog. The only thing I copied, (there I said it), was her cutting technique. So there. No linkie for her.


Also I'm a pretty compassionate person, but right now I just want to smack my freakin' camera. I made this big ass dinner and now I have to use a stock squash photo and give you a link to rodeo gal's blog.

I will add a cute pic of my cat. Crazy boy took this pic of Zuule before the camera went Sybil on me.

Above is the stock pic for the squash fries I made...

Squash Fries
1 medium size squash
Gomasio to taste
Himalayan sea salt
canola spray

Preheat oven to 425. Line a cookie tray with foil and spray that too.Using a kitchen peeler, peel away the squash skin. Using a sharp knife, cut your squash in half lengthwise, and scoop out the seeds in the middle. Cut each half in halves, (width wise), so you are left with four equal sized parts. Then cut matchsticks out of the butternut squash so they look like real live French fries. Toss into a shallow bowl and spray. Add the gomasio and sea salt and toss to coat. Put butternut squash fries in a single layer on a tin foil lined cookie sheet for about 35-40 minutes. Flip fries over halfway through cooking time.

Here's the link to the sandwich I made. I changed a few things up. I substituted regular non-alcohol Dijon for dry mustard, pomegranate wine vinegar for white vinegar, and replaced sugar with agave.
Next time I would definitely add avocado, fried onions and sprouts to this sandwich and switch up the bread we used. Otherwise it makes for pretty good vegan BBQ.


Oh and here's Zuule looking through the window at Daddy!

I'm very photogenic Mommy, too bad your food isn't!

MoFo 20 Another Quake but No Cake

I didn't feel the first earthquake today. Me and crazy boy were on a walk when a jeweler came out of his store and told us there was a jolt. We weren't home 20 minutes from dinner out at Herbivore in Berkeley when our building shook like a roller coaster. We both had shwarma wraps and salads at Herbivore. I had seitan. Larry had the un-chicken. The wraps were good, nothing we couldn't duplicate at home, but what if it was a real earthquake? What if that seitan shwarma wrap was my last vegan supper this time around? I'd be pissed. It's pretty sad that some people can only down jello before they go. I know jello isn't vegan, but really who wants even the jello vegan stand-in  kanten or agar agar as their last meal. Sure kanten can be pretty  and colorful but a last meal it does not make!

Time Magazine did a photo essay a while back, where famous chefs gave a brief description of what they would like their last meal to be. They were photographed with part of the meal the meal they would choose. I was appalled to see how gamey and cruel their favorite meals were. One chef was pictured with a rifle. One was pictured with a pig. Incredibly sad. 

There is an entire website dedicated to death row inmates' last meals. Vending machine sodas, and corn chips are often included in their requests. One inmate requested two pints of mint chocolate chip ice cream. I didn't expect any of these inmates to be vegans, but I didn't expect the chefs to be so non chalant about their choices either.

What would I choose when there are so many kind choices?  I know! I'd like the- hell I'd like the  vegan Caesar salad to start, please. Hell, Caesar. Gee, I hope this meal never ends ;) Hmmm. I'll have to think about the rest of this last meal. This is definitely food for thought.

Isn't this just the perfect icebreaker for your next Halloween party? What would you choose for your last meal?

MoFo 19 Masquerade Balls

My friend Molly just asked if I had a sizeometer on my blog. All food blogs should have sizeometers. Don't you think? I like to calibrate things. I'd really love to know how many pounds of almond butter, and dates I've downed since I've started MoFo. I'm a raw foodist trapped in a cooked vegan's body. The dehydrating trips me up though.  I don't own a dehydrator. Why? I don't want everything I make to look like prunes.
 In addition to salads and raw veggies, I make balls. I make balls in my food processor. Add any kind of nuts with some dates and some agave to your food processor, process to a paste. Spatula out. Scoop up the paste and roll  and you got your self some balls. I'm eating so much of these cylindrical beasts that I'm turning into a nut ball. Now after the sizeometer is finished measuring the almond butter and dates, it will be the sizeometer's job to measure the balls.  
Molly just texted me to tell me that a sizeometer is really a blog feature that basically counts the number of people who read your blog and then a sizograph tells you where they are from. It is the same thing as the "stats" feature on blogger. I just checked my stats. Yay.
Big shout out to my one reader Solveig, in Antarctica.

