Thursday, December 13, 2007

Chili Mac & Cornbread and Chocolate

This is a nice meal for a cold evening. The chili mac is made with onions, red and green bell peppers, frozen corn, roasted tomatoes, and my homemade pinto beans and chickpeas, and a can of red beans, and quinoa elbow macaroni. I spiced it up pretty good with lots of chili powder, cumin, and oregano. The cornbread recipe is Isa’s that I found on the ppk. It is so good and is the least crumbly cornbread I’ve ever made. I could actually soak up chili mac sauce with it.




One of the local markets is promoting their high end chocolates for holiday gifts and 2 caught my eye. They are new to me and I thought I would share my find.

Theo Chocolates has 5 bars that are organic, vegan, and soyfree and made with fair trade cocoa beans. They come in a pretty wrapper and the descriptions on the website will make you drool.

Divine Chocolates offers 2 vegan bars and promote themselves as a “farmer owned fair trade” company, although not organic. Their products truly sound divine. Edit: Divine is in the new Veg Times.

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12 comments:

  1. Teresa10:28 PM

    Divine Dark Chocolate is AMAZING! Not only are they Fair Trade, but they are the only farmer owned chocolate company. Everyone should support them! Plus their chocolate is yummy (although I do love my chocolate super dark so I love the 70%)!

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  2. Sheree'9:26 AM

    I just made that same cornbread last night. I cut the recipe in half and it worked out deliciously. DH loved it. I was goint to try and use whole wheat pastry flour next time and see what happens. Love your chili mac. I had a similar version last week for breakfast 2 days in a row. Love it!

    I am hoping Santa brings me some of that chocolate this year!

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  3. Lori- the Pleasantly Plump Vegan11:39 AM

    yum

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  4. Anonymous12:39 PM

    Looks good!

    I love that PPK cornbread recipe as well. They were absolutely perfect. I like my cornbread sweeter so I used about 1/4 cup or so extra sugar.

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  5. Judy6:35 PM

    This meal looks soooo good. I've got something similar cooking right now, a perfect winter dinner.

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  6. Candi10:56 PM

    Oh, thanks for the recipe link! Looks great!

    Oh, chocolates. :P I have not heard of either brand yet, but I will be on the lookout. The Divine Chocolates one sounds interesting!

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  7. Anonymous12:52 AM

    wow. that meal will keep me warm in the desert for sure!

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  8. Jacqueline Meldrum6:46 AM

    Divine chocolate is really good! And that pasta dish sounds great. I am going to give it a try!

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  9. LizNoVeggieGirl9:28 AM

    nice meal for a cold evening, indeed!! I love chili - looks great!! :0)

    haha, while you KNOW how I am about chocolate, I'm glad you posted about it, since those brands will be perfect for little holiday gifts for friends/family.

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  10. Ashasarala2:59 PM

    That cornbread almost looks like a slice of vanilla cake. Either way, I want me some!

    It was dangerous posting those chocolate links. I'm going to be ordering from there all the time now, you know. ;)

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  11. MeloMeals5:50 PM

    Looks delicous.. especially the cornbread... that could convert any omni

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  12. Vegan_Noodle2:59 PM

    Did you try the chocolates? I have seen both I think at Whole Foods but haven't tried them.
    Chili Mac sounds soooo good. Especially nice and spicy....

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