Vegan Cooking Adventures!

This is going to be a fun update (because I refuse to talk about how stressful school is right now!). I have been having a lot of fun cooking vegan, so I thought I would share pictures of fun things I have cooked/baked. *Warning* If you're hungry right now, the pictures may make you hungrier :-P

 First, vegan chilli! I made this last Sunday for a dinner I had on Monday. I invited my fellow group-mates over who are going to El Salvador with me this summer, and we had a lovely meal and chatted for a long time. It was really nice to get to know them a little bit, and hopefully we'll have more fellowship time (maybe trying to speak in Spanish??) before we leave in May!

 I also made my own granola! I burned about half the batch (I'll do better next time...) but the half that didn't get burned turned out pretty well! It was a yummy treat the night UNC played Duke in basketball. Oh, and who won that game? Right, Duke did. hehe. (yes, that was for you, Rachel and Andrew)

 I also made my own peanut butter. For some reason being vegan also makes me want to make things from scratch a lot more. Hence, the all natural peanut butter. It's super easy to make, too! I love my food processor :-)

 Today I baked vegan banana muffins! They are SOOO yummy. Even Kat and TJ think so, and I honestly didn't think I'd see the day where TJ admitted something vegan was good! :-) I have really liked the vegan banana muffins that our refectory makes, and since they aren't allowed to give me their recipe, I made some using a recipe online (and switching it up a little bit, and adding the banana slices on top). These will make for lovely breakfast muffins this week :-)

Aaaand today I also baked bread. It's always nice to have homemade bread to eat throughout the week. This is the usual recipe I use, which luckily is vegan. Most of the above recipes come from Lesley and Davids cookbook (THANK YOU!!), so it's also like tasting a little bit of "home" :-)

Speaking of home, this week at work I got to send a book to Hobart and William Smith! They requested a book from Duke! I don't normally send out the books (I usually receive them from other libraries), so it was REALLY exciting that A.) I was doing that job on Monday, and B.) that we were sending a book to HWS! I sent it with lots and lots of love :-)

 Today during my church's annual meeting I finished these fingerless gloves for myself. Pretty snazzy, eh? I'm still trying to find time to knit, even in the midst of the crazyness. For example, last week we had to go to two lectures of Amy-Jill Levine (who I totally had the guts to go talk to after- she's super cool! Describes herself as a Jewish Yankee feminist. Why wouldn't I love her??), and during her lectures is when I knit most of these. :-)

Lastly, for those of you who haven't seen this work of art that my roommates and I did last weekend, you're in for a treat. This is a song from the movie Pitch Perfect, and we jazzed it up for ya. So, enjoy!! 

Have a wonderful wonderful week, and keep all the first-years in your thoughts as we study for mid-terms! (I have ones in Old Testament and Hebrew, ok that's it about school!)

Peace, Love Love Love, and Smiles, 
Christa