Vegan Pigs in a Blanket

When I first cooked the Pillsbury Crescent Rolls for yesterday's lunch, my mind immediately starting thinking about using them in their other most obvious use (to me anyway) and so the Vegan Pigs in a Blanket were born. I remember eating these as a child, and I always really liked them. In fact, I guess I've always enjoyed eating some version of this particular food item because I remember being quite fond of those Pretzel Dogs that they serve at those Auntie Anne's Pretzels places in the mall a couple of years ago before I stopped eating meat. And actually, now that I think about it, I have seen an entry in someone else's vegan blog where they made vegan Bagel Dogs. That would also be delicious. I don't remember exactly where I saw that, so if anyone knows right off the top of their head where it is, mention it in the comments because I think I would like to try that too.

Anyway, to make these, all I did was take some Light Life Smart Dogs and cut them in half and then wrap them with some Pillsbury Crescent Roll dough. And in case you missed yesterday's post, or didn't already know, YES Pillsbury Crescent Rolls are actually vegan. Weird, I know. Then I just baked them according to the directions there on the cardboard tube that the dough comes in. Is it just me, or does that packaging scare the daylights out of anyone else? I almost have a stroke everytime I have to press a spoon onto that cardboard just waiting for it to POP! Well, maybe it's not that bad, but I think there's just something diabolical about that packaging.

To finish filling the lunchbox, I brought along another salad of Organic Baby Greens. The little blue containers hold some Italian Dressing for my salad and some mustard to go along with my little "Pigs".

And for dessert, I brought the last remaining Peanut Butter & Chocolate Bar from what has to be like my 4th batch of these things. They're made using the recipe from La Dolce Vegan by Sarah Kramer. I swear I'm gonna' try something else, I swear I'm gonna' try something else, I swear I'm gonna' try something else. In fact, I've spotted a brownie recipe on one of my favorite vegan blogs that I would really like to try. I don't think I've got anything else at home to pack for dessert tomorrow, so perhaps I'll dive into that recipe tonight.

Well, I guess that just about does it for Tuesday. The Vegan Pigs in a Blanket are quite yummy and are a great way to remind you of when you were little. They're the perfect size for packing in the lunchbox too. Plus, cooking doesn't get much easier than slicing something in half and then wrapping some pre-made dough around it.

On a similar note, one of these days I would really like to try making a vegan corn dog. For some reason, I always really liked corn dogs. Then when I stopped eating meat, I was addicted to the Morningstar Farms Veggie Corn Dogs. But when I went vegan, then even those were out of the question. I tried making some once, but it was a disaster, but from some of the stuff that I have read since then, I think that my batter may have been too thick. Who knows? It would be nice to have something that you could wrap around the wieners so that you could bake them in the oven instead of having to dip them in batter and then deep fry them. Pillsbury also makes, or at least used to, some type of cornbread dough that comes rolled up in a tube like the Crescent Rolls. Something like that would probably work really well, although if I had to guess, I would bet that the cornbread dough product is not vegan. I'll have to check on that. Hey, maybe even Polenta would work? Hmmmm... I see a Saturday science project taking shape.

Okay, enough of that. It's lunchtime!

Thanks for coming by today and I'll see everybody back here tomorrow!