Bakery-Style Berry Muffins

Best muffins I've ever made. Just a touch of sweet and moist, almost creamy muffin. Plus, the recipe calls for you to fill the tin up so they explode over the top and make for towering muffin tops. So good. The recipe allows for most any type of berry. I've made this with mixed (excellent) and blueberry (superb). Both muffins were delicious with the berry acting as bonus goodness. If you only make one muffin from this book, let it be this one. Until, of course, I try out all the others and let you know.
The recipe does call for soy yogurt. Which I substituted for with sour cream. Which I left at work (I bought groceries on the way to work so as to avoid the rush afterward). So then I substituted with buttermilk. Which I then substituted for with rice milk and a splash of apple cider vinegar. Turned out great!

Stats:
Vegan
Makes: 12 huge muffins
Find it: On page 160 of Vegan Brunch
Taste: Like straight-from-the-bakery muffins

Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins

So good. They have a nice, lemony zing to them. Be sure not to over cook them as you want these nice and moist. It also helps if you have a lemon juicer as you need 1/4 C of lemon juice which ended up being the juice from one lemon. You'll also need 2T of zest, which I found to be the zest from about two lemons. So you'll have one (zestless) lemon left over to do something with.
Excellent for a true lemon poppy seed lover.
Stats:
Vegan
Makes: 12 muffins
Find it: on page 159 of Vegan Brunch
Taste: Good! B+/A-

Chesapeake Tempeh Cakes

Okay. I've never had crab cakes. I can't personally tell you how these stack up. But I did have a crab cake lover tell me these were good. So I guess if you trust him...
I made these for our monthly sibling/cousin brunch. They were a hit. I knew they were good when I couldn't (fine - didn't want to) stop eating the uncooked batter.
Jewel didn't have the panko bread flakes so I used bread crumbs and then only 2 cups instead of 3. Otherwise, I made no variations. I'm not sure the nori sheets really added a whole lot of 'fishy-ness' to the dish. But I super chopped them in the food processor and put them in anyhow.
The remoulade she has you make is the PERFECT topping for these bad boys. I imagine that this is really what crab cakes are like. Even the tempeh helps out by reamaining in chunks that fall apart easily - reminicent of crab meat. They weren't 'lick the platter clean' but they were good and a fun, fancy change of pace. I'll definetly make them again should I have company. I might try putting in some Old Bay Seasoning to make it taste more 'fishy'.

Stats:
Vegan
Makes: 10-12 2" patties
Find it: On page 132 of Vegan Brunch
Taste: Pretty Good. B+

Roasted Potatoes

I made use of a variation of this recipe and made Garlic Roasted Potatoes. Shocking, I know.
It is such an easy recipe. I made a big, fancy brunch recently and this easy, simple, no-brainer dish was the most raved about. And it's so easy. When someone asked for the recipe, I was almost embarrassed to give it out. But if you're having brunch, you gotta have potatoes. And not only are these divine, they'll make people think you're a fancy chef. Don't worry, I won't tell if you don't!

Stats:
Vegan
Makes: Enough for 4-6 people
Find it: On page 112 of Vegan Brunch
Taste: Like seconds