I don’t know what happened to my mozzarella cheese (recipe from The Uncheese Cookbook); it turned out to be more of a spread than a block cheese. I don’t even know if it will be grateable if I freeze it a little. The taste is a little sharp but we have yet to try it on anything.

Last night I made almond Vice Cream; I probably should have blended the mixture for a minute longer in the blender because it’s full of little cashew chunks. Also, I used raw cashews instead of roasted ones but I don’t know if that would make a difference. The taste is good and it’s creamy (around the little cashew chunks) but Jake says that the cashew flavor is really overwhelming. Maybe not using raw cashews would fix this, or maybe soaking the cashews first – I really know nothing about raw cooking. I was tempted to use Disaronno instead of almond flavoring (and I used extract anyway.) Maybe next time.

Thursday was our designated Valentine’s Day, and our usual Night Out ™, but it was just an excuse on my part to trek out to Native Foods. We had the Tempeh Chips (think battered and fried) and shared a BBQ Chicken Pizza and a Gandhi bowl. The Tempeh Chips were excellent, as most fried food tends to be to someone who never eats it. The pizza was pretty good, but we could have done without the TVP “chicken” pieces and the Gandhi bowl, essentially a rice/veggie/tempeh curry bowl was a little bland but made a hearty second dinner for me on Friday night (along with a spare slice of the pizza.) We also went home with cheesecake for both of us; the house variety for Jake and a slice of the raw cherry for me. Jake liked the creamy texture of his but didn’t like the crust very much, and I liked mine because it had a very unique and not overpoweringly sweet taste, but for $8 I won’t be buying more unless it’s a very special occasion (the house cheesecake is half that price.)