Hot Nuts~pg. 68

La Dolce Vegan! Challenge:

Love these hot nuts! Next time I'll use more Asian chili garlic sauce (Sriracha) to make them hotter; I played it safe and only used 2 tsp. chili sauce this time.

Nana's Pesto Pin-Wheel Rolls~pg. 55

La Dolce Vegan! Challenge:

Tyler & Phoebe's Perfect Pesto Sauce~pg. 177

Basil-one of my favorite herbs; next to cilantro, that is!

They look like seashells!

After reading Joel's post about cooking these I decided to follow the prepping and cooking directions on the puff pastry box. I didn't roll out the dough, I left it the size it was. I also baked these at 400 degrees for 15 minutes as it suggested. They turned out great. Well, since I had half a bowl of pesto left and another puff pastry sheet already thawed out I decided to try a quick version of this recipe. Making pinwheels and trying to cut them is too labor-intensive for me! I patted my puff pastry dough into a jelly-roll size pan and spread the remaining pesto on top.

This is why it's called 'puff' pastry! You should have seen it in the oven; I thought it was gonna explode. It still tastes delicious though.

I cut these into squares with scissors;

 guess what I had for breakfast with a glass of soymilk?!

Danica's Popcorn Balls~pg. 65

This recipe took me right back to my childhood. My mom would always make popcorn balls; she would make them different colors and add different flavors in them. We could hardly wait until they cooled off to eat them. After making these popcorn balls and consulting with my mom the sauce should have cooked to a hard-crack stage (300 degrees) before adding to popcorn.  These turned out more like a chewy caramel popcorn ball. I like mine crunchy so next time I'm getting a candy thermometer and doing 'em right! They still tasted good though, and it won't stop me from eating them.