Category: Food

Hello, everyone! I have been away from this blog for a short while, but I’m back and plan on posting weekly on here! You can click the follow button to be notified when I post!

On to today’s topic, IMPOSSIBLE WHOPPERS! As a vegetarian/ sometimes vegan, it is a pain in the butt not to be able to just swing on in a drive thru and get myself some food. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all about making food at home, but sometimes I just want a good burger that’s not made from animals. And then Burger King answered my prayers!

Burger King started making an alternative to their famous whoppers by making them with Impossible meat. For those who do not know, Impossible meat is a vegan fake meat that tastes as close to real meat as it gets.

I’ve had Impossible meat in tacos before, so I knew I’d like it. However, I brought my mom, a meat eater, along to this taste test adventure. So, a vegetarian and meat eater raced off to Burger King to get this magical Whopper.

My mom and I never really went to Burger King, and as far as I know, the Impossible Whopper isn’t making people choose it over the regular Whopper, but instead bringing in a whole new crowd of people.

Here are a few pictures of the Impossible Whopper, which really surprised my mom because it doesn’t really look like a “veggie burger.”

To me, the burger tastes exactly like a regular burger, but I haven’t eaten real meat in years, so I looked to my mom to see what she thought. She immediately put down her burger and very quietly said, “I think they gave us real meat.” Of course they didn’t give us real meat, I told her it was “impossible.” (See what I did there? I’m so punny!)

Not only had the Impossible Whopper pleased a vegetarian who was dying for some greasy fast food, but it tricked an actual meat eater into thinking it was meat!

I believe that the Impossible Whopper is only in a few states at the moment; I was lucky enough to be in the test city, however the actual Impossible meat should be in stores before the end of 2019. Until then, if you’re not in an area with the Impossible Whopper, go look on the Impossible meat website and you can see what restaurants near you serve their meat!

I highly recommend the Burger King Impossible Whopper. 10/10. So yummy for vegetarians and meat lovers!

Hello, everyone! Today I am here to share the recipe of, quite possibly, the world’s best vegan banana chocolate chip muffin recipe. I promise you, they’re THAT good. I’m going to take you step by step of how I make the muffins, however if you are in the fast lane, the ingredients and recipe steps will be listed down below. I found this recipe about two years ago, and I have been making these as often as possible ever since! Buckle your seat belts because vegan or not, you’re going to LOVE these muffins!

The first step is to preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, not going to lie, I had to look up how the heck to spell that word. Next, grab some bananas; any ripe bananas are good, but I prefer when mine look like this.

They are just easier to mash and taste amazing. Mash them up with a fork until they look like this.

After your mash your bananas, add 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup vegetable oil, 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract, and 1/4 cup almond milk. Whisk these together until you get a soupy texture and all of the brown sugar has dissolved.

Next you’re going to add in 2 cups of flour. I add the flour in 1/2 cup at a time to make it easier to mix together. If you want your muffins a little bit more ooey gooey and not quite as dense, I would suggest 1 1/2 cups of flour. You’ll also add in 1 tsp. baking soda, 1/2 tsp. salt, and, my favorite, 1 tsp. cinnamon. Stir this all together until all of the flour has been mixed. Trust me, nothing is worse than biting into a muffin and getting a big ol’ chunk of unmixed flour. Your mixture at this point should look something like this.

Now comes the fun part. I hope you’re sitting down for what I’m about to tell you because this will rock your world. The chocolate chips from Enjoy Life are vegan and YOU CAN’T TELL THE DIFFERENCE. I know, it’s mind blowing. One of my biggest struggles as I move forward with being vegan is losing my chocolate, but I don’t have to because Enjoy Life has saved the day.

I add in about a cup of chocolate chips, but I’m not here to tell you how to run your life, you add as much chocolate as you please. Once you have your chocolate chips all mixed in, scoop the mixture into a lined muffin tin. This recipe usually makes about 15 muffins.

Let these bad boys sit in the oven for 16-18 minutes and ENJOY. These muffins are my favorite thing to bake, especially at the end of the week when my bananas are turning brown.

I seriously spent 30 minutes taking pictures of muffins for this blog post, so you bet your bottom dollar that I’m putting them all in. C’mon, look how yummy these look!

This is what I meant earlier, when I said they were dense muffins. If you’d like them more gooey and airy, just slim down how much flour you add.

I hope you all make these muffins and love them as much as I do. My favorite part about this recipe is that no animal had to give any part of itself for my treat. Animals are friends not food! Expect some more delicious vegan recipes from me in the future. Have a wonderful week and go make these muffins!

 

Recipe Ingredients

3 medium, ripe bananas

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup vegetable oil

2 tsp. pure vanilla extract

1/4 cup almond milk

2 cup flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

1 cup chocolate chips

 

Intstructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line muffin pans.
• Mash bananas with a fork. Add brown sugar, oil, vanilla, and almond milk. Whisk together thoroughly.
• Stir in flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Stir until flour is completely mixed in.
• Add in chocolate chips.
• Place mixture into muffin tin. (Makes approx. 15 muffins.)
• Bake for 16-18 minutes.
• Enjoy!