Top Ten Recipes of 2012

I altered all of these recipes to be dairy free for my husband and will be posting my alterations along with copies of the recipes shortly. Some of these recipes are not new, but this past year was the first time I tried them and good things don't need to be reinvented all the time! The reason the strawberry cupcakes got an honorable mention is because I didn't make them myself, and had the full-fledged dairy version instead. 

In no particular order: Top 10 Recipes of 2012!

1. Pumpkin Pie Bread Pudding (F&W)

2. Vegan Caramel Corn (The Mixing Bowl and Angela’s Kitchen)
   
3. Peach Cobbler Cupcakes (Willow Bird Baking)
   
4. Almond Cake (David Lebovitz)
   
5. Radicchio Fritto (T&D Willey)
  
6. 5 Ingredient Chicken (ours)

7. Salted Chococonut Chip Cookies (Mountain Rose Blog)
   
8. (Veganized) Arugula Pesto (F&W)
   
9. Sweet Potato & Black Bean Chili (Allrecipes)
     
10. Best Apple Cake (T&D Willey)
  
Honorable Mention: Real Strawberry Cupcakes (A Southern Fairytale)

A Very Merry Unbirthday to ME!

Sometimes you plan to do something that is fun in a normal sort of way, then suddenly that one activity blossoms into a whole series of fun, and you have an amazing day. Like today.

*Warning: This post contains punctuation intended for feeling, tone and/or emphasis and not for grammar. I know, I know it's /supposed/ to do that anyway, but hey, look, it's already started...

1. Planned to go see Avatar in 3D.

This involved braving ticket pre-purchase in Hebrew again, because all the shows sell out in a flash and a bang. It also involved a small trek to the coast, because I'm not too excited about 1am movie showings, especially in combination with public transportation. The trip was *lovely*, the theater *amazing*, and we got there with some time to spare! (which is /always/ nice). The last point led to the next point.