Fancy food

I've made three recipes from You Won't Believe It's Vegan! by Sher and Doherty. First off was the Spinich + Roasted Beet + Spiced Pecan Salad. It was a lot of work. Although we like all those items, the salad itself wasn't anything special. I had a similar, but much better, salad in Vegas on the 2nd worst vacation of my life.

The 2nd recipe I made was Collard Rolls Stuffed with Quinoa, Sweet Potato and Carmelized Onions. This one was a lot of work too. I was afraid that I would be disappointed (I was with the lentil sause that it was served on), but the Stuffed Collard was good. Not great, just good. It was difficult to stuff, so I'll leave it all separate next time. The collard leaves were very tasty; it was my first time. The stuffing itself is a good main or side dish anytime.

Then I made the Tofu Hot Wings. They are fabulous! Angela, I think that you'll like these. I made mine kind of mild and put out the hot sauce for Sebastien to spice his up. You'll probably want yours spicy.

What else we've had recently at lunch...watercress salad on Donna's plate which will probably be confiscated very soon because something really bad happened despite our Jedi powers:

And my first try at gluten-free baking...pumpkin-walnut pancakes:

They turned out great, but the maple-walnut cookies didn't. At least I have my pancakes.