working on a new post at www.veganmelbourne.wordpress.com

just trying to get the picture uploader tool to work!

on second thoughts, let's just see what happens over at veganmelbourne.wordpress.com

i'm thinking of giving this whole blog business up....

sarah cooked us dinner

and have no doubt, it was amazing

entree: pizza with a base of smoked tofu and olive dip, topped with tempeh, sweet potato, pumpkin and walnuts.


















main: chicken and vegetable pie






dessert: chocolate peppermint cheesecake, which erle claims is sarah's best ever cheesecake.





yes...i have some very talented friends....

Maybe I'm Not So Shit At Baking

Maybe it's the move, maybe it's the oven thermometer I bought, maybe it's the recipe; all I know is that these chocolate and banana muffins WORKED. and tasted DELICIOUS.

If you want to be like me, achieving success in the kitchen, I recommend buying The Joy Of Vegan Baking. Bake the first recipe, then revel in being amazing at life.

Dessert

Casa Del Gelato

Casa Del Gelato is a gelateria on Lygon Street. From the outside, it just looks like any of the other ubiquitous Italian ice creameries littering the strip. But on the inside, you get to delight in the fact that they have SOY FLAVOURS. Most of the time, us vegans can eat the fruit flavours at an ordinary gelati bar, but here, we get to experience such delights as chocolate and baci. I ended up with baci and cherry, and then wished i'd chosen pistachio, as Riva had, because it was delicious, and the cherry was a little too Dr. Pepper for my tastes. Damn that buyers' remorse.

It is nice to be able to sit in the square in Carlton and watch kids on razor scooters scooting in circles and tut tut about how children are dressed these days while eating ice cream. You can get yours in a cone or a cup. Go nuts.

Where: 163 Lygon Street, Carlton

When: Probably around midday until late, but don't quote me on that.

Call: 9347-0220

Out for Lunch Friday

Trippy Taco

Trippy Taco is a Mexican Cantina (I just wanted to use the word cantina) on Smith St. It is all vegetarian and almost all items have the option of being made vegan. We got burritos. The one in the picture above is a Tofu Asada Burrito, and the one in the picture below is mine, a Black Bean Burrito.

The food is messy, as Mexican food tends to be. The burritos have beans (or tofu), onion, tomato, soy cheese and greenery. Some of the other delicious menu items include tacos, nachos and (my favourite) the vegan chocolate banana melt. Trippy have other nice touches, such as delicious Mexican and South American beverages and a variety of hot sauces. They also offer a breakfast burrito, which I am yet to sample.


Where: 48 Smith Street, Collingwood.

When: Mon&Tue 11:30-4pm, Wed-Fri 11:30-9pm, Sat&Sun 10am-9pm

Call: 9415-7711