Avocado, berries, and cake.

As the title suggests.. this post has a few themes. The garden is full of delicious fresh raspberries, every day I go out and pick a huge bowl (larger than the one pictured here):

So good. On top of VwaV "fronch toast" and nutriwhip..

Freshly made spinach pasta from Delucas, with pesto and avocado..

My favourite thing to snack on lately, a bowl of guacamole with multigrain waffle pretzels. Simple but satisfying.

I baked some cakes for Matt's parents' wedding this weekend, though not traditional "wedding" cakes..

Raspeberry Blackout Cake (VwaV) - every bit as delicious as I had hoped it to be.

Due to the surplus of fruit in my house, I also made an almond trifle. Some of you might remember the last trifle I made, this was similar but with (obviously) an infusion of almond, and different fruit - strawberries, cherries, raspberry, blueberries, mango, and nectarines.

Even the hardest-to-please omnivores enjoyed it.. I can't complain about that.

Matt thinks it's funny that my mind went straight from "hmm, someone gave me a pineapple" to "pineapple upside down cake!". There was no other reason for a cake, I just didn't feel like eating a whole pineapple by itself..



Recipe here, I added half water and half soymilk instead of the syrup/juice because a) I figured this was going to be sweet enough and b) I used a fresh pineapple, and didn't feel like opening a box of juice when I didn't really have to. This was really fantastic, with a scoop of vanilla soy ice cream; it's not quite the same without it.

I also got a bunch of fresh organic herbs for free (connections are a good thing to have), so I've been making whatever I can think of that uses what's there, and giving the rest away, as usual.



Lots of basil = pesto pizza with Basil Tofu Ricotta (VWAV). Adapted Best-O Pesto from The Everyday Vegan, and yeast-free crust from How It All Vegan, plus mushrooms, olives, tomatoes and red onion.


Fresh mint = minty fruit salad, with whipped topping, because I'm addicted to it, ok?




I leave tomorrow for 9 days in Oklahoma, visiting one of my best friends. There may or may not be updates in the meantime, but I wouldn't count on it. See you when I get back :)