You can find the recipe here, I switched up the brown sugar for a bit of agave, and added more dates, I think you could probably cut the brown sugar completely and keep the original date amount and it would work just fine...but that's up to you Solveig :)





Mofo 13 Faker Feta With Kalamata Olives and other Stuff

Now that that is settled,(See video above) the manufacturer's directions tell me I need to leave the barrel in the freezer for 16 hours. 16 hours? 16 hours? I read the info about the 16 hours after I read the recipe booklet that said the ice cream would take 2 hours to sit in the freezer. Now that's 18 hours. There goes my big big plan of eating ice cream for dinner.

There is no way me and crazy boy are having popcorn again for dinner tonight. I feel like the Dead Sea after all that sodium. This of course won't keep me from salting our dinner tonight. I like to wake up looking like a cross between a Cabbage Patch Doll and Rodney Dangerfield.

Just for an update... Remember the 28 day Engine 2 Plan Diet Larry and I were on...we're still doing it. It's about day 35 of the 28 day plan. So we are still off sugar, oils, fats and any white (even unbleached organic) flour. I love doing it. The plan is great. It has kept me from noshing on too much sugar in the kitchen. I no longer have frosting jowls. I have more energy, and our skin looks good. We've lost our tire tummies too. I've lost a few inches (no not in my height). The scale arrow would go farther down if I could just kick the confounded almond butter addiction.

Tonight's Reluctantly Healthy Dinner is...

Broccoli with Cherry Tomatoes, Kalamata olives and Tofu Feta over Rice Penne
1 Package Rice Penne
2 Cups broccoli chopped
1 C kalamata olives
1.5 C cherry tomatoes halved (easier to half with a bread knife so they don't squirt in your eye)
1/4 C salsa
1 T vegan pesto (optional)
1 clove garlic
TJ's 21 Salute
canola spray

Feta
1 package of firm tofu, drained and pressed (about 15 minutes each side)
1 T sea salt
3 T red wine vinegar
2 T oregano
1 T basil
(dill and 2 T olive oil optional)

Put water on for pasta, while draining and pressing tofu. Spray skillet with canola spray, saute broccoli with kalamata olives, about 6 minutes. Add cherry tomatoes and saute another 6 minutes. If you are not on the Engine 2 plan feel free to add 2 T olive oil to the skillet or to the tofu faker feta. 

For the Faker Feta
Crumble drained and pressed tofu into bowl and mix with remaining ingredients. Add to skillet and cook for about 12 minutes. Serve over pasta or rice.

Buy some coconut ice cream for dessert unless you have 18 hours to wait. See you tomorrow. I promise to drink some water before I see you, so I Iook a little better.

MoFo Day 12 Lookie Lookie Lookie Here Comes Snoozy

Is it November 1st yet? Sorry didn't know you were there. I was busy celebrating my first day off in two weeks. Tomorrow is the actual day off but tonight I got to take a power snooze. I could have slept until tomorrow but the Type A nudnick inside of me didn't want to miss another MoFo post this early in the game. I'll keep it short, sweet and unadorned. I wanna get back to my pillow. No technicolor dreams for me. Here is a snapshot of the inside of GiGi's REM  cycle brain. Photo credit of GiGi's inner sleep sanctum taken by the husband aka Psycho Boy. Thank you PB!

 Our awake life and dinner...

Sweet dreams.

MoFo 11 Radium Pie and Spying on Other Blogs

Today's MoFo entry is exceptionally horrific and partially stupid. GiGi  accepts no liability for the content of this blog, so there.
Today was another monster day in the kitchen. I wound up downing Whirly Pop popcorn tossed with Daiya mozzarella, nooch and sea salt for dinner for the 2nd consecutive night this week. This does not make for a great food photo op, so rather than miss another day of MoFo I decided to troll. Please take note of all my horror metaphors, (monster, troll bahaha). I actually spied on other MoFoers. Spying is way more fun and way more productive than reading my blogger stats every 15 minutes to see if someone in Singapore has read my latest blog about Martha Stewart. There is some scary ass stuff going on in MoFo land. I'm not kidding. Here's what I found.

