Sloppy Joe's / Apple-Apricot Cake

Happy Monday! Friday night for supper I made some sloppy joe's. After surfing the net for abit, I came across a recipe by Ellie Krieger that sounded very good. I used to really like to watch her on The Food Network. She seems to have some pretty healthy recipes that I can veganzie. I haven't been able to catch her show lately though, which stinks. Anyway, the recipe that I followed can be found here. Of course, I did make a few changes to the recipe. One obvious change is that I left out the meat. I also left out the jalapeno, because I didn't have one. I used chili beans (rinsed and drained) in place of the red beans or pinto beans. I also used a teaspoon of dijon mustard in place of the mustard powder, because I didn't have that either.

Tony and I both have been wanting a baked potato, so he had two potatoes cooking in the oven when I got home. With that being said, I'm sure you know where the sloppy joe's ended up. Yep, on the baked potato. And was it ever so yummy. This isn't the best picture, but I was about to starve, so it was a very fast take.

On another note, we had a Christmas party to attend Sunday after church. I thought Shen's Apple Apricot Cake sounded perfect to make to take to the party. The recipe that I got from Shen can be found here. I was a little nervous about taking something to a party that I had never made before. Of course Shen said that it would be the hit of the party. :o) Guess what, she was pretty much right on! Everyone who tried it, loved it. They also couldn't believe it was vegan. whoo hoo.... There's another star in my corner for vegan baking. :o) Since Shen put a cinnamon glaze on hers, I thought I would do the same. So, thanks for that cake recipe Shen! It was delish!

~Peace~