Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Oatmeal Cookies

Now it has been brought to my attention that some people in this country don't know what a no bake cookie is. Well let just say how horrible I feel for those folks and I hope to rectify that right now.

These are a very easy cookie that requires no baking hense the word no bake. You are required to melt sugar and that does need all you attention cause it can burn quickly and have a bitter taste. 

Now I got this recipe from the Food Network here. I only changed the ingredients to vegan and the taste is awesome, and no animals were abused to make them.  

No-Bake Cookies

2 cups organic sugar

4 tbsp cacao powder

1 stick Earth Balance Vegan Butter or 8 tbsp if you don't have the sticks 

1/2 cup vegan milk 

1 cup Earth Balance Peanut Butter

1 tbsp vanilla extract

3 cups oatmeal 

2 cookie sheets lined with wax paper

Place the sugar, cacao, butter, and the milk in a pan and bring to a boil. Stir constantly until it boils as soon as it boils get it off the stove, and add the vanilla (careful it's gonna bubble up) and the peanut butter stir till melted. Lastly add the oats stir in till well combined then drop a  teaspoon size pile on the wax paper repeat till all gone. Makes about 4 dozen cookies place in fridge and let cool and enjoy.

 Have and Enjoy.

Spicy Buffalo "Chicken" Tofu Recipe - Make sure your teeth are glued inand hang on!!!!!!!!!

There are so many recipes out there for buffalo sauce for wings and various other uses, this is my vegan take on an old classic.

I have been to the Anchor Bar  in Buffalo NY, who claims to have founded this iconic sauce but really who the hell cares, it's an awesome combo of heat and buttery goodness. If you ever do venture to that place be prepared for the worst service and watch your receipt they like to add their own tip.  (this happen to us)

Here we go you'll need these: 

1 cup Franks Red Hot

1/4 cup Earth Balance vegan butter

1 tbsp. black pepper

1 tbsp. garlic powder

1 tsp. onion powder

 1 dash of salt 

An about a 1/2 tsp of chilopte pepper 

1 package of extra firm tofu (cut into uniform pieces for even cooking  I found smaller is better so that way the sauce marinates through the tofu better)

Combine the first 7 ingredients into a pot on low heat bring the mixture up to a temp that just barely melts the butter. Whatever happens in life make sure you DO NOT BOIL!!!!!! This is key to the success of of the meal if boils then I throw it out and start over, because the butter will separate from the hot sauce and turn yuckie.  As soon as the butter has melted remove it an let cool, once cooled then add the tofu. 

Make sure it covers all the tofu. 

Then cover an let marinate at least an hour ( I let it go overnight).

After it's soak up the goodness over night preheat oven to 400 and grab a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and layer the tofu out in a single layer.

 Bake for 15 min then turn and apply more sauce.

Bake for 20 more min while that is going on the get all your side dishes ready to go. Now if you get some sauce on you finger DON'T chew it off the tofu will be ready soon.

We have fresh Romain lettuce, green onions. and thinly sliced celery.

Make sure you triple wash everything.

Steamed asparagus yummie.

Homemade Vegan Ranch.

This is how it looks when its done being bake and could be eaten now but putting it on the grill make the texture and flavor really come together.

Make sure you grill is well oiled.

Adding more sauce as we go.

 I always put some wood chips on the heat shield just to give a little hint of wood fire flavor.

  And now we build.

And now we feast enjoy!