1. Crazy funny Cara over at Fork and Beans posted a picture of some pumpkin head regurgitating his breakfast.
This is what I looked like back when I used to mix tequila with my oatmeal.

2. Another blogger almost poisoned their family, (with undercooked beans). I'll have to remember that. Undercooked beans, undercooked beans! The blogger further explained that poisoning their family was unintentional. This was a slight disappointment to me. Imagine the Agatha Christie like headlines:The MoFo Murderess Among Us. I mean think about it for a moment. There's gotta be at least one off their rocker blogger among 872. Right? Hmmmmm. BTW does anyone recall who the almost murderess was? Her name escapes me, perhaps she escaped too. If you know please contact me, so I can give her and the FBI a shout out.

3.  Boychucker confesses that she has just had a steamy affair with Seitan. They've been to hell in a steamer basket. She's done playing with fire, so this week Boychucker is all about sandwiches or sammiches.

4. Last night at the stroke of 10:15, I created a pear and cranberry crumble or was it a pi? It might have been a pi because I was able to cut exactly 3.147 slices. Either way the dessert vanished without a trace of a recipe. I believe the ingredients will come to me in a dream.

Here is evidence that it was indeed created.

Pre Gluten-Free Crust

Radium Pie With Glowing Gluten Free Crust

Gggggggggg "night. Bahahahaha.

MoFo Day 2 Wedding Anniversary and a Theme Within a Theme Within a Theme

Guess what? Today is me and Psycho Boy's 21st wedding anniversary. We got married kind of young. We both were ten years old, but we had fake proof. Isn't it funny how our wedding anniversary coincided with World Veg Day? Today we are going to World Veg Day and then having dinner at Gracias Madre. Gracias Madre is the Mexican food sister to Cafe Gratitude, the vegan raw joint where every meal starts with an affirmation.

I would like the "I am phenomenal" almond shake please.

Then the wait person, repeats back to you., "Yes, you are phenomenal". Then you say, "you are phenomenal."  No, you are. And they say, well you get the picture, because "You are phenomenal!".

Here's something else about affirmations I really should tell you about. Never repeat an affirmation in the negative. For instance, do not say,"I do not suck as a food blogger". Instead say,"I am the queen of food blogging". Even though you may not  think that. If the universe hears you say, "I am the queen of food blogging" enough, you might begin to think that you rule the food world and one day you might even become infant Jesus' personal chef. Ever notice how Chef jackets and straight jackets look remarkably alike?

You might be thinking....Where's the food on this freaking blog today, GiGi? Well. Seems like some photo genius whiz blogger just posted about "Gracias Madre", the very restaurant I was going to take some less than average pictures of. Check these crazy ass pictures out. OMG. They are featured over at the drool worthy Vegan Culinary Crusade blog.
I suck! Whoops I mean I am the queen photographer of below average pictures .Maybe I'll take a photo essay of me jumping off the Bay Bridge today.

Here's the other thing. Yesterday while reading all 850 MoFo blogs I saw that most of the  smarty boots bloggers have come up with themes for MoFo. I might not be the sharpest measuring spoon in the drawer but I thought MoFo was the theme. I think that these bloggers' themes are themes within a theme. Ohhhhh. I get it. I think.  So if we can drive past the Bay Bridge safely today, here are a few themes I will include in the month of Vegan Food.

GiGi's Theme within a Theme

Martha's Peas

1. Veganizing Martha- I will veganize some of Martha's recipes from her pre-jail bait days, (pre 2005). I will also include a few recipes Martha came up with while she was in the can. Who can forget how Martha made eyeliner out of peas for the other pen gals?
1.a. Peas might also make a good theme.

Martha walking towards the yard to pick some veggies.

Inmate with green pea eyeliner, Martha whipped up in the pen.

2. Ripping off Rip- You know Rip Esselstyn the writer of the Best selling, "Engine 2 Diet"? His diet is more of a plan, plant based of course. It includes, no sugar, no white flour, no oil. Today is day 21 for us on the plan. Shorthand for this plan is E2, but since I will be ripping off most of Rip's recipes, let's call this the G2 plan.

Fireman Rip and his fruits.

3. And back by unpopular demand, I will include more Video footage of inanimate objects. Happy Mofo Day 2. And Happy Anniversary, Baby!