Tuesday, February 23, 2010

I have gone to the dark side.......rambling

Hello my peeps!
(I have wanted to put that on here for awhile)
Well, it finally happened... I have gone to the dark side of the food aisle.
Now believe it or not, but I have never...ever, ever, had a crescent rolled hot dog......
I know, I know....strange right? I should clarify also....I have never ever ever wanted to eat a crescent rolled hot dog either..
Let me explain. I have told you all that I grew up with my hippy mom and that she made everything from scratch. Well I meant everything... Bread, butter, sausage, canned goods, puddings....E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G!!! I thought I had a good case for child abuse....Everyone I knew was eating wonder bread and drinking soda...not me, nope.
I was being forced to eat homemade whole wheat bread and fresh lemonade...
OH THE HORROR!

So fast forward ahem...a few years...and I am a foodie.
My entire family cooks. My uncle was a meat cutter and I grew into food. I wanted to be a caterer and guess what, I was a caterer. I idolized Martha Stewart, and I owned most of her cookbook and video's...I know it is pathetic isn't it?

I have never liked prepackaged food unless it was frozen vegetables and a few brands of ravioli, so I made it all...
I do not follow trends either, so when the new best thing in food would come up, I would turn my nose up at it.... Ask anyone who truly knows me...they all think I make gourmet food everyday...such a bunch of hooey!
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So today..... I am in a funk, and I did not want to cook. Actually I haven't wanted to cook for about two weeks, but I have a child and a husband who demand sustenance, and since neither can cook (both can cook, they refuse) I must forge ahead.
So I made something I found on a regular food blog.
I am sure everyone has heard of a pig in a blanket, (as if that covers up the fact that there's something dead inside some pastry), I have never been keen on the idea. Although, I have made beef en croute when I was a caterer, which is the same principle...
Being a vegan, when I think of pig in a blanket I think of terror... but anyway.......
I caved...completely caved...
So here is soy protein hot dogs covered in crescent rolls or how about terror less pastry blankets....No?
Ok, No pigs were harmed in the making of this lame meal?
Smart dogs, Vegan Gourmet cheddar cheese, generic crescent rolls...
All rolled up.....
Over baked thingy's
Served with my standard pasta Alfredo sauce over raditore pasta....

Insert Darth Vader's breathing here.......my daughter says when he breaths it sounds like he wants a cookie...
coooookkkkiiiieeee........cooooookkkkkiiiieee........cooooookkkkkiiiiieeee,
Just give the man a COOKIE for crumbs sake!!!!!
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Come to the dark side Brandi, we have non lethal pigs in a blanket...they're good!
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OK... they are good, I dipped mine in mustard........ so what!

4 comments:

RawSierra said...

okay this post is hilarious! I thought you were going to eat real hot dogs! Now that would be really going off the vegan bandwagon! I feel like going off myself as I am so sick of all diets!

Those looks good. I could eat a zillion crescents..If I dont cook them, are they considered raw?

Vegan Valerie said...

Those are the cutest, kindest, non-pigs in blankets I have ever seen! And I really love all the Star Wars banter! It's great! My Jordan would totally approve! :)

And that reminds me, I need to try YOUR Alfredo sauce next. I tried Matt's of My Veggie Kitchen on Valentine's Day. But I'd really like to try yours! (I bet it's even better!)

:D

Love you, Brandi! :)

Daishi said...

Valerie's Jordan approves completely! The non-violent yumminess is perfect, and the Vader 'cooooo-kie' made me laugh. Well done, young Padawan!

Vegan Epicurean said...

You are ahead of me. I haven't had either a pig or non-pig in a blanket. They look though.

Alicia