Apple Cake

Lazy Sunday afternoon, bag of apples, crazy for something cakey. What am I to do? Bake of course. Made this yummy vegan coffee apple cake. I dabble with vegan recipes, sometimes it's successful, sometimes not. This time, it came out so good, my husband and I ate half the cake in one sitting. Gluttony, I love it!

Recipe here

Faux What!

Holy Cow! Yes, cows are holy as are all living creatures on this earth. With that in mind, I try to eat consciously and healthy, not always succeeding. The times when I fail to be a conscious eater, I think about what that piece of flesh came from, a beautiful cow or a gorgeous chicken unfortunate to have been brought into this earth to live a miserable existence and die a harsh death. Okay, writing this makes me want to cry for all the miseries of this world. So I'll stop and talk about this Faux Gras. In my non-enlightened food period, I use to love me some foie gras. Then I started thinking about those precious ducks or geese with tubes shoved down their throats, being forced. I almost swooned with the disgust of how little we care for other precious beings.

Okay, I'll get off the soapbox and talk about this wonderful product called Faux Gras. It's exactly what you think it is, fake foie gras. I haven't tried it yet, but you get your sweet tush, I'm gonna place an order for it today from the Regal Vegan.

via The Girlie Girl

Rawin Loud & Clear

Last night my best friend V and I checked out this raw place in Williamsburg. I was not prepared for how much I would enjoy and love the food. I will admit that I only went because V is going through a stressful situation and needed some support and distraction, I suggested that she get out of the house and offered my support, so she chose this place for dinner. I am thankful that V chose Rockin Raw, it opened me up to raw food, it is simply amazing. I didn't need to eat too much but felt full and satisfied for a long time. The fullness felt like a light, clean, happiness in the tummy, unlike being full from processed food, which brings down my energy and I can feel the emptiness in my tummy from lack of real nutrients in the food. My consciousness around food shifted last night and I had this epiphany of what food means to me. Not to sounds too corny, but it really felt like a life changing experience.

Our menu last night was...

Starters

“Crab Cakes” with Creamy Dill Sauce
-made with sea vegetables, zucchini, mushrooms, seeds, macadamia, and many spices-

Jicama a la Huancaina
-served with olives and peruvian corn kernels (choclo)-
Huancaina is a popular peruvian yellow spicy cheese-like sauce,
it's unique taste comes from the Ají Amarillo (peruvian yellow pepper).

Entrees

Raw Boy Sandwich with Cajun Mayo
-a smooth fluffy filling of sea vegetables, seeds, celery, onions, etc served with Soul Chips and Creole Slaw, in our essene bread-

Rockin' Raw Burger Platter
-rich rich R R burger made with eggplant, seeds, mushrooms, walnuts, spices, etc-
(served with Southern Greens, pickles, N'awlins Rings and ketchup)

Everything was delicious, period. Unfortunately, I didn't have the foresight to take pictures of the plates, but V did. I will link to it when she gets around to blogging about it.


Rockin Raw

178 North 8 Street Brooklyn New York 11211 718 599 9333

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