sexy. and sexier:

so I recently rededicated myself to veganism [I'd slipped rather stupidly into lacto-vegetarianism] and I plan on remaining that way permanently. I vow to do so, in fact. I also want to move towards a more whole foods-centric lifestyle, as I think we’ve been relying far too heavily on processed foods [meat analogues, particularly]. whole foods are less expensive, anyway. what’s cheaper or healthier or more culinarily satisfying than relying on literally thousands of varieties of legumes, grains and locally grown fruits and vegetables? and what’s more revolutionary? what could possibly be more punk? absolutely nothing, that’s what.
this evening we had homemade vegan pizza while watching juno with the fam. well, homemade with the exception of the sauce, which came from a can [I briefly considered making my own but was too lazy].  the crust was yeastless unfortunately, as my live active yeast had apparently de-activated at some point and was unusable. so I made like the irish and used baking soda in its stead, which seemed to work splendidly [and also shortened the preparation time considerably]. whole wheat flour was used as well. and a dusting of cornmeal. yay pizza!

the “cheese” was a sort of hybrid concoction influenced primarily by tofu-ricotta and soy mozzarella recipes I have experimented with in the past. Jeremy seemed to enjoy it, so I suppose it was a success!

half cheese for Jeremy, half spinach for me.

(as a result, I got excited and had to take hundreds of pictures from every conceivable angle, of course.)

earlier this week I made Chickpea Broccoli Casserole from VwaV, though I changed it up quite a bit. I’d been discouraged from trying it before because of Isa’s description of it as “bland”, but I decided to try it anyway and perk it up a bit. nutritional yeast, garlic, parsley, thyme and black pepper were added, and I also made seasoned bread crumbs and sprinkled them on top of the dish rather than mixing them in (as the original recipe indicated). I served it up with homemade garlic bread.

yay chickpeas!