1 Year Blog Anniversary & Highlights

This month marks one year that I've been blogging. I began when a friend told me about her new blog, but I didn't start food blogging until I stumbled across Vegan Lunch Box, which completely fascinated & inspired me. I began stocking my cabinets with unknown items like tamari, agave nectar, nutritional yeast, & the like. At the same time, I began buying in bulk what would previously have taken us months or even years to consume, like maple syrup, molasses, and whole wheat pasty flour. I started collecting and studying vegan cookbooks. Blogging has been such fun for me, if not addicting. I'm constantly learning new things while cultivating meaningful relationships. It's a wonderful connection -- sharing what we learn & pulling our collective forces to make positive impacts on this Earth.

Here are a couple more new items in my kitchen. I used carob powder in the above most unfortunate cake, which was 'Jen's Chocolate Cake' from How it all Vegan! Art's 17 year old food processor broke, and tainted the batter with hard plastic shrapnel. Luckily, I've been promised a new one for my blog anniversary gift. (don't ya love made-up holidays which bear gifts?!) I didn't want the cake to be a total loss, so I iced it with some canned frosting we don't use anymore, but didn't want to toss. I lost interest in this project very quickly and was ready to cut my losses. However, the smell of chocolate was in the air and the natives were hankering for it. So I quickly made some cupcake to keep the peace.

'Sexy Low-Fat Chocolate Cupcakes' from Vegan Cupcakes. I just substituted chocolate soy yogurt, chocolate soy milk, and added 2 tablespoons of my carob powder. I frosted them with a simple vanilla soy milk & powdered sugar mixture, and topped some with coconut flakes and dried cherries. These had a delicate chocolate taste and disappeared really fast! And now, some personal favorites & highlights of the year for Vegan Vice:




Cutest Dog Appearance
Most Enjoyed Ice-Cream
Most Delicious Cookie
Best Original Recipe
Favorite Monkey Recipe
Favorite Restaurant Review
Cutest Child Cooking
Most Creative Endeavor
Winning A Contest
Meeting A Cool Blogger
Best Crafty Post
Best Costume

But really, I think the best is yet to come. Thanks for playing along with me! :o)