Freedom Toast Three Ways

Here are my three favorite recipes for eggless french toast.

#1: Cashew Freedom Toast
1 c soy milk
.5 c cashew butter
.5 t cinnamon
.5 t vanilla
1.5 T sugar (optional)

#2: Banana Freedom Toast
1 c soy milk
2 med-large bananas
.5 t cinnamon
.5 t vanilla
a pinch of salt

#3: Banana-Cashew's Love Child
1 c soy milk
.25 c cashew butter
1 med-large banana
.5 t cinnamon
.5 t vanilla

6 slices bread
Margarine
Maple syrup

Blend everything but the bread until completely smooth and mixed.

Pour liquid into a pie plate or similar shallow container. Dip bread into liquid, allowing each slice of bread to soak for a minute or so.

Fry bread in a little margarine over med-low heat, flipping once, until golden on both sides.

Serve with maple syrup!

Banana Bliss Ice Cream

Branden's parents gave us a nice little ice cream maker when they came to visit. It's taken us a little while to start experimenting with it, but this ice cream was worth the wait! We made an orange sorbet first (just orange juice and sugar). This is the first creamy ice cream we tried, and it just blew us away! It was so much better than I expected a first try to be. Just be warned: you may not be able to stop eating this once you've made it, the recipe makes something like a quart, and we finished it off in about 24 hours.

3 c soy milk
2 bananas
4-6 T oil
6-8 T liquid sweetener
1 T vanilla extract
2 T cornstarch
Pinch of salt

Blend everything until smooth.
Heat on low-heat, stirring constantly, until just about to boil (the first bubbles should just be starting to burst).
Let cool until at room temperature (I put the whole pot in the refrigerator).
Freeze according to the directions for your ice cream maker.

Chocolate-Banana Muffins

Here is another great muffin recipe adapted from the Post Punk Kitchen forums. It has a very cake-like texture, so I think I may try to make it into a cake someday.

3/4 c sugar
5 T margarine
1 t vanilla
1 banana
1 c flour
2 t baking powder
1/4 c cocoa
1/4 t salt
2/3 c soy milk

Pre-heat oven to 350F. Mix sugar, margarine and vanilla. Add banana to sugar mixture and mash with a potato masher. Separately, combine flour, baking powder, cocoa, and salt. Add flour mixture and soy milk to the sugar mixture, combining thoroughly but gently. Pour into 12 muffin cups, bake for about 20 minutes.

Quick Banana Bread

I was in a bit of a hurry earlier today and made this in 10 minutes.

.5 c butter substitute
2 medium bananas
.5 c brown sugar
.5 c unbleached sugar
1 t baking powder
.5 t salt
.5 t vanilla
dash cinnamon
.5 c unsweetened apple sauce (or another banana)
.25 c soy milch
2 c whole wheat flour
.5 c chopped walnuts

Melt butter, mash bananas, add everything else (walnuts last). Toss 4*8" pan in oven at 350F for about 50 minutes. You can do everything in the baking pan to minimize cleanup. Reduce sugar if you're using sweetened apple sauce. Eliminate soy milk for a less moist texture. Or try cupcakes. Enjoy!