December 27th, 2008
I made my first bundt cake today, using my festive new Christmas themed bundt cake pan. Here is the result:
We are about to dig in and try a slice, but before I do I thought I’d tell you all what we ate around here over the holidays. Christmas: vegan style! (Well, mostly.)
On Christmas Eve I served the following for dinner:
Cabbage rolls (mushroom and onion rice stuffing, savoy cabbage leaves, and a thyme, onion, bay and rosemary tomato sauce)
Chickpea soup (chickpeas, faux chicken broth, fresh sage and thyme, garlic, onion, carrots, celery, and wild rice)
Green beans steamed and tossed with a little marg, salt and pepper
Potatoes boiled with skins on, also with the marg and S&P. Sauce from the cabbage rolls provided “gravy” for these guys.
Fresh rolls
Green salad with basil leaves
And Christmas day I served for dinner:
Turkey, unstuffed but with some celery, onions, carrots and thyme in the cavity for flavour. I brined it and barbequed it using four different positions in series to ensure the dark meat got cooked at the same time as the white, rather than the usual way which results in overcooked dry breasts (shudder!).
Dressing, made with French bread which I allowed to dry out over two days and tossed with some fat, fresh rosemary and thyme, sauteed celery and onions, and faux chicken broth. I baked it in a casserole.
Mashed potatoes with minced green onions in.
Gravy: the long-process turkey gravy and a mushroom gravy for us vegetarians.
Broccoli and cauliflower steamed and tossed in a butter mix with dijon mustard, capers, lemon zest, minced garlic, and salt and pepper.
Fresh rolls
Green salad with basil leaves
On both days:
On both nights, I served my chocolate pumpkin fudge pie for dessert.
I also set out a variety of snack trays, including five different types of olives, pickles, After Eights, a Terry’s chocolate orange, a nuts and dried fruit mix, candied citrus peels, mandarin oranges, a variety of home baked cookies, crackers and cheese, chips and salsa, Ferrero Rochers, and of course a bunch of drinks.
So the vittles were mostly vegan, with cheese and turkey and some of the chocolates being the only non-vegan items provided for my dad and brother. Overall I would say it was a hearty feast – a feastly feast!
Mmmm, all the vegany parts sound tasty!