Monday. So I was in the baking mood again tonight – for vegan cornbread. Made a recipe from a certain cookbook (that also produced the failed pumpkin bread), and knew instantly that something was wrong as the batter was way too runny. Then I tasted it. It was also way too sweet. DRAT IT ALL! I went into recovery mode, and decided to add more cornmeal until the batter became the consistency of, say, pancake batter. Now I had too much cornbread – I filled all 12 muffin cups and had leftover. Mom said just to toss it, but I don’t like to waste food (especially the expensive vegan varieties), so I decided to fry it in a pan with vegan butter. Despite severe misgivings, intense feelings of failure, and utter disbelief that it could happen, the cornbread muffins and fried corn-cakes turned out nice and golden and perfect, except for one tiny detail. THEY ARE WAY TOO SWEET!!! Oh, and mom won’t eat them that way. What does one do with overly sweetened cornbread?
Today’s Menu:
- Breakfast: oats/maple syrup/flax oil, coffee with almond milk
- Lunch: peanut butter and agave nectar sandwich, with an Izzy
- Drink: grande soy latte
- Dinner: red cabbage, homemade 5 bean salad, and two of the corn-cakes
- Drink: green tea
It looks so harmless now, but just wait.
A little crumbly maybe, and if you can get paste the super sweet, very good this way.
The finished product - 12 perfectly cooked and perfectly inedible muffins.
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October 28, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Eve
What’s an Izzy? A drink? I think I’ve seen that on bottles in the store. Is it good?
October 29, 2010 at 1:59 pm
seppinator1111
Oh, sorry, it’s spelled with an ‘e’ = Izze. An Izze is a drink made from fruit juice and carbonated water. It’s the tastiest thing I have every had – I like them better than other carbonated items like soda or Martinelli’s sparkling apple juice. You should totally try one. Try all the flavors. Have several of each.