Potluck Goods

I had a going-away party on saturday, in the form of a potluck. It was quite lovely and rather successful if I do say so myself! These are a few things people brought.

Tofu and herb stuffed mushrooms:



"Cheesy" scones, which were probably the tastiest vegan-cheese experience I've ever had. There were also berry scones, pictured in the background.



Lasagne:



Matt, ever the show-off, went all out with the vegan sushi. Yam tempura, deep-fried vegan shrimp and crab all found their way into the rolls, alongside the "usuals" like avocado.



A giant vat of chili:



And then there were desserts, which is where I become the show-off. There was a few things that didn't get photographed (at least by me), including a spice cake (which I didn't make) and a chocolate kahlua pudding layered with nutriwhip. Pictured here, on the other hand, is a strawberry-rhubarb pie:



Tiramisu cupcakes:



And lastly, something not related to the potluck.. I just forgot to post these last time. Kahlua almond cookies (see a theme with the kahlua here?)

Back in winnipeg, a few more pics from my trip. Mostly it's food I bought and not food I made, but oh well, it was good.

Portobello mushroom burger from The Earth:


Salad also from The Earth, with their own vegan ranch. This was the first time I'd had ranch since going vegan, and it was quite good.



Erin and I decided to celebrate our birthdays while I was there, despite the fact they're in august and december, respectively. Any excuse is a good excuse to make cupcakes, right? These are chai latte cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.



This was surprisingly good, it's the mac & chreese from the grocery haul in my last post. I don't really like nutritional yeast unless it's a background taste, and was therefore rather skeptical, but this somehow managed to pull it off. The listed ingredients were pretty simple, I am probably going to try making my own version of it..



Whoever came up with this is genius: chocolate covered ginger (crystallized) . Ohh lord.



My overpriced airport breakfast, from when I was stuck in the minneapolis airport for 30 hours. It was good, at least.

Yesterday's "day-off" breakfast, a delicious scramble and potato patties that were not-so-delicious. Every time I eat them I remember why I never eat them - the storebought ones taste like crap. Oh well, I didn't buy them anyway, so I guess whoever did likes them.



Matt & I decided that once we were better, we were going to celebrate the return of our appetites by going out. Yenat ( a local ethiopian restaurant) has a vegan lunch buffet which is delicious:



I'll admit that I can't remember the name of everything we ate, it's not labelled anyway. Clockwise from the top was a green lentil dish, cooked cabbage and beets (key sin I think) which was one of my favourites, brown lentils, a cabbage and carrot salad, some rice that was the only thing I didn't like (it tasted like it had been sitting there for a long time), ground lentils & big chunks of potato in a spicy berbere sauce (another favourite), and yellow lentils in the centre which were also really good.



Matt eating with injera - the "plate, utensil and food in one"

Mushroom Seaweed soup I made up the other night..


And truffles that heather made me for valentines day, though I have only recently got around to eating one.