You have to wear pearls with that apron

You have to wear pearls with that apron

And, for anyone wondering, the zucchini bread I was baking while wearing the apron -- YUM.

What you were wearing made the bread better

Oh, that reminds me. I chopped up one of the Morningstar italians and used it in a dish with sauteed zucchini and peppers tossed with gnocchi. So good, and sausage works much better this way.

Huh. But your cooking is better than fake meat and fake cheese. I have had decent fake meat, but no decent fake cheese. You have more sophisticated taste than that.

The fact that I like to cook also confuses my mother. To her, cooking is a chore, it seems.

(As for "sophisticated taste," I just put together tomorrow's lunch -- leftover kale/chickpeas/couscous, apple slices, carrot sticks with bottled dressing for dip, and walnuts. Nothing too sophisticated there. Things like stuffed squash blossoms don't happen too often -- lentil soup or curry are much more common here.)

I chopped up one of the Morningstar italians and used it in a dish with sauteed zucchini and peppers tossed with gnocchi. So good, and sausage works much better this way.

I like to microwave a Morningstar breakfast sausage (faux-sage?) link or two, then crumble them and put them on pizza. Really good.

Cool apron, Steph.

For fake cheeses -- there are a few good brands, but most of them are really expensive. I've generally liked homemade fake cheeses much better than the affordable store-bought ones, but I've never tried making something slicable -- I've only made things like casseroles where you just make the cheese sauce and pour it on and then bake it, and it stays liquidy, or stuff like fondue or nacho cheese sauce to dip things into.

I love Morningstar mini corndogs.

Teppy, you look very domestic and adorable.

In a fit of trying to use up all the stuff in my fridge, I just ended up with kohlrabi-apple slaw. Or something like that. Grated kohlrabi and apples, with a dressing made with olive oil, apple cider vinegar, mustard, Veganaise, and a pinch of sugar. Pretty good, and I think it'll be better tomorrow once the flavors meld a bit and the kohlrabi and apple soften a little.

I just remembered that there are three things I need to do tomorrow that I keep forgetting to do. I decided to send myself an email with the list, so that I wouldn't forget again. In the time it took me to get out of bed, open my computer, and get to gmail, I forgot one of the things. So, tomorrow, I need to pick up my new glasses, do laundry, and something else. Maybe I'll remember tomorrow.