Fig, Sea Salt & Agave Ice Cream

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Another day of figs! This time in ice cream form. I love all banana based ice creams but banana ice cream with figs is especially good. The thick texture of figs bring a nice consistency to the ice cream.

Ingredients:

  • 8-12 Frozen Figs
  • 3 Frozen Bananas
  • Pinch of sea salt
  • Drizzle of agave nectar
  • 1/4 cup beet juice (optional)

Directions

  1. In a Vitamix or food processor, process figs and bananas until creamy.
  2. Add a bit of beet juice until it is a pretty purple color. This step is optional. I just feel like fig ice cream should be purple for some reason… If you don’t do this, the ice cream will be yellow.
  3. Scoop into a bowl and sprinkle with a bit of sea salt and agave nectar.
  4. Eat!

These photos are strange. But I kinda like them.

Oh and if you’re interested, I intend on posting behind the scenes photos of the photography process on my Facebook page. So go ahead and Like the page if you so desire!

Till next time.

 

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Natasha - Love the colours! Love the photos!

Kristen - I love the green backdrop!

Dawn (Vegan Fazool) - Beautiful! And I have a fig tree that is still (slowly!) producing, I should be able to wrangle eight more figs out of her!

I’m going to do an Early Fall Galette post soon, with a fig galette as one option (and it was very delish! All gone now!).

Will definitely try this (and I KNEW to save that beet juice from last night’s roasted beets, SERIOUSLY, no joke! But, alas, I chucked it :-(

XO!
Dawn
Vegan Fazool Blog
MoFo Theme: Homesteading it in October!

Jes - Fig & banana ice cream does sound great–and I love the hint of sea salt, definitely cuts a little at the uber sweetness!

Caitlin - these photos aren’t strange, they’re gorgeous! i love the idea of this ice cream. it’s so healthy and full of delicious figs.

Smoked Tofu, Fig & Pesto Sandwich

Monday, October 1, 2012

Happy VeganMofo month! For those of you who don’t know what VeganMofo is, well, basically a bunch of vegans come together and blog about all things vegan as much possible throughout the month of October. I love this month because it means that I am photographing for myself almost every day. I’ve been working for clients a lot lately which has been so rewarding and fun but I think it’s important to take time to work for myself and experiment with new techniques. Last year I grew so much as a photographer during this month of blogging. I’m hoping for the same this year!

I’m going through a fig phase so forgive me if you see a lot of fig recipes in the next few weeks. This is a smoked tofu, fig & pesto sandwich. This is more of an amazing combination of flavors than a recipe. All you have to do is:

1. Get some soft delicious bread. I used a baguette from a bakery here in Brooklyn.
2. Smoke some tofu. I live in an apartment so I use this stovetop smoker. It’s pretty amazing.
3. Make your favorite basil pesto. I used this recipe.
4. Make some fig jam. Or buy some. =)
5. Assemble and eat.

Till next time!

 

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Cory R - I want to see a close-up of that sandwich! :) Thanks for the good read!

Susan - I love your photos, they are always gorgeous!
I do hope you will share some more photos of your delightful kitty again this year??

Emily - I have been drooling over your photography for more than a year so I figured I’d take this start of Vegan MoFo to come out of the internet shadows and say hi. Hi :)

Also, that first fig shoot is absolutely stunning. I would frame that.

Erin - That’s a fine-sounding flavour combination indeed! Fig jam just went way up the list of jams I need to make this year.

Michelle {LiveLoudly} - I’m going to be honest.. I’ve never used a fig in a recipe in my life. This looks delish and makes me wanna try it out.
Thanks!
-Michelle

Kristy - I was admiring your fig pictures on instagram yesterday, and now I’m drooling over that sandwich! I love mixing salty and sweet and think I need to start investigating stovetop smokers…

I’m going through a fig phase too, so keep them coming!

Roy - This sandwich was unbelievably tasty. Smoked tofus is the best!

Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar - Love these photos! So stunning :)

Jenna - Absolutely stunning! This sounds like a sandwich I would want to make over and over again!

Ashley F. - So beautiful! I have been smoking a lot of tofu lately so I’ll have to try this out.

Mihl - I only recently discovered your blog and I am looking forward to a month filled with your beautiful pictures. Happy MoFo!

Cindy - Have you ever written any posts about smoking tofu or know of any sources of info? I would like to try that out.

Vet beautiful pictures!!

Kasey - That first photo of the figs just blows my mind! So beautiful!

ameyfm - wow, beautiful pictures as always. The lighting is gorgeous! Figs are truly one of my favorite foods of all time. We just had some chocolate dipped figs yesterday at our potluck – they were amazing!!

Fanny - Blimey, I love fig jam and this sounds like such an awesome combination.

Kelly C - Beautiful! I never had much with figs so I’m looking forward to seeing what you do.

Halloween!

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Just a quick peek at a Halloween shoot I’ve been working on. =) Have a great weekend!

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Jes - I happen to have a jar of midnight moon lying around–hope there’s a recipe soon! :)

Jade Sheldon - Ooo! Spooky! Love! I can’t believe Halloween is just around the corner…

Phi - This photo makes me want to get inebriated… Halloween style. I guess it’s time to make my costume and drunk-proof it.

moonsword - ohgoodgolly that’s way too tantalizing! Just what’s in that mysterious Midnight Moon? ;)
Superfabulous photo…hope we see more! Cheers!
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