Breakfast Fail

Sometimes a meal just does not work out. On Sunday, the Tofu Benny from Vegan Brunch was such a meal. Exhibit A, the "English muffins." Do those look like muffins to you? Yeah, they didn't rise at all. I'm not sure why because my yeast was brand new. I don't think my house is warm enough? I seem to have better luck with baking when I let my yeast dough rise in a warm oven.

Exhibit B, the Hollandaise sauce. Or, the goopy yellow mess. Like that toy slime that comes in plastic eggs. We just couldn't.

The tofu turned out fine and we rescued it to use on sandwiches. Everything else went into the trash. Sometimes I shouldn't try to do a big production in the morning. Jackson understands, Sunday mornings are for staying in pajamas until noon and playing.

Olivia thinks Sunday mornings are for being a goofball, but then, for Olivia, life is for being a goofball.

I think I redeemed myself with dinner, Hoisin Glazed Tofu and Bok Choy from One-Dish Vegan.

New Jersey, Eggs Benny, A Chocolate Revelation

Vegan MoFo Week 3 begins!

On Saturday we spent the day visiting friends over in New Jersey. I love my kiddos but it was nice to hang out with other grown-ups (for a change!) and we all had a lot of fun.  Since the weather was unusually warm, we took the kids to the park for awhile.  Olivia loves to be out in the fresh air.

I baked Mama Pea's peanut butter cookie dough balls to take with us.

If you like super rich, dense peanut butter cookies, you must give these a try! I used mini chocolate chips because that's what they had at the health food store that was vegan...I had a total airhead moment when I realized that most chocolate chips are not vegan! Yes, it only just occurred to me that they call it "milk" chocolate for a reason. Dunno why I didn't make that connection before.  

Sunday morning I made the Eggs Benny from Vegan Brunch, with homemade English muffins. The Hollandaise sauce is awesome.  I was dipping my home fries in it, I didn't want to waste a drop!

Have a good week, guys!