Vegan MoFo 2019: Trying Ambitious Kitchen's Chickpea Blondies!

Hi friends! I hope that you are all doing well today! For today's post I'm trying another blogger's recipe again. This time it is Ambitious Kitchen's Chocolate Chip Chickpea Blondies! I've been wanting to try Chickpea Blondies for a while and figured now was the time (when it's hot AF and the oven shouldn't be on but oh well). 

This recipe came together so quickly and so easily! There was only a few ingredients that most vegans would have on hand already (chickpeas, maple syrup, peanut butter, etc.) and you just toss them into a food processor and make your dough! It seriously couldn't be simpler than that!

I think the finished product looks amazing! It tastes really great too. It's a really great treat when you want a baked dessert with less guilt. It has a really nice texture too! It stays together pretty well, maybe a little more crumbly than a traditional blondie but totally worth it!

I swear, the things I do for this blog 😂😂😂 Totally kidding, obviously but can we talk about this chickpea blondie sundae?! I warmed up a blondie for about 25 seconds and then topped with a scoop of the Haagen-Dazs ice cream that I got. Of course I had to top with sprinkles because sprinkles. It was delicious!

Of course I had to do a glamour shot of my beautiful Vegan Bowl with that delicious scoop of ice cream sticking out of the top 😂 So good you guys!

So, moral of the story is I highly recommend this recipe if you'd like to try chickpea blondes. There are only a few ingredients that are pantry staples, they only require a food processor, they come together quickly and they taste amazing. I'm so glad I finally tried this recipe! 💚

More Pantry Meals

Hey everyone! Happy Friday! I hope all is well. I'm getting through the week and looking forward to the weekend. I see some decluttering happening in my future for sure. I get into these phases where I look at my stuff and it annoys me and I need to get rid of it. I have a lot of sentimental attachment to things but they just end up taking space so I need to be a little more cutthroat while I declutter. For example, I have makeup that is long expired and it just needs to go. I think the new season of Queer Eye comes out this weekend (maybe today?!) as well so I think that I'm going to be a little lazy and a little productive this weekend.

For today's post I have a few more pantry meals. I've been pretty uninspired lately. There is literally nothing that I want to eat. You know when you just don't crave anything? That's me. I make meals to get food in my stomach but there is nothing that is super satisfying because I just never want anything. Does that happen to you? What do you eat when you feel like that?

Anyway, let's get to the meals!

I had more pizza and this time it was in the form of a pizza bagel. This made me feel like a kid again and was delicious. 

This soup has become a staple meal for me. This one has udon noodles and I decided to store it in a quart sized Chinese Food container. I personally think it looks like it came from a restaurant 😉 It's quick and easy and satisfying and is a good go to meal when you just aren't craving anything.

Lunch one day was a peanut butter sandwich with a banana. Honestly this wasn't really satisfying because I really have to be in the mood for peanut butter (I know, blasphemy) and I definitely was not. 

A ginormous honeycrisp apple. This was very refreshing and I seriously can't wait for summer fruit to be back in season.

I know it's not a ton of meals but that's a good representation of what I've been eating. I had an udon noodle stir fry with frozen veggies in my mind all week but I just haven't wanted to eat it and I didn't want to make it and waste it. I'm sure I'll make it soon enough when I have a craving but it wasn't meant to be this week.

I'm definitely going to have to go shopping this week because I really want some fresh foods in my life. I'll probably do it at H-Mart since the prices are amazing. I'll hopefully have a haul for you on Tuesday!

I hope you have a great weekend. What are your weekend plans? 💜

A Few Pantry Challenge Meals

Hey everyone! I hope that you are doing well and had a great weekend. I'm hanging in I guess. I haven't been feeling great physically or emotionally. The end of the week was completely emotionally draining and I haven't fully recovered from that. I'm just trying to push forward and get through it so we'll see how the rest of the week goes.

I did start my pantry challenge and have been eating some yummy meals! Most breakfasts are oatmeal and for some reason I can never remember to take a picture. I'm most out of it in the morning so that is probably why. Here are some other yummy meals that I ate.

You know I had to make more of my soup. This stuff is incredible and will definitely continue to be a staple meal for me. The rice cakes are sooooooo good in it.

I had some of the Trader Joe's frozen Jasmine Rice and Spring Rolls hanging out in my freezer and thought it would be a quick and delicious meal. I was correct, ha!

We went to my brother's house for dinner on Sunday and he made a ton of food and kindly included some amazing vegan offerings for me. I had my first Japanese Sweet Potato (I LOVED it! I don't eat sweet potatoes a lot because they can be too sweet for me to have with a savory meal but this was perfect!) along with some perfectly cooked mushrooms and broccoli. It was very delicious and very filling.

I was craving some comfort food last night so I had a small flatbread pizza. It was yummy and just the comfort meal I was craving.

I have some more delicious meals planned for the week! I'll be back on Friday to update you on what other things I came up with :)

I hope you have a great week! 💜