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February 26, 2010

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February 26, 2010 - emily. Tags: Uncategorized

oatmeal with diced anjou pear, almond extract, almond milk

mini-lunch of samples and “samples” at central market: onion crackers with red relish, chips with burnt orange salsa, honey Os, yucca chips, magic pop with peanut butter and agave, many different kinds of bread, cherry tomatoes, at least 5 different kinds of citrus, dried cantaloupe, dried pear, dark chocolate covered coffee beans, dark chocolate covered sandwich cookies. i love fridays at central market!

multi-grain tortilla with fava bean puree, roasted hot green pepper, spinach, ginger-miso dressing; grapefruit; spelt zucchini muffin

small gala apple

leftovers: orzo, chickpeas, dandelion greens, spicy tomato-basil sauce

palo alto reserve red wine, no idea if it was vegan..

baked a half batch each of tahini-lime cookies and nyc black and white cookies from vegan cookies invade your cookie jar. for the black and whites, i didn’t make the frosting, but added extra orange and lemon zest, lemon juice, and poppy seeds to make big, fluffy lemon poppyseed cookies

fresh ginger tea

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katherine's comment:
February 27, 2010 at 12:22 pm

1) so how did they compare to ABC???

2) how were the tahini lime cookies? They sound amazing.

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emily's reply:
February 27th, 2010 at 2:28 pm

1) they were super super fluffy- almost like cake in the shape of a cookie! good, but not quite the same dense chewiness that i appreciate in abc cookies. didn’t quite satisfy the craving. should we make this an ongoing project where we try to recreate the exact texture and flavor of the abc’s?

2) so good! these might be my new favorite non-chocolate cookie. the dough tasted like tahini, but baking them brought out the lime zest and resulted in the perfect balance. i love baking with tahini because it is reminiscent of peanut butter, but the relative bitterness of it is great blended with sweet flavors. and these cookies did turn out dense and chewy, which is my favorite cookie texture. i guess i shouldn’t post the exact recipe on the blog, but let me know if you want it and i’ll email it.

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February 26, 2010

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