there’s good news and bad news.
the bad news is, I am hungover and drinking black-as-night-coffee with sweetener in it because that’s my remedy for feeling like my organs have turned to metal. but the good news is that I had the BEST DINNER ever last night. EVER.
See, my sister works at the neat-o Wheat Berry (where I used to work, actually), and they had their christmas party yesterday at the also neat-o Green Door restaurant – complete with free food! No more paying by weight for some seriously delectable foodstuffs. I had a plate full of sesame-oiled-kale-squash, and greek rice cabbage rolls, vegan fig bars, all sorts of beans, peanut satay whatnot, crispy-tender sourdough with little seeds in it, these awesome chewy noodle thingers with seaweed in them, more fig bars. Tapenade. Salsa. Punch with organic berries in it (and alcohol besides)! I missed the apple pie, but there was apple pie there, too. Lordy, it was fabulous.
I made some truffles. They’re on the ooey-gooey side, but they taste really good. And not bad for about 10 minutes of work. There’s kind of a recipe? But also kind of not, so here’s a list of ingredients I was throwing around —
150 grams of dark chocolate (chopped really finely)
2/3 cup almond milk (or less)
2 tbsp soy milk powder
2 tbsp margarine
3 tbsp canadian whiskey
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp icing sugar (maybe)
1 tbsp cocoa powder (sort of)
pinch of salt
* heat the milk, milk powder and margarine almost to boiling, then add the chocolate, remove from heat and let it sit for a minute.
* stir to melt the chocolate, add the rest of the ingredients (probably add more icing sugar or cocoa powder than I did at this point, to make the truffles firmer.)
* move to a container, let it cool to room temp, cover with plastic and chill overnight
* when it’s cold, dish out little truffle-balls and roll them in…………
cocoa powder, roasted chopped nuts, icing sugar, more melted chocolate, cocoa nibs, cinnamon, matcha powder, cookie crumbs, sprinkles probably, crushed candies, other stuff. I used hazelnuts (mmmmmmm).
oh yeah! and don’t bother buying paper candy cups if you don’t want to — little rounds cut out of wrapping paper are pretty cute. just squash the paper circles on the top of a bottle of soda – presto custom paper-cup!
(the egg carton is less posh. but hey, it was just for my friends, they don’t care. ^_^)
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December 18, 2007 at 2:36 pm
ChocolateCoveredVegan
Aww, I hope you feel better soon (and that the coffee does the trick). On the other hand, those truffles look absolutely delectable… I know you saved me some, right? ;o)
December 18, 2007 at 7:03 pm
VeggieGirl
hope your hangover is clear up soon!oooh, the Christmas party sounds like it was a delicious affair!! sounds like a great restaurant, as well.WOW those truffles look fantastic – great idea with the “rather impromptu” paper cups! :0)
December 18, 2007 at 11:26 pm
Ruby Red Vegan
a FREE vegan buffet! oh, i am so jealous of you right now! (except for the hangover, i’m glad i don’t have that – so by the way, feel better!) mmm…kale and squash and cabbage rolls and peanut satay and fig bars. it must have been so overwhelming to be surrounded by a massive quantity of vegan food. that doesn’t happen often enough, we’re normally in the minority… yummy looking truffles, i wish i could have some of yours now that the holidays have arrived!
December 19, 2007 at 1:08 am
a-k (of swell vegan)
your blog looks great! delicious foods abound. truffle joyfulness. montreal sounds delightful in the snow.
December 19, 2007 at 3:33 pm
Ashasarala
Wow… That sounds like a crapload of food. Sorry about the hangover, though. :(I have a recipe for truffles, but it only includes cocoa, bittersweet chocolate and a little soymilk. I hope they don’t come out tasted like crap. :(
December 20, 2007 at 1:27 am
Anardana
I can’t compete with green door, but my dinner party is going to be awesome too! and you won’t have a hangover because we don’t drink. Are there going to be any truffles left to bring? :)
December 20, 2007 at 2:49 am
Liz²
chocolatecoveredvegan and veggiegirl, thank you! the coffee did the trick, and I psychically sent you truffles to try! :Oruby red vegan, it is SO the best restaurant ever, and I never eat there because it’s usually so expensive. it *was* a bit overwhelming, and I kept handing bites of stuff to my sister, asking “does that taste like cheese to you?” because everything tasted so savoury and good (the Green Door is only *mostly* vegan, but I was assured there was no animal products in anything I chose, it was all just THAT delicious!)a-k – thank you! truffle joyfulness and montreal snow are bits of my heart, to be sure ^_^ashasarala – they should turn out perfectly, really. I’m convinced that truffles don’t really need anything other than chocolate + non-milk to taste good. plus, I have a hard time believing anything you make could turn out crap! :panardana, there’s actually quite a few of them left! for sure I’ll bring them, plus a savoury side. and I’ll dress up as per request! :D
December 20, 2007 at 11:34 am
Mihl
What a coincidence! I am just making truffles, too! I give them to my family every Christmas and this year I started to make my first vegan ones.
December 20, 2007 at 2:10 pm
Leigh
What beautiful truffles! I need to get me some whisky and some soymilk powder and try a batch of those.
December 20, 2007 at 3:59 pm
vegetalion
1.) hope the coffee works for you2.) you know you’re a foodie and/or crazy vegan when a.) you post about how good “chewy noodle thingers with seaweed in them” are (asi n your case) or b.) you read about them on someone else blog and think they sound amazing (as in mine). ^_^3.) as per your comment on my blog – you’ve been pronouncing my username right – it’s french! sorta.
December 20, 2007 at 5:18 pm
Emilie
Wowz. The spread sounds amazing…I wish I immediate access to it right now. Love your truffles too–it’s funny–I was making truffles this morning. Must be something in the air.
December 21, 2007 at 12:06 am
aTxVegn
The party food sounds outstanding! No wonder you couldn’t help yourself.The truffles look yummy and the wrapping paper idea is very clever.
December 21, 2007 at 3:18 pm
Vegan_Noodle
Your truffles look so delectable!!!
December 24, 2007 at 8:28 pm
textual bulldog
your truffles look so pretty! what lucky friends you have.
December 25, 2007 at 8:07 am
bazu
Awesome! I always say I want to make truffles, but never have quite gotten around to it. Yours look so good, especially the nutty ones.