Last week when I was defrosting my ancient freezer, I forgot to put back the bag of artichokes, so they've been thawed in the fridge all week. They're still good, but I needed to use them now.I found the artichoke sunflower spread in Robin Robertson's Vegan Planet. I had some raw sunflower seeds and the time to soak them, so this was a snap.
The only thing is that the recipe calls for 2 cloves of garlic, and I wasn't thinking that this isn't cooked, so I picked 2 giant cloves of garlic. Tastes yummy, but I am definitely keeping the vampires away. Hopefully, I'm keeping a cold away, too. Anyway, err on the side of 2 smallish to normal garlic cloves for polite company. I also used celery salt for the salt since I have that giant overdog salt from the snarky vegan. I spread it on some crackers and topped with a little smoked paprika to make it pretty. This would be great to take to a pot luck or holiday party!
In addition to the giant Vegan Planet, Fire and Spice, and other books, Robin is seeking testers for her new cookbook of 1000 vegan recipes. I hope she picks me to help out! Check out her site Vegan Planet for the details.
9 comments:
I love Vegan Planet! I'm glad that the spread turned out ok for you, and that you were able to use your artichokes. I hope Robin picks you to be a tester! I know that I'm not detail-oriented enough to test, but I'm interested to see what the new book is like.
Yum! Her book is on my xmas list!
jenn, i forgot to thank you for posting that link to the edward cullen pictures!!! he looks hotter than ever in them!!!!
my friend was telling me that she saw a pillowcase with edward's face on it. can you imagine sleeping on edward every night?!?!? haha
and the more garlic the better!!!! i bet it tasted amazing. before veg, i would always buy this warm artichoke cheese dip and eat it with a big chunk of italian bread. uhh to die for!
Why you tellin' others about the call?! She should just pick you and me to be testers! He. He.
I love Vegan Planet. I never made the dish here though. Of course, there are so many recipes in that book that it is overwhelming!
That recipe sounds great! I have to get that cookbook. I have Vegan Fire & Spice, but have heard such good things about Vegan Planet.
Your dip looks great-- and I'd love it with lots of garlic.
I'm a big fan of Fire and Spice and Vegan Planet. There are so many recipes in there that I always get excited to see one!
I'm not a big fan of artichokes, so I'm always trying to find new ways to "convert" myself. This sounds extremely interesting! YAY!
oh good idea! I totally have to make some spreads with my celery salt! that looks absolutely delish lady!
I really want to try that spread now. Looks good.
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