Day 59: Sunday Dec 16 ~ Plant-Strong Party! ~

~ Plant-Strong Party! ~

 

We had SO much fun hanging out with some fellow plant-strong Michiganders! It was a FEAST- cucumber salad, pasta salad, roasted brussels sprouts, layered mashed and sweet potato casserole, stuffed red peppers, pumpkin cake, and our items below. Unfortunately, we did not remember our camera, but the hostess kindly took a few pictures of our contributions.

We really enjoyed hearing about their journeys and filing away tons of helpful tips! Thanks for a great night, everyone! :)

 

 

Here's what we brought -

No Knead Sweet-Potato Rolls http://www.thekitchn.com/easy-baking-recipe-noknead-swe-132580#recipe Instead of the butter, I used apple sauce. Instead of whole milk, I used soy milk. I also substituted 1 cup of the flour with whole wheat flour. I read that most recipes you need to substitute less than half of the white flour to maintain a similar consistency. I would recommend pureeing the sweet potato. I microwaved mine instead of roasting and apparently it wasn't totally soft because after mashing and mixing, I ended up with whole wheat roll dough and sweet potato chunks floating throughout it. Still turned out yummy - but pureeing would enhance this. Raw Pecan Tartlets http://www.thesweetlifeonline.com/2012/11/11/raw-pecan-tartlets/ These were SO good! It really tasted JUST like a regular pecan pie - but no corn syrup or added sugar, just dates. Kale Salad with Olives and Pine Nuts

http://freedomfromfastfood.blogspot.com/2012/10/day-10-sunday-oct-28-portabellas.html

This time I omitted the pine nuts because instead of merely toasting them I burnt them. Oddly enough, it was a pleasant aroma, causing Jesse to finally get out of bed. ;0

Fruit Platter
lots of yummy fruit! dip in lemon juice/water mixture to prevent apples and pears from turning brown - Jesse prefers them this way, demanding we get a mister just for lemon juice. ;0