Vegan Bake Sale

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This year I decided that I need to represent here in the OC.    The owner of the Trabuco Canyon Country Store is graciously allowing us to set up outside and I am confident that the animal loving folks out here in the canyon are going to buy us out in no time!  Join us!  Either as a baker, seller, or buyer!

Date:  

April 28, 2012

Time:  

10 am until we're sold out!

Location:  

The Trabuco Canyon Country Store

31021 Trabuco Canyon Road

Trabuco Canyon, CA  92679

100% of the proceeds go to benefit

Barks of Love, Orange County.

Boogity, Boogity, Boogity!

Yes, I spent the entire weekend in Fontana at the Auto Club Speedway watching the NASCAR races.  The Royal Purple 300 on Saturday and the Auto Club 400 on Sunday.  I've been a few times in the past, but this last year we (my husband and I) got really into it and decided to really make a weekend out of it.  So this year we prepared.  I remember from last year, when all we did was bring ourselves, that there is not much besides french fries and alcohol for us vegans.   This year we made sure there was plenty to eat.

Dan and I enjoying our veg friendly eats on the tailgate.

Friday night we prepared everything for the weekend.  I made up a big batch of macaroni salad, a bunch of Soyrizo and tofu scramble breakfast burritos, and then we packed up some veggie dogs, buns, condiments, crackers, sodas, waters, and of course, some booze!  We had everything we needed to get our tailgate on in the parking lot!

Kurt Halsey + Celine Steen + Joni Marie Newman = AWESOME!

What is this crazy collab-o I speak of?  Vegan Food Gifts: Spread the Vegan Love DIY-Style with 100 Inspired Recipes for Homemade Edible Gifts, Baked Goods, Preserves, and More  Written by Joni Marie Newman with photos by Celine Steen and illustrations by Kurt Halsey.  A vegan triple threat of epic DIY proportions, if you ask me.


Now available for pre-order on Amazon with a tentative release date of September of this year.


To give you a little sneak peak of what's in store check out this recipe for infused Gin which will be included in the chapter appropriately titled: Last Call

GIN-ger Snap

This stuff is no joke. It's made with Gin and definitely has a snap!

10 slices (2.5 ounces, or 70 g) fresh ginger (skin on is fine)  

2 cinnamon sticks

1 teaspoon dried orange peel

4 cups (940 ml) gin

Add ginger, cinnamon sticks, and orange peel to the bottom of a container with a tight fitting lid.

Pour gin into container, seal, give it a good shake, and let sit for one full week shaking once daily.

Strain out solids (I like to leave in the cinnamon sticks) and pour into bottles or jars with tight fitting lids

Yield: 4 cups (940 ml)

GIFT IT! 

Package in pretty bottles or mason jars affix a label to the bottle, and attach the recipe card below.

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