The Things You Do for Chem... like sacrifice your life.

Hello everyone! I apologize for my long absence -- I have started my summer organic chemistry class and it requires 99% of my attention. I have to pass if I ever want to become a Registered Dietitian. My teacher continually tells us that a large percentage of his students fail his class, so it will only be four more weeks of hard work and study, study, study until I'm done with this. After that? The loyal blogger and commenter will be back, and also I'm going on vacation first to Phoenix and then Los Angeles and Disneyland. Expect some exciting posts after that trip! The To Live and Eat in L.A. blog has been enormously helpful in meal planning...

This will just be a quick post of a few yummy things I've been eating lately:


A seitan wrap with mango salsa and kale.


Raw Coconut Pancakes from Ani's Raw Food Kitchen, topped with raw cranberry syrup.


Some scones from Vegan with a Vengeance with frozen cranberries thrown in and cinnamon sugar on top. They were really crumbly. I'm not sure how scones are supposed to turn out, but they tasted good.


Dreena's Easy Pleasin' Oat Bars. They were simple but oddly satisfying. I'm looking for a recipe that approximates Heart Thrives, though. Has anyone had them? They're these delicious vegan oat cakes/bars, but they're really hard for me to find anywhere but Minneapolis.




Jenna from Eat Live Run has a great recipe for Chocolate Chip Whole Wheat Waffles on her blog. They're 100 percent whole wheat, and I never would have though the waffles would turn out so crisp! But they did and now this is one of my favorite waffle recipes. They were just perfect with a dab of Earth Balance, a tiny drizzle of maple syrup, and some powdered sugar.


Over at Veg Web, they call this sandwich the EEE-ZEE CHEE-ZEE Grilled Cheese. The title is laughable, and the ingredients are a bit laughable too, but I ended up liking the sandwich. If you decide to make it, read the comments by the other Veg Webbers for tips on making it as yummy as possible.




I've made a few batches of ice cream since the last time I posted ice cream, but I was in the mood for some commercial vegan non-dairy frozen dessert and my mom was in a generous mood at the grocery store (a sign of a recent payday, haha). And that is the way Cherry Nirvana made it into my freezer. I actually made it last seven whole days - I'm so proud of myself! The Purely Decadent line isn't nearly as good as Soy Delicious or Tofutti, but it's nice to have something cold in the summer heat.


Dreena's Cashew Banana Ice Cream is fabulous, though, by the way! It only requires a food processor, too -- no need to dirty up the ice cream machine. I highly recommend it. Oh, and I made it with peanut butter.

I'll try to keep up with posting as best as possible over the next four weeks. You can only study for organic chem so much, right? (Well, not according to my teacher... In his case, if you have a free second to breathe and be by yourself, you're not studying enough.)