Gluten Free and Vegan Orange Chicken over Rice

Earlier I made vegan orange chicken using a premade tvp (textured vegetable protein) chicken that I breaded and made sauce for. I love just eating this stuff by itself on rice. Getting something like this premade to be gluten free *and* vegan is practically impossible even if I still went to restaurants. They just...nearly never bread food that's gluten free and vegan. Someone evil decided this. Still, it's pretty straightforward to make myself, if somewhat time consuming. But sometimes devoting time to things is worth it--especially if there is food involved.

Walnut Marzipan

Copy of this Pillowfort post.


Walnut Marzipan

I am indeed enjoying my walnut marzipan. I used this recipe but with almond extract instead or rum. I did try a bit of it without the almond extract, but decided I'd like a touch of almond flavor.

Walnut Marzipan

Ingredients

• 1-1/2 cups California walnuts
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon dark rum
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Place walnuts in a food processor and mix until finely ground.
2. Add powdered sugar, rum and salt. Mix until combined.
3. Add cold water, 1/2 teaspoon at a time, until the mixture comes together and forms a crumbly dough. 
4. Turn marzipan out onto a surface, sprinkled with a bit of powdered sugar, and use your hands to press crumbs into a log. 
5. Wrap in plastic wrap and store in a dark and cool place until ready to use.

🦄 Walnut Marzipan 🦄

Here's a photo I took of this walnut marzipan I made recently. The coloring is just food coloring I added for fun.  And yes, I do have a unicorn mold.  That is an essential kitchen tool.  Essential.

A Perfectly Adequate Day

Today I did A Task, ate stuff, made marzipan, ate marzipan, and listened to an audiobook, but I still feel like I should have been more productive. Need to find the capitalist in my head and shove them off a cliff.