What we're eating, part 3

No original recipes this time, but links and photos are almost as good, right?

This week we indulged on vegan raspberry cheesecake and baba ghanoush, among other things.

Vegan and better than ever.

The cheesecake recipe is from my mom's blog, a recipe she veganized from a magazine. Find it here, and check out the other recipes on her food page (and articles on her main blog!) I used 16 oz of vegan cream cheese instead of 20, and I used a store-bought vegan graham cracker crust (an oreo cookie crust would be good, too!) I made it at night, and it turned out really nice and firm after chilling overnight. This is a really rich dessert, full of sugar, so it might be best to make when you can share with friends -- it took us almost a week to finish, even with a friend having a slice, and eating some for breakfast for a few days!

Baba ghanoush, eggplant doing its thing

On the more healthy but no less comfort-food side, we made a baba ghanoush... we met up with some friends at Amsterdam falafel, and we really liked their baba ghanoush, so we decided to use an eggpland we happened to have towards a good cause. We roasted the eggplant in the oven, then combined it with tahini, lemon juice, salt and pepper... the recipe calls for garlic, but my stomach is averse to raw garlic, so we added some other spices instead. There are a few other recipes I'd also love to make with eggplant (stir fried with basil or baked with 'parmesan'...) but this turned out well.

Also, we tried out a recipe for vegan egg salad, and it turned out shockingly similar to non-vegan egg salad. This one came out a little too liquid-ey because the instant mashed potatoes needed less water than called for so no photo for now--I plan to make it again soon, so I'll share more on that later. In the meantime, if you're vegan and miss eggs, buy yourself some black salt/kala namak from an Indian or international market, and then search for vegan eggy recipes using it... it works miracles. And stay tuned for photos and another link!