Saturday, July 12, 2008



Okay I got in trouble a few weeks ago about not posting. So I finally found some time to sit and put my pictures on my computer and post. YAY!! Go me. I was also told that I might upset people with my recipes since the majority of the people reading this are vegan. So before you read further you should probably know...I'm not vegan. Sway and I set up this blog to archive our ideas, hopes and dreams. So here I am. I encourage anyone who is vegan to "vegan-ize" my recipes if you'd like. Just please don't negatively comment on my posts. Ok here it goes...




This is the first creative move of my life so don't laugh. This is a spin on a family recipe (well probably not a family recipe, but a recipe that my mother used to make for special occassions). It has cream cheese, shrimp, crabmeat, and chili sauce that I formed into balls and wrapped with crescent roll dough. I then baked it, and let it sit so that the cream cheese firmed up and didn't dribble down my face.




This is a dinner that my husband and son both love. It is steak, noodles and steamed vegetables cooked in a teriyaki sauce. I like having the vegetables seperate, but you can combine them to one big dish and they taste just as good.




Okay, this last picture was a recipe that I created partially out of desperation and partially out of the novice creative mind that I have. This is cream cheese, worcestershire, green onion, garlic salt and hot sauce which I piped into baked rolls. Again I let it sit so the cream cheese could firm up again therefore avoiding the scalding chin and lips.

Well that's all I have for now...more coming soon (if I don't get voted off the blog.lol)

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Breakfast for Dinner

Is there anything better than breakfast for dinner? I really don't think so. I was tired and grumpy tonight, and I knew that waffles would be the appropriate tonic.

These waffles are special, with a bit of coconut milk in them. I covered them in sliced bananas, fresh blueberries, and pure maple syrup. What a delicious way to end the day!

Dinner for Ginger

My friend Ginger mentioned that she wanted to come over for dinner the other night, so I thought it would be a great time to try out a bunch of testing recipes on her.

We had caramelized broccoli bruscetta with white "cheddar" sauce to start:



The caramelized broccoli was so delicious and beautiful all on its own, I think I might make it again just as a side dish:



I spread the leftover "cheddar" sauce on crackers the next day for lunch. Delicious!



Then we had some vegan caesar salad with homemade croutons. It was similar enough to the normal caesar salad, I don't think any omni would be able to tell the difference:



The main dish was a wild mushroom risotto with white asparagus. It turned out perfectly and was golden and creamy:



For dessert I made a fruit and cream tart, with homemade graham cracker crust and vanilla coconut cream custard for filling:



With the leftover graham cracker dough, I made some quick homemade graham crackers for Oliver. He loves them! Not only are they healthier and more vegan {lol} than normal graham crackers, they were really easy and tasted MUCH better. I'm never buying graham crackers again!



It felt like a marathon getting all that done before Ginger got here after work, but it was so delicious and she's such a gracious guinea pig, it made it all worth it!