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I’ve often marvelled at food blogs and the people who painstakingly maintain them, occasionally thinking, These crafty bitches have too much time on their hands. But the more I try to teach myself how to cook, the more I find myself posessed with the urge to “style” my food before I eat it. Then once I’ve styled it, I show it to LCF, who very supportively says how pretty it is. But he says it in a way that lets me know that he won’t eat it, either because it has vegetables in it, or because I’m still so slow in the kitchen with my prep work that it takes me upwards of four hours to cook anything, so I’m usually shoving a plate in his face at midnight. Then I try to sit down to eat it, like with the above Ginger-Mango Tofu I cooked outta Vegan With A Vengeance last night, and am seized with the urge to preserve my project for posterity since it took so damn long. So I take a picture. And now I have all these pics of things like Vegan Mac ‘n’ Cheese from Skinny Bitch in the Kitch, and BBQ Pomegranate Tofu with Coconut Rice & Garlic Spinach from the aforementioned Vegan With A Vengeance…

plus these cupcakes I made from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World, a book LCF’s mom gave me for X-mas.

So  - yeah. I guess I’m turning into one of those psychos who posts pics of the food they make on their blog. But don’t let that in any way lead you to believe that this means I have too much time on my hands. These were all completed amid a hail storm of swearing in the early morning hours. Am I making anyone hungry? It’s lonely cooking all this food just for myself. Well, except the cupcakes. LCF and my bandmates graciously agreed to help me out with those!

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