Sweet Soy-vegan blog

Oh the future to come of the birth of these pancakes with my homemade organic maple syrup. I tapped maple trees with TyLea and my papaw today. amazing.
so old fashioned, we did not buy a single thing to get the job done. we got about 14 gallons in 5 hours. We dripped about 12 trees. Tomorrow we are going to drip even more.
The pancakes I have decided to make to pair with the syrup is going to be "Marna's good griddle cakes" from the farm cookbook. a combination of cornmeal and buckwheat flour in the pancakes. oh man. how much more pioneer can you get?

When we arrived home after a full day out in the wind and drinking some of the liquid from the trees, I cooked a huge kettle of my chili, baked cornbread, and made strawberry malt shakes. It was Survivor night with TyLea & Mom. I fed em up good.

i woke up at 9 this morning, ate frosted corn flakes and went back to bed until noon. Got up and ran, painted my face warrior style with mud, and started to practice my archery, on the second test shot, i shot my arrow into the woods. and now tis lost forever, returning back to the earth.
so i showered and scrubbed the dried mud from my face, and was proper again and cooked a large kettle full of chili. the same chili from the other day, my chili. and baked some 'country corn muffins' from how it all vegan. not pretty muffins. and not too tasty. how it all vegan is famous for its ugly food recipes i do believe. ugly and not too tasty.
and i put in Cold Mountain and watched that all afternoon. and crocheted, and worked on my poetry zine and listened to a beethoven record.
now i am a bit peckish, and may go watch 'notting hill' which theresa let me borrow.
cheers and go make some chili!

ate leftover chili for dinner while listening to jeniffer and clarissa talk about welsh lamb pies and ladies who lunch. i took the oatmeal chocolate chip cookies to work today and everyone loved them. theresa ate a bunch of them, and i gave the recipe to her and mary.
here i shall post my chili recipe! adapted from 'sherri's black bean chili' in la dolce vegan.

ALLY'S CHILI.
1/2 white onion, chopped. 1 T olive oil. 1/2 green pepper, chopped. 1 c vegetable broth/stock. 1 c apple juice. 1/2 t cumin. 1/2 t salt. 1/4 t cayenne pepper. 1 can pinto beans, drained. 1 can black beans, drained. 1 handful TVP. 1/2 c tomato sauce. 1/4 c rice.

In large saucepan, saute onion in oil until translucent. add green pepper and saute additional 2-3 mins. add veg broth, juice, cumin, salt, and cayenne. bring to a boil. reduce heat and simmer 5 mins. stir in beans, tvp, tomato sauce, and rice. cover with lid and simmer 15-20 mins., or until rice is done. Stir occasionally to prevent rice from sticking. Serve with a garnish of cilantro, ma'am.

*art by dame darcy...."MEATCAKE"....a lovely, horrific comic.

Tuesday was a social event indeed. it was raining so i stayed inside and papaw came over for a visit. he brought me about 6 huge Jerusalem tomatoes from their garden. He talked about some good eggs he ate and a homemade shower outside. Then I cooked up some chili, like I did the previous night. I used 'Sherri's black bean chili' recipe again, but I modified it because I didn't particulary love it the first time. Now it is crazy good! I call it Allys chili now. everyone has their own chili recipe, so this is mine! I shall reveal it at a later date. Then I baked some of my favorite cookies, 'maureens oatmeal choc. chip' to take to work....Myke came over and brought the computer so he ate some chili and a cookie. That is about it. I slept like a log, we have been very busy at work this week! Now my goal is to cook/bake something new everday. (if i have all the ingred.)
Tomorrow shall be: Pumpkin Butter. from bittersweet blog.

so hungy today. made chili when i came home from work (9-1/2 hours!) I made Sherri's black bean chili (like daunie did) except used pinto beans, and no green chilis...and used a green bell pepper. i liked it, but mine turned out very thick, like a dip. so i added more stock and water. it is addicting, i kept eating it out of the container once i put it in the fridge. next time i shall improve upon the recipe for my tastes (boca ground round...tomato sauce instead of paste....)
I also recieved "VEGAN a go-go" when mom came in..she retrieved it from the mailbox for me. i loves it so far. and of course they included "maureens oatmeal chocolate chip cookies"...seriously kids, the best cookie on the playground. must get back to gene kelly..singin in the rain.