December 2010
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The kids got a ridiculous amount of toys … been tripping over stuff all day. Best one so far was stumbling over, then setting off, some incredibly loud light up toy piano thing right after I’d finally gotten the baby to sleep. Doh.
With just a few minutes left, Merry Christmas!
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Vegan Tamales - They're Easy
Tamales are a Christmas tradition for a lot of families, I know they are over here! They are, however, usually made with lard and meat broth in the masa as well as meat fillings and often butter. So this makes finding a vegan tamale troublesome. They are, however, very easy to make!
3c instant masa (this is found in many super markets now, it may say nixtamalized masa, usually says para...
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I Veganized the Cookie Dough Truffles
And they are still completely awesome.
1/2c vegan shortening(I use earth balance, love it’s flavor) or coconut oil
1.5c raw sugar
1 tsp sea salt
1/2c tapioca flour
1/2c rice flour
vanilla (either seeds or extract)
a few teaspoons cold water
1/2 bag vegan chocolate chips
Cream shortening, sugar, salt and vanilla until lighter in color and fluffy. Add your flours and the mixture...
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Vegan Nutella!
For those of us that can’t have dairy, the avoidance of Nutella is a sad fact of life(and in moments of weakness I still go for it, then regret it, hah!). Even the Nutella-esque offbrand ones all contain milk. My solution? Make my own Nutella substitute. And since I love dark chocolate I’ve totally fallen for this.
1c hazelnuts
1/4c cocoa powder
1/2c powdered sugar(you can...
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Me: So you like beans, Garrett?
Garrett: Yap
Me: Does the [hot wheels] car make them taste better?
Garrett: Mmmhmmm *vigorous nod*
Smart alec. Takes after his sister already.
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Making a whole bunch of Neapolitan marshmallow pops with rainbow sprinkles for a holiday church bake sale … they’re almost too cute to eat. Almost. Om nom nom. :)
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A broken lens, a broken wire whip … so if these things come in threes what’s next?
**Edit: OMG you’re right! HOORAY it’s over!
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Anyone want a bunch of dismembered and/or headless gingerbread men marshmallows :| ?
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My thinkgeek.com catalog came in the mail today (for me I might add)… my four year old snatched it and spent an hour thumbing through it oohing and aahing. She now wants a wampa rug for her room. And some light saber chopsticks. And a tauntaun sleeping bag. And that was before she got to page 6. I ended up just leaving her to it and asked her to make a list. lol
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Caira just made kissy noises, flung a tater tot onto the baby’s high chair tray and then exclaimed “LOOK he caught it! Good boy, good boy!”. Garrett is too busy devouring the potato lump to be offended by being treated like a dog.