Thought I would kick off the new year off with a traditional meal for luck and prosperity, black eyed peas and greens! Not only was it an easy and delicious meal, but it also was part of my Pinterest challenge. Since I have such mixed feelings about Pinterest, I decided to challenge myself to actually do some of the things I have pinned and will blog about the results. This recipe is vegan as is my sweetheart. It was really good, I did make a few alterations. I used canned black eyed peas and baby kale as the green. I also added a few drops of liquid smoke as I didn't think the tofu I used was smoky enough. And I topped it off with about 1/2 tsp red pepper flake because it was sort of "muddy" tasting without. We both loved it! He did add a liberal amount of Tony's Creole seasoning as he seems to do with most things, but I found it to be spicy enough. Here's a link to the pin in question:
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| And here's the way mine turned out |
And here's a bonus! I actually made this cake yesterday from this pin:
And it's the first thing I put in my mouth in 2014, just a few minutes after midnight. I did veganize it by using Earth Balance in place of the butter and subbed almond milk for 2%, but otherwise, made the recipe as written. Again, VERY good! It really reminded me of lava cake, it was all molten in the middle. I hate to admit that my sweetheart and I ended up eating nearly all of it over the course of about eight hours. If you don't like a heavy rich chocolate taste, this isn't the cake for you...my 18-year-old doesn't have a sweet tooth and tried one bite and just couldn't do anymore...that's fine, more for us!
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| This is what my cake looks like |
All in all, I would say that both recipes were an absolute success and I will totally make both again!
