After reading this post yesterday, I was craving waffles in a major way. I decided to make some waffles for dinner, using the recipe for Oatmeal Banana Raisin Waffles from Vegan With a Vengeance. The batter came together nicely, but, for the life of me, I could not get them to cook in my waffle iron without pulling apart with the top of the waffle stuck to the top of the waffle iron and the bottom of the waffle stuck to the bottom of the waffle iron. Don’t think that I still didn’t eat those waffles for dinner – I just scraped and salvaged as much as I could and the munchkin and I enjoyed our waffles anyway (really, she surprised me by how much she ate!). I had some batter leftover (after I gave up trying to make waffles), so I halved the recipe and made some more batter and made muffins out of it this morning. The muffins turned out really, really well and I actually think I’ll use this recipe to make more muffins in the future!
So, because I didn’t have a great dinner to post about today, I’m presenting some more Vegan Hodge Podge for today’s Vegan MoFo entry. Here we go…
Halloween is only a week away! Here is Peta’s list of Vegan Candy.
If you want to have a “Green”-oween, here’s a link to information on how to green up the holiday, including info on how to conserve energy on Halloween.
Since it’s never too early to start thinking about the holidays, here are links to two very adorable vegan Christmas shirts and some vegan holiday gift guides.
Cheap Christmas (or any holiday) Gift Ideas for Vegan Friends
Christmas (again, any holiday) Gift Ideas for Vegans and Vegetarians
And, as far as I’m concerned, wine always makes a good gift, so here’s a link to a vegan wine guide.
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Did anyone watch How I Met Your Mother on Monday night? The episode took place at a vegan resort and vegan jokes abounded. Here is a synopsis of the episode and following is an example of one of the many vegan jokes:
Nora (the main character’s fiancee’s sister) says, “I’m a vegan. I wish I could tune out that moral voice inside me that says eating animals is murder, but I guess I’m just not as strong as you are.” Ted (the main character) purses his lips. “That’s ’cause you need protein.”
In fact, it is quite easy for vegans to get all the protein we need.
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On a non-vegan related note, In case you are thinking about redecorating one of the rooms in your house, here’s a link my friend sent me about some adorable wall decals and here’s a link to a picture of the decals we used to decorate our daughter’s bedroom and below are some pictures of our daughter’s bedroom (taken in March 2007, shortly before she was born – it’s not nearly as clean and orderly now!).
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There’s a vegan care package swap in the works (unrelated to the ppk swaps). Check out this blog for more info!
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I was tagged for a freezer pic by the awesome KimmyKokonut (she has the best sugar substitutions guide I’ve ever seen!), so I’ll be posting about that tomorrow. I told Kimmy it was great timing, because our kitchen renovation starts this weekend! Check back for that freezer pic and the kitchen renovation “before” pictures tomorrow!
Have a great day!
Bianca- Vegan Crunk said,
October 23, 2008 @ 3:15 pm
I haven’t tried those waffles, but I can see how the oats would probably make the batter stick. Oh well…it all goes down the same.
rach-ums said,
October 23, 2008 @ 3:24 pm
Lovin’ the hodge podge!
mihl said,
October 23, 2008 @ 3:54 pm
I always though it was my waffle iron’s fault!
Vegan_Noodle said,
October 23, 2008 @ 4:45 pm
I have the same trouble with that waffle recipe!! So I usually make pancakes out of it
Thanks for all the links! I need to check out that episode, sounds amusing.
kimmykokonut said,
October 23, 2008 @ 5:13 pm
I’ve made those waffles before and I used a lot of nonstick spray on my iron before each waffle. They are dense but hearty and yummy. With peanut butter it’s a big meal.
I love the decal idea and look forward to seeing your freezer.
Celine said,
October 23, 2008 @ 7:07 pm
I had issues with making waffles until I went for a better waffle maker. but I hear sometimes cooking them for a longer time does the trick just fine!
jessy said,
October 23, 2008 @ 8:45 pm
sorry they kept sticking, but happyface on the muchkin really enjoying them! yay! waffles for dinner sounds like such a great idea! mmmmmmmm!
hooray for hodge podge! i’m gonna go check out some of the links now. thanks, Jennifer!
River (Wing-It Vegan) said,
October 24, 2008 @ 12:11 am
YAY! Your little munchkin liked the waffles! My waffle iron gets a bit stubborn sometimes too, and it takes a lot of counting from 1 to 10 not to throw it out the window!
Lovely decals! Thanks for all the links!
BitterSweet said,
October 24, 2008 @ 4:43 am
Oh god, don’t even say the word “christmas” yet. I’m just not ready…!!
gail said,
October 24, 2008 @ 7:51 am
I’m happy to see that someone else is already getting a jump on the holidays!
The Scribe of Notting Hill said,
October 24, 2008 @ 9:13 am
Yes – please keep Christmas at bay a while longer because once Christmas is done Valentine’s day is just around the corner and I have to think how to treat my (very much a carnivore) wife!
Good luck on the kitchen renovation – I’m blogging our kitchen refurb here. Hope yours moves faster than ours!
shellyfish said,
October 24, 2008 @ 10:03 am
Oh I hope I get a waffle iron for christmas!!!
Lisa said,
October 24, 2008 @ 12:42 pm
I need a waffle iron!
Thanks for the link to kimmykokonut’s sugar substitutions! It will come in handy for holiday baking, I am sure!
And kitchen renovation?? Can’t wait to see before and afters!
Have fun!!!
jen molica said,
October 24, 2008 @ 2:48 pm
i heart my $7 waffle iron. i never have had problems with that recipe in my waffle iron, so maybe it’s just the one you have? i’m bummed because i couldn’t see the pictures on your blog today-(i’m technologically inept) so i don’t know why they won’t display.
destinyskitchen said,
October 24, 2008 @ 7:08 pm
Oh, thanks for the link to PETA’s candy list. I better stock up in case the munchkins show up.
happyherbivore said,
October 24, 2008 @ 8:06 pm
ugh, I definatly need a waffle ‘machine’ now you got me craving some healthy waffles!!
lisa (show me vegan) said,
October 25, 2008 @ 1:37 pm
your hodge podge is fun. I’m going to check your links now!
Bethany said,
November 3, 2008 @ 7:20 pm
there’s always a 50 / 50 chance that waffles will stick for me. probably because I haven’t found the right recipe yet. interesting idea to make muffins out of them.
I saw that episode of how I met your mother. Ted was pretty rude about it. I also didn’t like how as soon as she broke up w/ her fiance, she started eating meat like crazy. very lame of them.