Monday, February 04, 2008

Veganism Rocks!

Hello again,

For those of you who haven't heard, we have gone vegan...temporarily. We've decided to try it from January to May and see how we feel. We've just passed out first month mark and so far we feel fantastic.

We've been experimenting with new recipes and modifying old ones. The vegan borsht was a big hit, as was the penne primavera, the veggie tempura and Courtney's vegan banana chocolate ice cream. But, by far, the recipe that got the biggest reaction from our friends has been the vegan cupcakes we made this Saturday for a housewarming party. Most of the guests didn't realize that the cupcakes were vegan until after they were all gone. It was a great pleasure to see our empty tray next to the unopened box of store bought cupcakes on the counter.

We found the recipe in the link below. The only change we made was to use almond milk instead of soy.

http://inmylife-paola.blogspot.com/2007/02/vegan-cupcakes-rule.html

If anyone has any recipes they would like to share, please pass them along. Cheers!

2 comments:

Milly said...

vegweb.org - all vegan everything (including a faux turkey recipe called "yummy nut roast" that rocked the huffines' world over in Germany)... also try the thai pizza recipe I put up on the courtneys kitchen version of my blog (not updated in 6 months); its the best thing I've made in ages, if i do say so myself. go veggies!

ps if you've got tips for running a marathon while vegan, i'd love to hear them....

Paola Westbeek said...

Oooh! I'm so glad you liked the cupcakes and totally recommend the book they came from- Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World! It has loads more fantastic cupcake recipes!

Yours look gorgeous!

paola