Blame Ice Cream Makers and Food Processors

{Photograph by Jennifer Causey, via Simply Breakfast}

Ok, so I'll admit it. I've been a bad blogger.

I haven't posted anything new in for.ev.er.

Please forgive me. I don't suppose that I have any real excuse other than loss of momentum. The Skinny Bitch project isn't something that I've given up on. However, if I'm honest, I'm at a breaking point.

It all started when I wanted to make a soup that required a Vita Mix. Now, I don't own a Vita Mix, nor do I have the $500 it costs to buy one. Soon after, I discovered that I also don't have an ice cream maker vital to another recipe. Oh, and I don't have a food processor. I know what you're thinking, What kind of vegan doesn't own a food processor?! (For those of you who don't know, food processors are necessary for an untold amount of vegan recipes. The same is probably true of non-vegan recipes as well, but I never once had a need for one until turning veg.)

Anywho, I hit a rut. A big How in the world am I going to afford all of this? and What the heck did I get myself into? rut. So, it was back to me making up recipes on the fly with whatever happened to be in my fridge. Which, If I'm being honest, usually means covering everything in avocado. It's a wonder I'm not 100 lbs heavier from all the fatty avocados I eat, but that's another story...

Something happened two days ago. Something wonderful.

Erin McKenna, owner of BabyCakes NYC, came out with her second cookbook, BabyCakes Covers the Classics! This is wonderful because, BabyCakes was the reason I was able to go vegan. As much as I love cooking, a love baking a million times more. And fresh baked muffins are just about the greatest thing in the world, are they not?. Erin helped me go vegan by showing me how to bake without dairy or eggs. Her first cookbook is what sent me to the bookstore where I happened upon the veg cookbook section for the first time!

Now, whenever I get a new cookbook, I devour it. I sit down and read all of the introductory information right down the types of equipment needed and brands recommended. (Yes, I am a full blown kitchen dork.) Once I'm done obsessing over my new cookbook, I start pulling out every other cookbook I own, marking every recipe I wan to try with bright pink Post-Its. This is exactly what happened to me after purchasing BabyCakes Covers the Classics.

So here I am again with a new fire lit.

Watch out bitches.

It's about to get real skinny up on Tea & Audrey.

Posts on FOUR new recipes coming next week!