the night before my birthday, i headed to my brother & sister-in-law's house to celebrate my father-in-law's birthday and mine together, as his bday is the day before mine. sis had bought me a vegan cake from whole foods, which i thought was SO very sweet (meant both ways, of course!) and before i could cut into it, i had to run and grab my camera. i yelled that i needed to take a pic for my blog, which i did feel slightly guilty for, since i also want a picture so that i can treasure the memory always. but i think she understood. :) here's my delicious vegan cake from the family birthday celebration #1!!! ➞
the whole birthday day was pretty awesome, from start to finish. it began w a delicious batch of vegan pancakes, served to me in bed. they were light and fluffy and wonderful, and i will post the recipe for them on here very soon, after the next time we make them and take pictures b/c they are SOOO good and every vegan should have this recipe. i then received my bday present from my hubby, which was a full day spa package, including lunch (and of course i asked, and he told me that they cater to "special" dietary needs). i've gotten massages before, but never anything like this, spending a full day of pampering at a spa! it sounds delightful and i can't wait.
after breakfast it got a little crazy, w cleaning and preparing for our party. lucky for me, a friend came over and saved me. we decorated and got things ready...and i had just enough time afterwards to get dressed and get some drinks and snacks together before the guests began to arrive!
the theme of the party was a scavenger hunt, with 30 questions about yours truly...and of course, a few of the questions were vegan related.
we served lots of food, both vegan and non-vegan...for the vegans we had chips w mango and peach salsa, veggie platters, salad, seitan parmesan, and vegan mozzarella sticks. many people brought dessert, vegan and non as well. the vegan desserts included chocolate covered strawberries, a vegan whole foods cake, and a DELICIOUS trifle made for me by my wonderful friend Tricia.
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| vegan birthday cake!! |
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| vegan trifle by Tricia! |
other friends made and brought other food items, most of which were non-vegan...but i just have to post a few of them on here anyway, b/c they were so awesome and creative!!
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| my 3-0 cake by Dorothy! |
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| duckie cake pops by Nicole and Bianca! |
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| strawberry-center cuppies by Cyndi! |
such a great, awesome birthday weekend. i'm so lucky to have such amazing family and friends to help me celebrate being older...and i have to honestly say that i LOVE being 30!
Hi! I just discovered your blog from your Kind Life posting =) your vegan cake looks beautiful. I was just wondering how you felt, as a vegan, about people bringing non-vegan food to your party?
ReplyDeletehey, amanda! don't you love the kind life? i find the best info on there, and i love alicia's blogs. about the food...i don't have a problem with non-vegan food in my home. up until around 8 months ago, i used to cook meat and chicken for my husband!! i couldn't STAND handling that meat, but i felt like it was my job as his wife to accept that he wanted to eat it, and i did most of the cooking. now that he's vegetarian it's SO much easier and we cook a lot of vegan dinners together. and he became a vegetarian all on his own; maybe if i had refused to cook him meat, he might not have wanted to go veggie w such an open mind! i don't LOVE the idea of having meat in my home when guests come over, but i feel that i don't want to preach to anyone about going veg, nor do i want to restrict my family and friends to only vegan food whenever they come over. i've considered having a vegan dinner party and inviting a group of family/friends...i think that if they were made aware ahead of time, and it wasn't for a specific occasion, that people could make up their own minds about whether they want to come and try the food we eat and enjoy. but i don't want to force it on anyone when they eat meat and dairy and i feel that if they came over and were surprised that all i had was vegan food available, they wouldn't be trying it with an open mind...some of them don't even try it with an open mind anyway, even with non-vegan food around!! so while it bothers me a little bit, i am willing to deal with it to keep my guests happy...it's only once in a while. thanks for posting!! do you have a blog that i could follow?
ReplyDeleteLooks like you have a lot of friends! Good job on being positive and full of joy.
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