Kitchen Experiments

I use to love jalapeno poppers. Specifically stuffed with cream cheese. When I would come across a cheddar cheese stuffed popper it was always disappointing. When I first went vegan I dreamed of making a vegan version, but my deep deep fear of deep frying always stopped me. Somewhere along the way I guess I just kind of forgot about jalapeno poppers. Until Saturday while at Trader Joe's, I picked up a little bag of jalapenos and told myself I was going to make poppers. I kind of looked outside of the traditional popper box and decided I was just going to bake them. I made a cream cheese out of soaked slivered almonds and added a little daiya jalapeno Havarti that I shredded.

Here is my first jalapeno popper in ten years! Isn't she pretty? They aren't perfect, I have to tinker with my cream cheese recipe but they still turned out pretty all right for my first attempt. I've been in a bit of a rut in the kitchen so it felt good to experiment with something new.

Here is my whole dinner from last night. I made a cheese-y chili mac kind of thing. It's basically green chili mac and cheese with lots of mayacoba beans, This was a really tasty meal. And I felt like I really treated myself by having an appetizer!

This is the desk that I planned on using for blogging. In my mind the extra room would be the cat play room and my blogging room. Well, now that spring has sprung right into summer and the windows are open, my blogging desk has become cat nap station. The shirt in the back has been there for months as a nap place, and I moved their beloved laptop bag from the living room floor to the table for extra comfort. They can lay on the table while keeping an eye on the birds and squirrels, and jump to the windowsill very easily so I see their logic!