Weekend of Fire – Cincinnati Style

We apologize for being so remiss. Life has thrown us a curve ball (we won’t bore you with details) and that’s monopolized most of our time over the past couple weeks. So without further ado, let’s get on with things, shall we?

This past weekend we found ourselves just outside of Cincinnati, Ohio visiting my brother, David. Jungle Jim’s was hosting their second annual Weekend of Fire, and with Papo Delgado in town for the weekend, too, it was a no-brainer that’s where we’d be spending the afternoon.

Hot sauces, salsas, hot jams, jellies, rubs – this event had it ALL!

Papo Delgado bought us all a round of Coronas and the tastings began!

Naturally, we are reading all labels to ensure Vegan goodness, so we were extra pleased to see this booth:

And even with all the options, Woz loves her Cholula!

Woz and Papo didn’t attempt this:

Dave and Rahzh, however, did. Keep in mind that Dave loves hot sauce and most are no big deal to him. Yet these were the results:

Time to cool off with Jimmy’s Italian Ice that nicely sported a nice NO DAIRY sign:

We made one more round (and all had one more beer!) and finalized our purchases. Dave carried out the loot:

So of course a chili was beggin’ to be made after that!

Weekend of Fire Chili

1 Cup Tomato Juice

3 Cans of Chili Beans
1 Can of Kidney Beans
1 28 oz. Can of Diced Tomotoes
2 Jars of Spaghetti Sauce
1 Package of Chili Seasoning
1 Cup Sliced Mushrooms
1 Celery Stalk
2 1/2 Cups TVP
Pepper, Cumin, and Garlic to taste
Hot Sauce to taste and tortilla chips as garnish

In large pot, add 2 cups water and 1 cup tomato juice. Bring to a boil and add pepper, cumin, and garlic. Next add TVP and continue to boil until all liquid cooks off. Drain kidney beans and add to pot. Add all remaining ingredients to pot. Heat to desired temperature and serve.

This makes A TON so invite folks over or be ready for lots of leftovers. NOM.

You and Me in the Summertime

Lazy days in summer are some of our most favorite of the year. Days when nothing is on the agenda but walking around our sleepy little part of the state and taking in the sights. And taking in yummy Vegan treats like these from Rice Dream:

Rahzh prefers the chocolate and Wozzie is a vanilla gal. Luckily, Rice Dream makes both! These are, quite possibly, perfection on a stick. If you’ve not had a chance to have one, well, get one and get it now! They make gorgeous views even more stunning and they make Vegans smile like this:

Happy Lazy Veganos. That’s us today. NOM.

The Best Dad Ever!

On occasion we’ll have guest bloggers here at Hungry Hungry Veganos and we had a request for one. So without further ado, I turn it over to our eldest, Dewey, to blog his little feline heart out:

Yesterday was Father’s Day and we (my other kitty siblings – India, Baby Kitty, and Maxwell and me) have the best dad in the whole world. While we pretty much have him wait on us hand and foot everyday of the year (we ARE cats you know), we decided to let him take one day off and had mom not cut her fingers open on a casserole dish (thank goodness it wasn’t on our food dishes!), that would have gone according to plan. No worries, though, Dad is a man of action and bandaged mom up and saved the day! (Which is good because Baby Kitty saw the blood and ran…there goes the dreams of being Kitty Nightingale).

We got Dad all kinds of good loot for his special day. We pooled all our kitty treats together, handed them over to Mom and she said it was more than enough to get him all this stuff. Look how happy he is!

And here’s a closeup of the goodies. He loves those cheapo pies and says they are definitely not for the faint of heart! The neato hoodie was purchased from the Farm Sanctuary gift shop and he loved the latest yummy from Sweet and Sara, Rocky Road Bark:

He says he loves everything but loves his kitties the most. (As if we ever even wondered about that?)

Mom and Dad went into town to also celebrate the Summer Solstice by getting some vegan soft serve (mint and chocolate twist) from Great Escape and then went to the lake to watch the sunset. Mom says she thinks she’s got the best husband ever and since he’s our Dad, we know that to be true!

Happy Father’s Day Dad, we love you!

Disco Dancin

There used to be a really cute video of us Disco Dancing here…it has since left the building.

Just For Fun

Sorry we’ve been MIA lately. A lot has been going on – Veganniversary (Rahzh) and Birthday (Woz) – so make no mistake that we have been eating lots of yummy vegan treats!

When we find something that makes cooking easier or more fun we’ve decided we’ll pass it along. Without further ado, you’ll see our latest find:

Rahzh has had one hell of a time finding an oven mitt that lives up to his standards. And I think his standards are quite fair; find a mitt that protects him from being burned by the lava hot pans he pulls out of the oven. Oddly enough, this wasn’t as easy as it seemed to find a winner. We happened to be browsing in Tuesday Morning one day and saw the oven mitts of all oven mitts that you see above. Not only is this mitt functional but it’s adorable.

Although, as you see below, Dewey wasn’t nearly as excited about this find as we were.