My First Adventure...Ginger/Flax Muffins

My first adventure in the kitchen today was to cook the Ginger Flax Muffins that the Post Punk Kitchen just posted on their blog.

Here is a silly little side note: I LOVE the Post Punk Kitchen. I cannot stress that enough. Isa's "Vegan with a Vengeance," is pretty much my bible. We both come from Jewish upbringings and she has created recipes that hit reaaaal close to home. If you're thinking about investing in a vegan cookbook, go for Vegan with a Vengeance. I cannot get enough of it.

ANYWAYS:

My mother never followed a single recipe correctly. She would mossy on out to the store and get all the ingredients, mix them all together and call it a success.

So when I'm cooking, and I can't find the 1/3 cup because, shucks, we never had one, I am forced to improvise. No one should have to eyeball 1/3 of a cup of soy milk!

This recipe called for ground flax seed. Isa says that flax seed is a good, nutty, alternative for eggs. For each tablespoon of dried flax seed, you add 3 tablespoon of water, and grind (I did this in my blender). The result is a sticky, gooey, gluey mess, a lot like beaten egg whites. Getting it out of the blender was a pain in the backside too. Next time I'll use a food processor.

I substituted maple syrup for molasses, pumpkin soymilk for unsweetened soymilk, fresh chopped ginger for ground ginger, and a mix of confectionery sugar and hard-as-a-freakin- rock brown sugar instead of the real stuff (solely because I misread the sugar box before I headed for the store).

Yeah, yeah I am a BIG time substituter. Sue me. Anyways, they came out wicked freaken good. See for yourself: