Day 9 E's Birthday Party!

Breakfast:
various smoothies
cereal

Lunch:
Seitan Nuggets, strawberries and "cutie" oranges

Dinner:
Spaghetti, garlic bread, grapes, carrots, salad

Dessert: Cupcakes and Rice Dream Ice Cream

Before we get into the main event, let me just say how superb our lunch was!  I literally threw seitan cubes into a bowl of flour, baking powder and tomato basil seasoning and cooked it in some vegetable oil for a few minutes and it was amazing!  So amazing, in fact, that I only got 3 pieces because my kids horked them all down and still asked for more.  Thankfully, we had plenty of fruit to fill the empty spaces in our stomachs.



And now.... (drum roll) for the cupcakes!  Today was E's birthday party, so we needed a kid-friendly, vegan dinner and cake and ice cream.  Dinner was spaghetti; what kid won't eat spaghetti, right?  (I actually shouldn't talk because my kids have been known to turn down pasta in a new shape from fear that it might taste weird)  Anyway, it was great.

I found a recipe in a Vegetarian Times magazine for Boston Cream Pie cupcakes but the filling was made with silken tofu and I didn't want to take that kind of a risk at my kid's birthday party.  So I improvised and made the vanilla cake per the recipe and then filled them with a Tofutti Cream Cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla and coconut milk filling.  Then we melted vegan chocolate chips (remember the $7 ones?) with a dash of coconut milk and spread it on the top.  They were delicious!!

So, we did it!  A real birthday party with cake and ice cream and dinner for 7 kids.  All vegan foods and all yummy.