Farewell VeganMofo, sushi and Happy Halloween

It's the last day for VeganMofo! It flew by. The last day and I have no dinner plans. db will be out for dinner so what's a vegan girl to do? I'll come up with something. We have a fridge full of leafy greens and all the ingredients to pretty much make anything so I think I'll be fine in coming up with something tasty.


Last night was the end of a day that was a crazy day for both db and I. We had very chaotic work days and needed some chill time.

We took a walk to the pet supply store and on the way there I got to vent about work which was very cathartic. On the way home we took a look at a new sushi place that opened up. db suggested take-out. And that's what we did. We needed an easy night to just sit and watch the Blues.

We also just happened to have some premium sake on hand that we've been wanting to try so it was a good opportunity to have a taste or two or three of that.

These were the yammy rolls with wakame seaweed on top. This was my favorite.






For dessert we finished off the pumpkin pie I had made earlier this week. After having such success with my veggie pot pie, I wanted to make another pastry crust.
I wanted to save the picture for the last VeganMofo day since it is Halloween as well.

Thanks for following the VeganMofo posts. I'll probably do more foodie posts now as a result.

Happy Halloween everyone!

Pina Colada Sushi

Iron Chef Challenge #3

Ingredients: sushi (rice and seaweed).

Dinner and brunch have been the subjects for my VeganMofo. I have yet to post a dessert until now. I don't do a lot of baking or dessert making.

Sushi seemed like it might turn into another meal, but I wanted to do something sweet. I thought about shaping rice pudding to take the form of sushi, tying it off with seaweed, but it didn't click with me.

I consulted my Vegetarian Sushi cookbook to see if there was a dessert sushi. Of course there is dessert sushi.

I happened to have fresh pineapple on hand so I knew it would go well with the rice cooked in coconut milk. Sounds like a Pina Colada to me! I forgot the rum so I guess it's virgin Pina Colada Sushi.

I added chopped crystallized ginger to the rice along with a little lime juice and sugar.

Rum could have been the dipping sauce, but I chose a pomegranate syrup that was left over from another dessert (really, I rarely make desserts). The combination of syrup with the sushi was quite sweet, like a sweet and sour. db and I both preferred the sushi on its own without dipping sauce. The taste was clean, fresh and lightly sweet. Quite nice really.

new year's eve

Of course we cooked. In reality there was very little cooking involved in putting the veg sushi together.

Grilled eggplant with wasabi cream and walnut miso sauce
A little miso soup.

My mom gave us a vegetarian sushi book for ??? I can't remember why but it must have been one of our birthdays or a housewarming gift or something. Anywho...db and I used the book as a guideline. We had so much fun just making the sushi.

We couldn't find brown sushi rice and I know somewhere in this sushi capital of Canada it must exist. We did find organic sushi rice to compliment our organic veg (for the most part). The slightly chilled Sake was organic also as was our midnight toasting Prosecco.

After all that food I thought I would fast for sure on New Year's Day. Once the day rolled around and I was coffee ready I quickly changed my mind.

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