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Lately, I can’t go 24 hours without stirring up a mess in the kitchen. Which would be fine except, there are rainbow bars in the freezer, banana nut cookies in the cookie jar, Nutella cookies in an air-tight container and now, peanut butter cubes in the fridge. The most obvious fix would be to bake less, but since that isn’t going to happen it looks like halving recipes is the only viable option. If you like peanut butter and chocolate, this next recipe is for you. And if you do not like peanut butter and chocolate– well, do those sorts of crazies people even exist?

Peanut butter cubes

1/2 c. creamy peanut butter
1 c. confectioner’s sugar
3 TBS milk
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 c. Ghirardelli 60% cacao chips, melted (microwave or double-boil)

• Cream together peanut butter, milk and vanilla
• Add sugar 1/4 c. at a time – mix well

Assembling:

• Line each mold with 1 tsp melted chocolate
• Layer with 1 tsp peanut butter mixture (I formed them into cubes)
• Top with 1/2-1 tsp melted chocolate

Freeze for 20 minutes, then enjoy

                                        

I am not a (good) cook. In fact, I’d eat eggs, toast and cereal until the end of time, if I wasn’t sharing my life with another human being. Although I don’t particularly care for cooking, I do have a killer vegan lasagna recipe that is too good not to share – one that will satisfy even the meatiest of all meat lovers.

Vegan lasagna

6 lasagna noodles, boiled and strained
14 oz. firm tofu
2 c. Boca crumbles
32 oz. pasta sauce
1 medium onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, zoomed
1 TBS thyme + more for sprinkling
1 TBS basil
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp salt
2 c. mozzarella veggie shreds (or milk-based mozzarella)

• Crumble tofu, thyme, basil, cinnamon and salt in a bowl – set aside
• Spread 1/2 c. pasta sauce on bottom of 11X7 pan, line with 2 noodles
• Layer tofu mixture, Boca crumbles, onions and pasta sauce
• Repeat until you top with last layer of noodles
• Top with pasta sauce, mozzarella, garlic and thyme

Bake at 400 for 55 minutes – cover with foil for 40 minutes, then remove and bake for an additional 15 minutes

* Layer with eggplant, spinach or zucchini, if desired. Also, if you’re using a larger pan, boil 9 noodles.

                                        

I woke up to cloudy Denver today. After weeks, upon weeks, of waking up to sunshine, I couldn’t be more happy. What’s that saying? You can take the girl out of Ohio, but you can’t take the Ohio out of the girl? I wouldn’t be opposed to a dreary Ohio day sometime in the near future. But for now, I think I’ll reap the greatest pleasure of cloudy days: back to bed with my knight in shining poly-cotton, to bask in the laziness of the day.