your goose is probably only half-baked at this point

I do love a good challenge, and making things that are a) vegan, b) gluten-free, and c) still delicious is one of my favorite  challenges out there.  I originally started adapting this recipe  so I could bake for a vegan colleague, but then I found out that he's allergic to both peanuts and chickpeas, so that's me back to the drawing board for him, but as a nice side-effect, I now have a recipe for AMAZING chocolate chip cookies that are approximately 200% less a pain in my ass than regular chocolate chip cookies. And they're full of chickpeas and peanut butter, so they're ... actually sort of good for you?  Will wonders never cease. The only real difference between these and the usual chocolate chip cookies of the world is that they're not at all improved by dipping them in milk (I personally like them better with a cup of unsweetened green tea than I do with a cup of milk) and they're better cooled than warm straight from the oven.  They're also irresi...

I HAVEN'T MADE THIS RECIPE YET.  JUST UPLOADING IT HERE SO I'LL HAVE MY RECIPE AT HAND WHEN I'M READY TO TRY IT OUT.  WILL UPDATE ONCE IT'S BEEN TESTED. Smashburger should get quite a lot of credit for this recipe, because holy crap  is their New Englander black bean burger amazing, but they're also to blame for it because they're too far from my house for me to walk there and get the New Englander whenever the spirit moves me, so here we are. Adapted from  this delightful recipe  and saved here so it doesn't walk away from me. The name comes from how hard this recipe punches, and how awesome it is to have the sweet glow of the cranberries against the dark power of the burger.  Just don't choke on it.  That's bad for you. Vader's Fist Black Bean Burgers (with cranberries) Ingredients 1 15-oz can black beans Olive oil for sauteeing 1/4 cup bell pepper 1/2 onion, diced 2 cloves garlic 3/4 tsp cumin 1/2 tsp chili powder 1/4 tsp g...

It's sweet, golden, and beyond basic, just like Luke Skywalker.  What more could you want? (Adapted from  this lovely recipe , saved here so it won't disappear on me, and so I have the edits I've made to the original.) This is best enjoyed with a cup of unsweetened tea.  Green if you can manage it. <3 Live, Laugh, Luke Butter Mochi Ingredients 1 stick salted butter 2 cups sugar 2 tsp vanilla 4 eggs 16 oz mochiko flour 2 tsp baking powder 2 14.5-oz cans coconut milk Instructions Butter a 9x13" baking dish and preheat your oven to 350*F. In a large mixing bowl, melt the butter. Add the sugar and vanilla extract, using a rubber spatula to mix until fully combined. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing each one in fully. Upend the mochiko on top of the egg/sugar/butter mixture. Add the baking powder to the mochiko powder, then start slowly mixing it into the wet mix. Once it's sort of combined, to the point that it's not al...

Omurice (omelette rice) is something of a staple comfort food in Japan, and Loco Moco is something of a comfort food in Hawaii, and since both traditionally contain meat, I've not gotten to enjoy either since I became a vegetarian in 2014.  Five years I've gone without my favorite comfort foods, and that is just not okay. Well, until now.  I've fixed it now. This meal's kind of a pain in the ass to read through, instruction-wise, but it's not all that hard to make, really.  You invest about an hour in it the first time you make it, but then you get leftovers sufficient for like 4 more meals-for-two, and making it after you've gone through the trouble the first time is easier than falling in love with Luke Skywalker again , ask me how I know any of these things. It's also really delicious and really impressive and goes unnecessarily well with green tea, beer, and butter mochi .  Ask me how I know that, too. Don't let the ingredient list or instruc...