julie’s kind kitchen

I’ve decided to start a rating scale for all of the recipes I make out of ED&BV. The rating scale will help me remember which recipes I need to repeat and hopefully help you all decide which recipes to start with first

First up: Tamari-Roasted Chickpeas 5/5 stars

Here they are sitting atop some Roasted Vegetable Pizza from TJ’s (mine finally carries vegan pizza! yay). They are sooo good. I honestly thought I wouldn’t like them because I am like a kid and need my beans mashed in hummus or mixed with something. However they were quite tasty… success!

Here they are again, but this time mashed into Goddess Garbanzos. This was yummy and a great snack to have with these little round rice crackers (also from TJs). Oh, and I didn’t have celery, so grated carrots made a good sub.

Goddess Garbanzos 5/5 stars

Cumin Lime Tofu 4/5 stars

Good, but next time I’ll make double the marinade and pan fry the ‘fu for extra crispiness. Also, I didn’t have pumpkin seeds, so I left them out. That may have been a big part of what was missing for me in this recipe.

Coconut Lime Basmati Rice 5/5 stars

Fabulous. Coconut-y. Lime-y.

Cashew Banana Ice Cream 5/5 star

YUM! Very creamy, smooth and no ice cream maker required

Also made in Julie’s Kind Kitchen, but not pictured:

Warm and Cheezy White Bean Dip 3.5/5

Too nutritional yeasty for me. I think the White Bean Hummus will be more to my liking.

Peanut Banana Tortilla Turnovers with Molassa-Sauce 5/5

Incredibly good, yet so simple and decadent.

Un-ED&BV related, I got Ani Phyo’s book! I have read it over and I really like it so far. Hopefully, I will be posting pictures from her book as well.

Here’s a recipe I’ve been meaning to get to since Susan from Fat Free Vegan posted about it quite awhile ago… Pineapple Coffee Cake! It was deeelicous. We enjoyed this morning cake everyday this week. Thanks Susan!

In bigger news….LOOK! We are one happy family now

It’s been too long. I have been cooking, just not posting. I have been enjoying all of the yummy things you all have been cooking, although I’m sorry that I haven’t commented very much.

First things first: Can you believe all of the wonderful vegan cookbooks that are coming out?!?! I can’t wait. I think my entire winter break will be a huge blur of cooking.

Well, I guess on to the food. I am posting my pics a lot bigger now, since the thumb nails were kinda annoying, to me anyway!

Here’s some delicious enchiladas from VCON. The recipe is now online-try them! They are yummy!

Here is a test recipe from Joni’s new cookbook Just the Burgers. I know this book will be full of awesomeness, just like her last book was.

Last but not least, some sweet potato biscuits I just made, like just made. The recipe is from beck on the ppk.