Pistachio Rosewater Cupcakes

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This recipe is based on the recipe by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World. This is definitely one of my favorite cupcake cookbooks! I had to make some adjustments, though, in favor of more pistachios and more rosewater... and a little less sugar.

Brownie Cheesecake CUPCAKES!

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Well, well, well, I love the Brownie Cheesecake I made this year... And I love it dearly, but sometimes a big cake just isn't practical. You want to share, but not only with people who are in the same place. So cupcakes allow you to share food with all sorts of different people without bringing half-eaten cakes to a meeting or date. Tomorrow, we're having a team meeting at my new job, and food is always a good start for this kind of thing. The cupcake recipe is pretty similar to the big cake recipe, but the amounts and times are different, of course. To make things easier, I'm making a fresh post for the cupcakes.

Curry Sauce

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Where I am from, a good Currywurst (a bratwurst with the curry sauce you'll find in this recipe) is of great cultural value. Songs have been written about it, and different regions in Germany claim that their version of the dish is the best - while that clearly isn't true. ;) We've gotten a lot of requests for the recipe - because we tend to bring the sauce to barbecues - so here it is (roughly based on the version of my friend Hanna over at FoodbyHon).

Tandoori Masala + Chickpeas + Edamame Salad

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This is one of those dishes that comes up when I am looking for something else and then come across a random spice blend and add it what I was working with... So here we have the Garam Masala chickpea edamame salad with sesame.

Surrounded by purple sweet potato mash
and baked filled zucchini/eggplant

Tomato Rolls / Tomatenbrötchen

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Vanilla Raspberry Cupcakes

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For some reason I wanted to make a cupcake that I could fill with something. Maybe because Mr. Squirrel's Mom had given me a tool with which cutting out the core of a cupcake was supposed to be really easy and I had never tried it. [A photo of this legendary tool will follow. I could just steal someone else's picture from the internet, but stealing pictures is not cool!] Vanilla cupcakes seemed like a good combination for raspberries, so I made raspberry jam-filled vanilla cupcakes with whipped cream (vegan, duh!) for my goodbye cake fest at my old job. 

Goodbye sugar high at my old job: Death by Chocolate Cupcakes,
Vanilla Raspberry-Cupcakes, Brownies, and Cookies

Vegan Mozzarella? Moxarella!

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When Mr. Squirrel first made this moxarella, I wasn't home and couldn't quite understand the excitement he transported via facebook. Then I came home and had to agree. This moxarella is amazing! It might look a bit intimidating at first, but... it's not. :) You will need a bit of time, though, as you need to soak the cashews and you'll need about 24h to let the yoghurt bacteria do their thing.

This make quite a bit of mozzarella/moxarella, but stored in salted water, it has survived about a week in our fridge. We don't really have any test result for the time afterwards because we ate up every last bit.

Mr. Squirrel didn't just make this up, he based the recipe on this one by Miyoko Schinner.

Five ingredient lunch + hot sauce

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Lunches should be quick to prepare and not too heavy, otherwise your productive afternoon turns into a majestic desk nap. Here is what I had today. Fried noodles with lots of veggies and very little other ingredients.

Another Lunch: Green Curry Creamed Potatoes, Beans, Peanuts with Spinach, Peas and Onions

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Would I even consider this a real recipe? No. It's just the panic-y "I don't want to go grocery shopping - what's left in pantry and freezer?" meal. But you never know if anyone can is it as inspiration! After all, it's a quick and easy lunch.

New Cheese Sauce - almost healthy! (gluten-free)

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I already have a really neat nacho cheese sauce recipe that is based on a very basic roux, but I am always happy to try something new. And this sauce is different, but equally awesome - and it's based on puréed veggies! And it's gluten-free for those of you who need to watch out for your wheat/gluten intake. Aaand it's soy-free, too. Both options are only true if you don't decide to use things like oat milk (gluten) or soy milk (ha! contains soy! ^^).

Many thanks to camslinger.de for helping me cook and taking the photo.