Peanut Butter Chocolate Pie

Had a few dessert disasters in the last few weeks. Nothing more disheartening then pulling out a flaccid cake or concrete cookies when you're ready for some sweets. This pie is easy and delish.

Store bought chocolate pie crust (surprisingly lots of these are vegan)
1/4 cup margarine
1/4 cup root beer
2 big spoonfuls of peanut butter
1/2 cup soy milk
1/4 cup of sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup melted baker's chocolate

Blend everything together until smooth, dump into pie shell, put in the freezer for a few hours. Pull it out of the freezer about fifteen minutes before you're ready to eat it.

Mushroom Noodles

I eat a lot of noodles. Enough perhaps to turn into one. There are worse things to be I suppose. This is an easy recipe; rich and nutty.

Sauce:

1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup veggie stock
juice from one lime
a few squirts of barbeque sauce
Sriracha sauce to taste

Everything else:
1 cup mushrooms
Dried noodles (rice noodles would work or simple spaghetti if you aren't heading to the Asian market anytime soon)

Mix sauce together. Start cooking finely chopped mushrooms in oil. Boil noodles.
Throw noodles and sauce in and stir.

Served here with spicy soybeans and sesame green beans.

Peanut Butter Pasta

Created this (a simpler version) when I was studying abroad in Beijing and my Chinese hosts requested some authentic American food. My American friend's mom had just him peanut butter and pasta. My Chinese friends had soy sauce and MSG in their house. Hopefully your kitchen is better stocked.

1/2 pound cooked pasta (I like to use penne)
half a green bell pepper
1 cup broccoli
1/2 an onion
1/2 cup corn

For sauce:
about 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
1/4 soy sauce
1/4 veggie broth
handful of basil
Sriracha sauce (just a squirt or two)

Sauce: Mix liquids into PB slowly, stirring and stirring until it thins out.

Fry onion in pan with oil. Throw in other veggies and sauce until it is all hot and gooey. Toss with pasta. Not a hard one, but hearty and awesome.