Miscellaneous

These photos, as the title suggests don't really fit anywhere. But here's an explanation anyway.

The first is a veggie burger (admittedly a burger so small it is invisible under its bun lid - not so, the plentiful greens and pickles) served with oven heated spicy fries.

The second is my venture in to cereal candy - a dollar serve oftrix has cured any desired for the stuff ever again (I even had to "dilute" them with rice bubbles).

The third in Freedom French Toast from La Dolce Vegan. The silken tofu didn't do it for me - but it was delicious served with day old challah. Which cancels out the vegan. Oh well.

You're looking at a winner!

Speaking of great Australian traditions, the Royal Melbourne Show has come to town yet again and this time it brought some blue ribbons. Here I am pictured with some of my first and second year 11 place-getters for the zucchini carrot loaf category. Woo-hoo!

Also featured is the cupcake design brief (we do love cake baking in Unit 2). The chosen theme was Sesame St - a step up from The Wiggles theme last year. It may just be coloured icing, sprinkles and mini marshmallows, but the students did a great job of bringing the puppets to life (in cake form).

THE PIE (An Austra-American Tradition)

This post is devoted to pies. First, is the portabello pot pie (recipe from La Dolce Vegan. The crust was so easy to make using a food processor and so silky to handle too. Surplus supplies of portabellos made it a hearty dish. Served with Israeli salad featuring kumatos. Needless to say, there were no leftovers.

The second pie is a vegan coconut cream pie, from the everyday vegan. There is something about coconut cream pie that conjures up a Hawaiian luau - for me anyway.

Side note: I haven't blogged for a while and looking back at this picture I thought "When did I make rhubarb pie?" but that's just the cheery tablecloth peeking through.