Remember that song?!  Haha!  So appropriate for the feast we had last night– veggie sushi and udon soup!

It’s been many, many years since I’ve made sushi, so these are far some pretty.  They tasted good, though.  I followed the sushi rice recipe from How To Cook Everything Vegetarian (there’s more to it than just making sticky rice) and I rolled ‘em up with some nori, blanched green beans, carrots, cucumber and avocado.  I wanted to make some mango rolls too (sounds weird, but they are AWESOME), but I couldn’t find any mangos during my shopping adventure the other day.  Oh well.

For the soup, I used brown miso this time which, after having tried white, red and brown, I’ve decided that brown is my favorite.  I used 6 cups of water and about 7 TB of miso (basically just mix it according to your taste).  A few splashes of soy sauce, some udon noodles, tofu and green onion is all it took to make this soup.

Dessert did not follow suit with the rest of the meal.  I really couldn’t come up with anything that I wanted to make, so I decided that brownies were it.  I made a few changes to the recipe that I follow, so I’m going to repost it here so that I always have it.

Gooey Vegan Brownies

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2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup applesauce
2 TB instant coffee granules (cut to 1 TB if you don’t appreciate the taste of coffee)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup vegan chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease your brownie pan and set aside.  Dissolve the coffee granules in the water.  In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt.  Add the oil, applesauce, water/coffee and vanilla and mix to combine.  Fold in the chocolate chips.  Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the top is no longer shiny.

I forgot to mix my chocolate chips into the batter, so I put them on top instead.  I melted them into a ganache that I drizzled over the top after they had cooled a bit.  Ahh… so heavenly!