Mom’s pancake mix beat any other vegan mixes around! The pancakes were very flavorful with all natural ingredients. Very easy to prepare.

Date Added: 01/22/2012 by Julie

Thanks, Julie!

Congrats to Rabbit Food on their successful opening, and don’t forget to visit them this March at the Texas VegFest!

While Rabbit Food Grocery searches for a bricks & mortar location, they are offering a selection of awesome vegan products online and in local retail outlets.

And guess what? That selection includes Mom’s French toast, pancake & waffle, and biscuit mixes!

You will also be able to visit the Rabbit Food table this March at the Texas VegFest! Even more awesome!

We are so excited for Oly Vegan, and for all the Oly vegans!

From the Oly Vegan Facebook page:

A Vegan Lifestyle Shop in downtown Olympia, WA. ! Cruelty free bags, shoes, clothing, makeup, body care. Jewelry, t-shirts, totes. Gourmet vegan chocolates cookies and treats. Specialty food items, gift baskets to order, toys and treats for every holiday! Vintage housewares and … owls? Come visit us !

Welcome!

It’s very gratifying to see folks being amazed at how good vegan French toast can be! Some come to the table skeptical that such a thing is possible, some are very excited to find it might be possible, and some are totally taken aback that anyone would think to see if it’s possible. Then they take a taste, their eyes light up, and they start pulling their friends and family over – “You have to try this! It’s so delicious!”

It was also a delight to meet fans who told us they already love our mixes! We had some interesting conversations, but this was my favorite:

Fan: I have the French toast mix at home, but I can’t figure out how to keep it from being so powdery on the bread.

Mom (puzzled): Um . . . what?

Fan: It isn’t anything like this when I make it. I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong.

Mom (confused, but wanting to be helpful): Well, since there isn’t any gluten, you don’t have to worry about over-mixing; you can really whomp on it and get it very smooth. I mix it in a bowl first, and then pour it into a pan for dipping. Do you do that?

Fan (very confused, then figuring it out): Oh, you know what I did? I dipped the bread in the wet ingredients first, and then in the mix . . .

Fan and Mom: That’s why it was so powdery!

Another lesson in the importance of remembering we don’t all look at the same situation in the same way! If you have any questions or comments about our mixes or the results you get when you use them, please post them here or on our Facebook page, or email them to mom@momsvegankitchen.com. We don’t want you to be less than completely satisfied with your critter-free comfort food!

On a final note, we have some leftover cinnamon roll recipe cards and we’ll be adding them to bags of biscuit mix until they run out. In fact, maybe we’ll . . .

Recipe

So, on the topic of favorite vegan comfort recipes (no? We’re always on the topic!), this is an amazing cupcake recipe we found on Shmooed Food Recipes From the Vegan Lunch Box years ago, and still are still using and loving.

I don’t know if it’s possible to find a better basic cupcake! VLB calls them “white,” but I would call them yellow. They are as close to my childhood favorites as you can get and still be vegan. You can even use the recipe to make vegan Twinkies!

We like to pair these cupcakes with another favorite recipe, Fluffy Vegan Buttercream Frosting from Chow. [Chow is not a vegan (or even vegetarian) site, so if you're sensitive to such things you may not want to go there.]  Using shortening makes the frosting more like bakery frosting than homemade; you can, of course, use any frosting you like.

A word of advice: Don’t turn your back on these cupcakes when an omnivore in the room . . . you will turn back to find nothing but crumbs. If that.

Vegan Essentials Storefront

Dropped in on Vegan Essentials and found some new reviews of our French toast and pancake mixes. Thanks, Carol, Paola and Susan!

Delicious
From carol of bella vista, Arkansas on7/8/2011.

Excellent! Now one of the few things that I “miss” as a vegan is now back in my world. I added a touch of vanilla extract and it really made it sing. Terrific product.

Portland VegFest is coming up September 17 & 18, and will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. The Convention Center is located at 777 NE MLK, Jr. Blvd. Portland, OR 97232 and is ridiculously easy to reach by bus, bike or Max.

We’ll be sampling a variety of goodies this year, including French toast, biscuits and – wait for it – whoopie pies!  Come on down and see us, then stop by the Food Fight table to pick up some mixes for yourself. See you there!