Vegan Mofo V Day 6: Gnocchi Didn't

Today I'm back on topic now with another magazine recipe. This is "Gnocchi With Roasted Cauliflower" from Real Simple. I love this magazine and have had a subscription for the past two years since I am a sucker for school fundraisers. I think my niece's school has a different program this year so I'm not sure I'll renew. I still have my VegNews and Bust subs to keep me busy, but will probably resubscribe when I have income again. Anyway, the magazine always includes a vegetarian recipe that could easily be made vegan, some of the omni recipes are easy to convert as well. I think this is the only the second recipe I've made, but there are more RS recipes lurking in the binders waiting for their day.

I really want to make my own gnocchi someday. I even bought a ricer 8 or 9 years ago that is hiding out in the back of the cabinet, but for now I cheated and used some from the store. Maybe I will do it for the "Stuff I Always Say I'm Going to Make, but Haven't Yet" theme. I'm still not sure if that is going to be a whole week of posts or if I will alternate it with other things. Depending on what I choose it could be a scary and daunting week.

This recipe was super easy to make and didn't take too much time, even for me. I served this on a plate, but it is probably better in a bowl so you can just scoop it all up. I love roasted cauliflower so I almost didn't want to mix it with the gnocchi, but they were good together. I just realized I forgot to sprinkle some parm on top, but it tasted great without it. I'll add it in when I am eating the leftovers. There is so much food going on this week!

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I made the best cupcakes ever this week, no joke! My niece had her end-of-year program Wednesday night and I wanted to surprise her with some amazing cupcakes. I only got about halfway when I realized I had to get cleaned up and ready to go since I was running late. I'm a lot messier when I bake than when I cook so I had batter splatter on my tank top and so on. The cakes were baked but the icing would have to wait.

Her performance was spot on. They did a dance to "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire, totally decked out in bracelets, earrings and those sashes you wear for belly dancing. She was the best one out there, and I'm not just saying that as an auntie, girl can move! After the show we went to dinner and just got home too late to start making a kitchen mess again.

Thursday, I got home from work, grabbed the hand mixer and got going. The vegan butter cream was the bomb. It got more out of control when I added in the crushed cookies. It was my first attempt at piping icing so I just used a sammich bag and cut one of the corners off. It turned out pretty good for the first time. Everyone loved them except for my mom but she always has a comment about vegan food tasting weird or having an aftertaste, whatevs! She is a cauliflower convert after I made "simple cauliflower" from 101cookbooks. So maybe you do win some after all.