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Julia’s chocolate mousse

February 12, 2014

Julia's chocolate mousse from https://test.pleasepassthepeas.com

This chocolate mousse is good stuff. It’s rich, decadent and immensely satisfying.

My already weak photography skills utterly failed me the day I made this, so you’ll just have to trust me when I say that it  looks and tastes impressive but comes together in about the time it takes to bake a pan of brownies.

The hardest part is waiting for the finished product to chill before digging in…. 

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Filed Under: Dessert, Vegetarian Tagged With: chocolate, mousse

Vegan Caesar salad

February 5, 2014

Vegan Caesar Salad from https://test.pleasepassthepeas.com

I didn’t set out to make a vegan Caesar salad. 

I just wanted to make a classic Caesar, minus the anchovies, which might actually be the most classic version of all. Did you know that the original Caesar salad apparently contained no anchovies?

I had no idea until a couple of weeks ago, when I looked up a few basic recipes before whipping up a batch of dressing. I remembered a recipe from an old Moosewood cookbook that suggested replacing anchovies with kalamata olives, so I threw a few into the mix but  otherwise stuck with a pretty standard mix of flavors in an aioli-based dressing.

The result, with its strident mix of garlic, lemon and Worcestershire sauce disappointed me, however, and I ended up stirring in a little tahini in an attempt to tone everything down.

It worked and then it got me thinking that maybe I didn’t need an egg and olive oil aioli for this dressing at all. … 

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Filed Under: Salad, Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged With: Caesar, tahini

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