More Faux Salad Goodness

FAUX EGG SALAD
p. 68 HIAV
Prepared 2/22/08

Remember when I was telling you that I had bought more tofu with which to make Tofu Extravaganza? Well, instead I made this and it was very good. You have your same basic ingredients...tofu, veg mayo and pickles, but then you add a few different things to tweak it here or there. Since I hate and despise actual egg salad (and all things ovo), the LESS this resembled real egg salad, the better. So this to me didn't really replicate the real thing and thank goodness for that! It was deliciouso and I ate it all myself in a 24 hour span. This was a titch bland, I might add another couple of scallions and what? Maybe a splash of Braggs, more prepared mustard or something. But its really quite yum, even if I didn't make pitas for stuffing full of faux-salad.

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SIUE'S CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE BROWNIE "CHEESECAKE"
p. 243 LDV
Prepared 2/13/08

While this recipe seemed like it would resemble cheesecake when it went into the oven, the end result was not at all cheesecakey...and in fact someone at the potluck I took this to (er, not the same potluck that the below two entries reference-- this is a potluck lovin' town) compared it to Chess Pie. Now I don't know what the heck Chess Pie is (hold on whilst I google it)...ah! Of course. Its a southern corn syrup pie. Er, I don't really know if its a complement that she called this a reminder of Chess Pie! It was good, gooey and chocolatey though. I don't know. It was kind of a lot of steps and I far prefer other desserts I've made. But on the other hand, it WAS, as just stated, good, gooey and chocolatey. I used applesauce as my egg replacer.

Saucy (Twangy Variety)

SHOSHANA'S SPECTACULAR ALL-PURPOSE TAHINI SAUCE
p. 176 LDV
Prepared 2/21/08

Between the lemon juice and the tahini, there is a definite twang to this sauce. My fellow adult diner said, "a little weird at first but the deliciousness of the onions cuts the sourness of the tahini and lemon juice"...we served it over brown rice, steamed veggies and garbanzos (with a little topping of rooster sauce). It would, as the recipe states, be a good salad dressing too, though I'd thin it a bit if I were to go that route.

Another Potluck

MAMA MAYHEM'S TOFU EXTRAVAGANZA
p. 160 LDV
Prepared 2/19/08

Sorry for the crappy photo, but low light/party/camera phone...I do my best, and contract out with only top talent, but still, every now and then we have some bad photos. So this recipe was strange but yummy, you all know I am a sucker for the fake salad and this was no exception. What was left over from the monthly potluck we attend I ate in a tortilla for breakfast, then ate the rest with corn chips later. I love it. And the pickles! Woo-hee, we are eating pickles like crazy in this house of late. I actually omitted the onion since lately the onions we've had in our home have been very strong and...ugh...and this was super good without it! In fact, gentle readers, I bought more tofu at the coop tonight to make it again. I wish I had some pitas for it. I guess I could make them...



KENTUCKY VELVET 2-LAYER CAKE
p. 197 GOV
Prepared 2/19/08

While we are critiquing photos, doesn't this one look fantastic? Like the cake is floating through the air, right on over to you? Or about to get sucked into a spaceship? This cake was SO SO SO good. One of the best vegan cakes I have ever had. I like that it didn't require tofu, as so many modern vegan cakes do these days...though all the pouring hot water and warm chocolate into flour meant that there were some extra lumps here and there. The first layer stuck in the pan and crumbled into a big mess when I tried to remove it, so I just frosted the intact layer with a little concoction of my own (lets just call it Amasake chai frosting, shall we?), crumbled what remained of the messed up layer after my three year old was done with the pan and then poured a little ganache action on the whole thing. Yum and yum. A tiny slice was leftover, my son ate it the next morning for breakfast and it made him happy all day long.