Just a quick post this morning, to get these photos out of the way. Yesterday I made a flat bread sandwich in my panini press — black beans, tomatoes, sauteed chard, cilantro, green onions, and a little bit of soy mozzarella.
I don’t often buy fresh cilantro, because it seems you always have to buy such huge bunches of it, and I can never use it before it goes bad. But what a great combination of flavours! I wasn’t sure about the chard — it needed using up, and I wanted something to fill out the sandwich, so I threw it in on a whim — but everything seemed to work perfectly together.
And then (speaking of perfection), I made the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever.
I’d been wanting to try out the recipe in Vegan With a Vengeance for quite a while; it seems like people rave about it, and the photos always look amazing. I finally broke down and gave it a go yesterday, and ohhhh man. Perfect. Perfect! I halved the recipe, and subbed two of the eight tablespoons of margarine for two of applesauce. And cut two Tbsp of sugar. And added a hint of cinnamon. But if you’ve been searching for the softest, tastiest chocolate chip cookie, you HAVE to buy VWAV. Yum.
Hi Anna -
I love your photos – such natural light and detail. I’m a foodie, but I’m pretty amateur with photography. If you have time, I would love to know some tips on how you shoot your food shots – I have an advanced compact camera, which I know may not even be able to take these photos. Do you have any advice? Thanks!!!
what’s VWAV? just wondering… thanks for the substitute recipe, saw the recipe and couldn’t get around to making them b/c of so much butter/sugar!
What a delicious flat bread sandwich! And those cookies! Yum! Whenever I have leftover cilantro (which is always) I use it to make green rice (brown rice, soymilk, spinach, cilantro, etc.).
I’ve been meaning to make these cookies forever. After reading your rave, I’m finally motivated enough to tackle them. They may have to wait until after Thanksgiving, though.
Anyway, this is my first visit to your blog, and I just wanted to tell you have beautiful all the photography is!
Another good way to cut out a bit of the fat in these is to sub out half of it for vanilla soy yogurt–it’s doesn’t exactly make them health food, but it does cut down on the fat.
YUMMY!!! I cannot wait to try out the recipes in that book–thank you again!