Testering

I recently responded to a call-out for help from Carla, the author of the soon-to-be-released cookbook Quick & Easy Vegan Bake Sale (I think that is the title).  She is preparing another cookbook, One Dish Wonder - easy vegan one-dish meals. 

We've made a few things from this so far, including Orange Cranberry Polenta Cakes, which were delicious.  Peanut Potato Salad is a combination I never would have thought up, but which totally works, and lets me eat lots of peanut butter.

The recipe for Tempeh a la King appealed to me, possibly as a result of seeing cartoons as a child where various characters attempted to cook one another and always seemed to open their cookbooks to "Chicken a la King" -- did anyone else watch those cartoons?  Only, we don't really like the tempeh which is sold at the supermarket here, so I made mine with mark-style seitan.  Served up with brown rice, it doesn't look too pretty but it was amazingly tasty.

But our favourite recipe yet is easily Carla's Spiced Oven Wedges.  They are fluffy inside, crunchy outside, and the spice mix is delicious.  We've made them twice in about a week and a half, and Andy has plans to nom on them several more times while I'm in Sydney for a conference (now! thanks to the wonders of scheduled posts, I'm actually in Sydney while you're reading this).

I'm looking forward to lots more testing from Carla's recipes, and I can't wait till both of her cookbooks hit the shelves.