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Veganizing “Friends”: The Joey Special!!!
Phoebe: Ooh, the pizza guy’s here!
Joey: What? You ordered pizza without me?!
Phoebe: Yeah. But y’know we were thinking about you, y’know we ordered the Joey Special.
Joey: Two pizzas?!
Yay!!! We’re making two pizzas today! I know you are thinking exactly what Eddie is saying in the clip at right!
If you also want to partake in the Joey Special, let’s get cracking! Homemade pizza is the best, right? It all depends on the crust. If you have an excellent recipe for pizza crust, by all means use that (and please share it with me, though this one was pretty great). I used the following; it makes enough for two rounds: |
PIZZA DOUGH!
Ingredients:
Directions:
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So, for the first (Asian-y) one:
(Sung) This is how we doooo it:
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For the Italian-y one:
I made a cheesy hummus as a base, then topped it with diced tomatoes, chopped kale, vegan bacon bits and jerky, and a drizzling of olive oil. The cheesy hummus comprised: 1 can of garbanzo beans (it’s for the Italian one, you can’t say chickpeas), juice from half a lemon, 4T olive oil, splash of water, 1t soy sauce, 1/3C nooch.
(Said with your hands all up in people’s faces) Ah made it like-ah theeees!
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I don’t know why anyone has ever settled for just one pizza before. Two are so much better! And you’ll probably have leftovers. Unfortunately my aunt took the leftovers with her!! Ughhh! You know how I feel about that:
That Time When I Made a “Sneaky Bean” Dessert & It Wasn’t Gross
I’ve tried all of them. They were always disgusting. I’m sorry, but they were. Disgusting. Is there anything more upsetting than expectations of a delicious brownie dashed? Than having no dessert but some kind of bean patty that tastes more like hummus than brownie? No, I don’t think there is.
Faced with my most-feared culinary nightmare, I decided not to be a victim anymore. We were going to make chickpea-filled cookies, and by god they were going to be FANTASTIC. And guess what? They were. I attribute this to throwing out all the recipes I’ve ever seen for these monstrosities, and instead learning from my experiences and accounting for the usual problems.
THE USUAL PROBLEMS WITH SNEAKY BEAN RECIPES:
PROBLEMS:
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SOLUTIONS!
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Told you they were gorgeous, didn’t I!! Oh wait no, no I didn’t.
- 1 can chickpeas, rinsed very well
- 2t vanilla extract
- ¼ C almond milk
- ½ C peanut butter
- ¼ C speculoos
- 1/3 C agave nectar
- 1t baking powder
- pinch salt
- ½ C flour
- ½ C chocolate chips
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°.
Puree the chickpeas and almond milk in a blender. (The Magic Bullet is perfect for this.) Add the vanilla, peanut butter, speculoos, and agave. You may need to add more milk if it gets too thick.
Mix the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl, then add the blender contents. Mix well. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, and drop the batter onto it in cookie-sized balls. Bake for about 12 minutes. Let cool before trying to see if you finally made a beany cookie that isn’t disgusting.
I hope this works for you like it worked for me!