First birthday cake!

It's been a while since the last update, but I'd like to share a cute, vegan elephant birthday cake I made. It was fun to bake it! My first two tier cake and first animal made out of fondant. :)

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Quick queso!

A fast and easy queso recipe! I wasn't a fan of Daiya until I prepared it like this! It's much faster to make than a cashew based cheese. I drizzled some over some homemade nachos. It's amazing! It's a small serving so double it up if you'd like!

Ingredients:

1/4 cup of shredded Daiya cheese
1/8 cup milk(I use flax)
1 tblsp earth balance
1 tblsp salsa(optional)

Directions:

Bring ALL ingredients to a boil
Reduce to low and stir until thickened
Add a splash of salsa for flavor if desired

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Travis is 2!

Happy Birthday sweet, sweet boy!!!

You're amazing! We love you!

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Travis- 2nd birthday celebration. Train theme!

We celebrated Trav's birthday today. We had a blast! We went to the zoo with Kiki, Dadoo and Amp. Then we had a picnic at the park and rode the FW Miniature Train. Trav loved his cake! I worked hard on it! We enjoyed eating it too :) We also said farewell to Amp. He's moving to California to pursue his skating career next week! 

The cake!

Zoo time.

Family photo attempt!

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Cakes, cakes, cakes.

Trav's 2nd birthday is only days away! We will be having a small family train themed celebration for him this weekend. This means...mama is baking a cake! I plan on making all of TnT's birthday cakes for as long as they'll let me! Here are the few cakes I have made. I'm making a train cake for Trav's 2nd bday this weekend.

 Trav's 1st birthday cake. First experience with vegan marshmallow fondant!

 

Aaron's birthday cake. Twenty niiiiine.

Trent's race car cake. 3rd birthday.

Valentine's Day birthday cake I made for Kiki and co workers. 

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A quick lunch.

Chicken less salad sandwiches! This is probably my favorite lunch to take along on play dates and picnics. It's also super easy and quick to make while at home. The garbanzos can be mashed with a fork, but according to my boys, chopping them with the ninja processor makes them yummier!

Chickenless Salad

Ingredients:

• Garbanzos/chickpeas
• 1 tblsp of vegannaise
• Dash of salt
• Dash of pepper

Directions:

1. Mash garbanzos until they are no longer whole.
2. Stir in vegannaise.
3. Sprinkle in salt and pepper.
4. Add celery or other veggies if desired.

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Vegan sweets? Yes, please!

I haven't always liked coconut, but I recently developed a taste for it. I never thought about making this recipe, but I stumbled upon the idea while making chocolate covered strawberries with coconut flakes. They were fantastic!

Coconut Macaroons
Ingredients:

• 1 cup nondairy milk ( if any less than 5 grams of fat, add 1 teaspoon vegetable oil)
• 1/4 cup vegan sugar or 2 tablespoons agave or maple syrup
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups sweetened or unsweetened shredded coconut
• 1/3 cup sugar, if using unsweetened coconut

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Boil milk on medium high and add "sweetener" of choice and salt. Whisk in flour. Boil for about 2 minutes and lower the temperature to medium low. Cook until it is slightly thinner than pudding. (about 5 minutes or so)
2. Add the vanilla as soon as it's done boiling. Mix in the coconut and excess sugar if using.
3. Drop rounded teaspoons onto a cookie sheet. Bake for about 16 minutes or until golden.

Enjoy!

My photos:

Prep

Mixture

Out of the oven 20 minutes later. Drizzled in vegan chocolate and done!

Boys loved them!

Really, really loved them.

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