bake more vegan goodies

I baked a vegan lasagna yesterday…it is was delicious!

Vegan Pumpkin Muffins

These are moist and fluffy, with a hint of molasses and warm spicy flavor. This recipes is for 6 jumbo muffins, if you want to make little muffins change the cooking time to 15-20 minutes.

Equipment:
Jumbo muffin tin

Ingredients
1 3/4 cups flour
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon allspice
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup pureed pumpkin (fresh or from a can)
1 tablespoon soy yogurt
1/2 cup soymilk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons molasses

Directions
Preheat oven to 400 F. Grease muffin tins with vegetable shortening or spray on oil.

Sift together dry ingredients (flour through cloves). In a seperate bowl, wisk together wet ingredients (pumpkin through molasses). Pour wet into dry and combine. Fill muffin tins 2/3 of the way. Bake for 27-30 minutes, till a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

i’ve decided to add recipes for what i cook (when i can, a lot of what i cook tends to be ‘in the art of the moment’ so who knows!)

saurekraut i made last week and have been living off of it
this is my mom’s recipe, but altered for vegany goodness.

1 large glass jar of saurekraut
3 shallots, cut
2 apples, cut in slices
2 potatoes, cut in smallish chunks
1 cup of apple juice
2 tofurky italien sausages, cut
black pepper to taste
veggie stock if needed (liquid in saurekraut jars varies), just enough liquid so the potatoes/apples can boil and cook

sautee “sausages” and shallots in olive oil until brown
place all other ingrediants in a large pot, medium heat
add sauges and shallots to the pot
cook on medium/med-low heat until potatoes and apples are soft
(about an hour?)

it sounds kind of gross, i have to admit, but it’s SO SO good

pumpkin pie was fantastic .. nobody could tell the difference

stuffing was splendid sans giblits

and the ordinarily meat-centered family was thankful for the options :)

(and i was remembered by a near stranger for something i cooked two years ago! walnut stuffed mushrooms .. never again .. they take too many hours to make)