Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate with Peppermint Dandies

Hi everyone! I know I posted about House Vegan's peanut butter hot chocolate mix at the end of Vegan MoFo, but the MiniMoFo prompt for December is hot cocoa, so here are two more times I've made hot chocolate with the mix... and added Dandies peppermint marshmallows!

For this one I used unsweetened almond milk; it was perfect for warming up after the Firebird Festival...

Last night I had it with vanilla almond milk, and it was even better...

Here's a funny photo sequence: Buttons plopped down next to Leela in order to groom, and her tail kept getting closer to Leela until they were finally touching. It didn't last too long, though...

Leela: OK, enough of that; I'm leaving!

Peace. :)

Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate Mix

Hi everyone! The last day of Vegan MoFo is here; how did it go so fast? Today's prompt is: Food Gifts – Do you like to give food as a gift? Or receive? Show/tell us! I don't usually give food as a gift, but I decided to test out a recipe that sounded perfect for a holiday food gift: the peanut butter hot chocolate mix from House Vegan: Fall FoMo No More. It's super simple to make, and Zach and I gave it a try tonight. I used almond milk and Zach used coconut milk; we both thought it was delicious!

Thanks to everyone who read and commented; I hope you all had a wonderful Vegan Month of Food!

Here's Daisy doing her part to donate cat hair to Zach's hoodie...

Peace. :)

Hot Chocolate

Hello on the 20th day of the Vegan Month of Food! Today is the final day of my health food store vegan week, and the highlight of this post is Dandies marshmallows, used in a much-needed hot chocolate! 

I wish I had a video of my reaction when I saw these in the health food store. I think it included an “Eeeeeee!” and clapping and a “Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!” I was so excited! I haven't had a marshmallow since going vegan, and I'd heard so many good things about Dandies, just never seen them around before. 

Zach and I decided to make hot chocolate tonight, and since these were big marshmallows, I cut them up into smaller pieces. (Zach says he thinks he remembers there being mini ones, too? I can't remember; I just grabbed this bag in my excitement. But either way, it worked out.) The marshmallows were amazing, and the hot chocolate turned out well (just coconut milk, cocoa, and marshmallows).

Another item I got from the health food store was tea that was on sale (two boxes, one chamomile and one rooibos).

So last night I had chamomile tea. Yum!

Finally, the Just Mayo was actually something I picked up during my dollar store vegan week, but I didn't talk about it then since I didn't get around to trying it out. Why I'm mentioning it now is because I also saw it at the health food store, in a bigger size. (I forgot to check the price, so I couldn't do a comparison on which is actually cheaper, but to me, it doesn't matter. I'm much more inclined to get the dollar store one simply because it seems like the perfect size for me. I don't use mayonnaise that often, and I'd rather it not go bad. But for people who have mayo parties, maybe the bigger size would work out to be a better deal?)

My lunch today was mac & cheese with the Daiya pepperjack and some leftover green pepper, with tortilla chip crumbs sprinkled atop for some crunch! And then I headed off to visit my kitty friends at the shelter & two got adopted while I was there! Yay!

Dinner was random and quick because I didn't really feel like cooking: French fries (seasoned), Beyond Meat chicken strips, and carrot slices.

Buttons decided to get freaky tonight:

“Well, that was weird.”

P.S. Bonus post coming soon! Plus, check back in tomorrow for the start of The Veganlist, my veganizing of foods from The Blacklist!

Peace. :)

Bookmarked Recipes (Part 2)

Hello everyone! I've been making more progress on trying out some bookmarked recipes, so here's the latest installment!

Cheezy Twice Baked Potato

Last week, I made the Cheezy Twice Baked Potato from The Seattle Chickpea. My changes to the recipe: I used slightly less nutritional yeast and baked it the second time for 20 minutes at 350°F. 

It smelled amazing coming out of the oven and tasted delicious; Mystery was climbing all over me trying to get at it. I'll certainly make this again and experiment with different fun fillings. 

Pumpkin Brownie Cookies

I also made the Pumpkin Brownie Cookies from the vegan marshmallow. My only change was to use oat bran as I didn't have any almond meal. The dough was indeed sticky as Tina warns in her post, but it wasn't all too difficult to form into cookies. 

They turned out perfect, nice and soft and chocolately, definitely a great cookie recipe for fall/Halloween! 

Pumpkin Spice Hot Chocolate

Finally, last night, I made the Pumpkin Spice Hot Chocolate from Fo Reals Life. My changes: I left out the cardamom and used cocoa instead of chocolate chips (and only made a single serving). 

It was a nice treat for a fall night and easy enough to make; I'll likely return to this recipe soon enough!

In other news, today is National Cat Day, though Mystery doesn't see how it's different from any other day.

"Every Day is Cat Day!"

Peace. :)