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holiday show off post: twinkies, tofurky and vegan gifts!
6it’s no secret that we don’t really celebrate xmas. to me it’s just an annoying holiday when the bars and vegan restaurants are closed. however, that doesn’t stop me from taking the day off work and filling up on holiday-themed food. it also doesn’t stop my awesome parents from buying us tons of gifts. 🙂
this year on xmas day, my husband and i attended a slap-up vegan holiday party, meaning we couldn’t have dinner with my parents until the next day. we decided to invite them around to our place on boxing day for an informal vegan celebration. we provided the main course and desserts, they brought us some side dishes and some unexpected gifts. it was awesome.
one dozen vegan twinkies from no whey vegan baking. 6 regular flavored, 6 red velvet with cream cheese frosting.
we went a little over board with dessert, and ordered 12 twinkies from no whey vegan baking. needless to say, there were tons left over and we sent my parents home with a whole container full. everyone loved them, especially my dad who has been dying to try a vegan twinkie for like 6 months. while the normal yellow cake with white frosting filling variety was well received, my new favorite is definitely the red velvet twinkie. the cake is moist and insanely decadent, and the filling isn’t frosting, but instead vegan cream cheese. absolutely delicious.
red velvet cake with a cream cheese filling
for a main dish, we cooked up a standard tofurky. although i prefer the celebration roast, which we made on thanksgiving, the tofurky was only $7.99 at the santa monica co-op. you can’t beat that price.
tofurky!
my parents brought with them some wonderful sides including the quarrygirl recipe for potato salad, and a broccoli salad that my mom veganized. you can see the original broccoli salad recipe here.
vegan broccoli salad with raisins, vegenaise, "bacon" bits and onion.
in addition to food, my parents also brought with them some surprise presents. thanks mom and dad! knowing what fans we are of veganomicon, they brought us isa chandra moskowitz’s other two wildly successful cookbooks: vegan with a vengeance and vegan cupcakes take over the world. yay!
vegan cookbooks! w00t!
they also brought us some shirts in honor of the quarrygirl.com mascot, tofu robot. check out the cool t’s they found online at spicy brown.
tofu robot clothing from spicy brown.
so overall, it was a great feast with some extraordinary vegan twinkies and some vegan gift surprises. a fine, fine holiday indeed.
Tags: broccoli, holidays, no whey, salad, tofurky, twinkies
6 responses to “holiday show off post: twinkies, tofurky and vegan gifts!” 
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Lucky parents!!! Those red velvet twinkies look INSANE!
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Hooray for vegan Twinkies, vegan cookbooks, and vegan-friendly parents!
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OMG those pictures are awesome! I so wish I would have made the vanilla ones green to make it super festive. I could’ve make a Christmas tree out of Twinkies.
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Oh man, I want to try the Red Velvet!
VWAV is awesome. I made a lot of items from it for the Holidays, there’s some great go-tos in there. -
Aw! What sweet– and hip!– parents! My mom and dad would see that shirt and be all, “I don’t get it… the robot is made of tofu? Is this like a drug thing or something? Are you on drugs?”
And you will love those books. I have gotten a lot of mileage out of both of them.
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Black Lisle April 1st, 2009 at 05:45
Hooray for Bacon, its a great addition to the Broccoli Salad!
Would those be smoked slices as the recipe doesnt specify?
biliji December 28th, 2008 at 14:37