a little idea and a little baking...

so back in the spring [or february],
in search of live music on a rare-occasion date night, A2 and i ventured into a little coffee house downtown.

there was an acoustic band playing and the atmosphere was pleasant.
so we sat down to
a cup of joe,
an organic smoothie,
and a crossword puzzle.

[crossword puzzles on a date night???!! you may say--
to which i would reply, yes.]
that's the way we roll.  (=

surrounded by incredible local art and photography i was led to wonder
[though A2 seems to feel that it was his suggestion]
"WHO DOES THEIR BAKING?"

and so the following tuesday, i gave them a ring.
truly.

i spoke about my passion for wholesome baking and nutritious ingredients
pertaining to my family.
and how i've done a [little] blogging about such things.
all at home.
in my kitchen.

the dialogue that followed went something like this:

"can you do vegan?"
"yes of course!"
"meet me here tomorrow at 1."

WHAT????????????

so i spent the evening whipping up my rendition of
vegan raspberry crumble bars,
wrapped them in a sweet little vintage number i had in the pantry,
and set out wed. afternoon for the meeting.

first of all, it was the shortest meeting i have ever experienced----
they had been wanting to switch from using the organic bakery on the other side of town and it was perfect timing.
could i make 2 dozen vegan-organic blueberry muffins,
a dozen of my vegan raspberry crumble bars,
and a dozen [AMAZING] vegan choc. pb crispy bars?

by friday?

yes sir, said i.

to which he replied, ''can you wrap them in something like this?'' [motioning to afore mentioned vintage number]
again a yes,
and i high-tailed it to the market for ingredient speculation and supplies.

a few [thousand] internet searches later
i had a conglomeration of recipes from which i picked/chose ingredients and methods,
sought out substitutions and,
using the perfect amount of ideas, additions, and changes of my own [to keep things completely original]
on thursday night i baked up a storm of 4 batches of yumminess!!!!!

and they WERE amazingly yummy!  (=

it was a resounding 'YES!' and i was in.
that was it.

i have been baking for them ever since.
[my goodies are even being requested when they run out!]

want to hear what i am calling homemade goodness?
stop back by later this week.


enjoy!  (=