The Fabulous Five + Scroll Down for Food

I've been tagged by A-K from Swell Vegan, Linds from Chocolate, Coffee, Kitchen, and Liz, aka Kamutflake Girl to post five facts about myself. I admit I've been putting this off for a while. While I love to talk about my food adventures, I don't really like to talk about myself. But I feel honored that people thought of me, so of course I am going to participate in this survey! So here you go, five facts about Ruby Red:

1. When I was really little, I liked to parade around in clothes from the dress-up box at my day care. My favorite outfit from the costume box was this scratchy taffeta tutu and matching ballet slippers. One particular day at day care, we were watching a movie with the "big kids," and two older boys started making fun of me. I got really mad and literally chased them out the front door of the day care! So, yeah, I've "ran away" from day care before. (They got away, though, and I came back and got in trouble.)

2. I hate commitment. When I feel like someone is getting to know me too well, I tend to get really anxious, shut down, and shut them out. I am trying to get better about this, but I think it's my sort of automatic defense mechanism. So if boys are interested, they really have to be persistent with me -- I don't chase after anyone.

3. My one-year vegan anniversary is in August! I've been a vegetarian about 17 months now -- since January 2007.

4. I did a couple spelling bees in elementary school. Though I feel like my brain cells are diminshing as I age and I'm just getting stupider, I've always been a good speller. I got 4th place in my school-wide spelling bee when I was in 4th grade and 7th place when I was in 5th grade. I was also really mad about not doing better because I can get really with academic games, like playing Jeopardy in a classroom setting.

5. My birthmark is on my buttcheek, haha! The mark is really, really big too. I used to be so embarrassed by it and would always wear shorts when going swimming. I also have another birthmark on my side -- two dots that look like a colon [:] -- only several people have asked me if the two dots are shark bites. (Well, if they were, I probably wouldn't be alive today, would I?)


Another thing that inspired me to post today is the Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Spelt Cookie recipe Celine posted on her blog.



I posted about a similar-tasting cookie here, the peanut butter cookie from the Chicago Diner. It's one of the most astoundingly tasty cookies/desserts I've ever had, and Celine's cookies taste just like them. Only Celine's version has chocolate chips, which translates to an even better cookie. She posted a mini-recipe that produces two large cookies, so one was for me and one was for my sister. They were humungous, but I made sure to make my cookie bigger than hers. I deserve it, since I did all the work of baking them up! Please, everyone, do yourselves a favor and make these cookies asap.

To celebrate Memorial Day, I dusted off my Cuisinart ice cream maker and made my first batch of ice cream for the summer. I know it's not green, but it's still Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream.



I got the recipe from Vegan Ice Cream Paradise. I really like her recipes, but I want to give Isa and Terry a fair chance and try a Veganomicon ice cream recipe, too. I think I want to make chocolate espresso (aka mocha) ice cream next!

I promise I don't eat all sweets! I am not yet employed for the summer, so I have all day to cook up fancy things for myself. Here are some of the meals I've made in the past few days:









Finally, I'm working on a new, original breakfast recipe. I'm going to test it for the next few mornings until I post it, but I'll give you a hint. It has a "ruby red" element. I know, I know, how appropriate for the Ruby Red Vegan blog!

 

 

 

Okay, fine, I'll show you a picture of it! Geez!