VeganMoFo Day #16: I'm Finally Back To Business

This is so weird.  It is the second to last day of VeganMoFo and I'm finally kicking into high gear.  I cooked for a whole day and I'm still looking for the next recipe in my collection to try out.  Well, now I have three beautiful photos to post here.  If you happen to think they don't look good, please just pretend they are.  :)

The first one is the Ten-Minute Couscous Soup (recipe by Heidi of 101 Cookbooks).  I just saw this recipe yesterday and I immediately made it.  101 Cookbooks is one of my favorite food blogs and I've already made a few things out of Heidi's recipes.  Her recipes usually yield wholesome and easy-to-make food, and the photos are just gorgeous.  For this soup, I used half broth and half water, subbed fresh tomatoes and cherry tomatoes, and added some zucchini because I have plenty.

The second thing I made is Banana Cake with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting (recipe by Kittee of Cake Maker to the Stars).  Kittee's blog is another favorite of mine.  And from her blog title you can easily deduce that her cakes are hard to beat.  This banana cake is absolutely the most moist and fluffy cake I've ever had.  It was so good that I finished eating one-third of it before frosting.  I didn't have white chocolate chips so I used dark cocoa powder instead.

Then another great vegan recipe resource, Vegan Dad's blog gave me the recipe for the Quick and Easy Tofu Etouffee.  I've never even heard of etouffee before, but now I'm loving it.  I didn't make my own vegan sausages so I used Tofurkey Italian Sausage, and I made my own vegan sour cream (blending silken tofu, salt, sugar and lemon juice).  And I used culantro instead of parsley for a stronger flavor.  The Tofu Etouffee is a really meaty dish, so when you have omnivore friends over, you can definitely make this to surprise them.