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Baking, Beans, Chocolate Chip, Death, Experiments, Fiber, Healthy, Lettuce, Life, Vegan, Vegetable, Whole Grain
You’ve heard of Hug A Veg*n day, right? Well, what about hugging a vegetable?
No, but seriously. What about it?
And I don’t mean literally hugging a vegetable (see above), because then your next of kin might cart you off to a mental hospital.
And that doesn’t sound like fun.
No, I mean embracing your veggies. With veggies, there’s a lot of either this or that: either the person loves eating salads and salads and salads and salads (or so they claim) or they try and “sneak” them into stuff.
‘Ooh, watch me sneak cauliflower into my mashed potatoes!’ ‘I snuck zucchini into my chocolate chip muffins!’ ‘Could you tell that I snuck beets into my homemade ketchup? Could you? Could you?’
Riiiiiiiiiiiiight.
But what about embracing your veggies instead? Think about it: carrot cake. Zucchini bread. Pumpkin pie. Rhubarb torte. None of them try to hide their veggies – the veggies are the stars! And they’re all the better for it!
So I decided that, since two people died at work today and I needed something fun and light-hearted to do, I’m going to set out* on a mission to make the next Star Veggie Dessert! *Set out, because chances are slim that it’ll be awesome on the first go. How many tries did the lightbulb take? Case in point.
After all, I like baking for breakfast, baking with veggies, baking murfins, baking with beans, baking with tofu, and baking quick-and-easy. Maybe I just like baking. 
Try #1: Chocolate Chip Lettuce Pie
1 c. lettuce, rinsed and torn
1/3 c. canola oil (or other oil of choice)
100g. sliced almonds
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
250 grams canned/jarred white beans, rinsed
1 tsp. vanilla extract
3/4 c. quick oats
2 c. honey
100 grams sliced almonds
150 grams high quality dark chocolate (I like the Lindt 70% truffle bar), chopped
2 Tbsp. flaxseeds
1.) Make lettuce mush- blend together the lettuce and the oil:
2) Add remaining ingredients (except chocolate and half of the sliced almonds!), blend until smooth.
3) Stir in chocolate.
4) Pour into a lined or greased skillet pan (or other baking form):
5) Sprinkle on remaining 50g of sliced almonds, as well as 2Tbsp of flaxseeds, for prettiness.
6) Bake at 350F for about 35 to 45 minutes (until it passes the toothpick test).
Of course, I baked in my geriatric oven again, though I said that I wouldn’t. But, quite frankly, I’m a poor college student and am not about to buy a new oven for the 6 weeks that I’m still here. Especially as I currently have no income (full time unpaid internship, remember?). So it’s either (a) suck it up and deal with burnt/unevenly baked baked goods or (b) don’t bake. I’m more of an (a) kind of person. 
And is it just me, or does my this look a little bit less burnt than last time? Maybe the oven just needs to be brought back into gear. We’ll see…:P
Have you ever seen a dead person?
What’s your favorite baked good?
What do you want me to try baking veggies into?
haha, I’ve heard of putting veggies in baked goods, but never lettuce!
Me neither – so why not try it? I was reallllllllllllly curious as to *why* it hasn’t been done before. Probably for a good reason, but I’ve got to try for myself…
I can’t wait until these cool, so I can see why it’s so awful (or not)!
Thanks for commenting.
I actually have an entire photobooth album of me hugging and posing with a spaghetti squash…one of my not-so-secret-secrets
And oh dear; two people died? I’ve never seen an uncovered dead person, but on my study abroad in India, we lived in Varanasi for a month- which is the holy centre of Hinduism on the Ganges River and it was a daily occurrence to see smoke emitted from bodies being burnt and deposited into the river
I only saw one of the bodies, though. Which was enough, considering that it was at 6am.
It must have been quite the experience to live in Varanasi – that’s so cool!
Great veggie article! Thank you for sharing it with us. I will subscribe to your blog for sure. Have a wonderful day!
Thanks, you too!
Eek, that’s tough about the 2 people at your work, iv never seen a dead person- not sure how I’d deal with that( apart from baking with veggies obvs). I guess that’s the kinda thing you have to deal with in hospitals:/
I love vegetables more than anyone, okay, iv decided that- no arguments. Baked goods with veg are awesome , but iv never seen anything with lettuce before- veeery quirky- just like the baker I think! Parsnip muffins are something I bake on the regular, I<3 parsnips SO much.
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Parsnip muffins sound awesome! I’ve never made anything with parsnip before, but I had roasted parsnip (at boarding school) once and it was tasty!
I’ve never seen a dead person…
Interesting pie! Did it taste good?
The first, warm impression is unreliable, since it didn’t solidify in the middle (I guess that’s why people don’t bake with lettuce…too watery and fibrous and all that), but I’m freezing it to make an ice
creampie thingy. We’ll see soon!haha! You are so cute!
What a fun idea. I love embracing my veggies and I try to make them the star of my meals as much as possible. (:
My favorite things to bake with veggies are definitely carrot cake and homemade cornbread (does that count?) Yum!
LETTUCE PIE IS AMAZING.
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lettuce in desserts is so intriguing. looks like you did a good job though despite the oven!
Thanks – and it’s sooooooooooooooo good! I don’t get why it hasn’t been done (at least not often) before? Lettuce mush goes in just as well as pumpkin mush or carrot mush.
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