Pizza Hummus, Vegan Options, & Voter Registration

I made some Pizza Hummus last night from one of the new Vegan Cookbooks I bought...can you guess which book this recipe is from?

I wanted to make a snack and I wanted to make something that was quick, easy, and that I had everything on hand to make and thought this checked each of those requirements!

The outcome of this attempt?  I have a NEW LOVE!  Pizza Hummus is the BOMBDIGGITY! 

This hummus tasted JUST LIKE Pizza in hummus form!  I was SHOCKED!  The only adjustment I made was I added a little bit of the liquid from my Sun Dried Tomatoes that I soaked and a little bit of liquid from the Organic Chickpea can (Aquafaba, if you will).

If you haven't tried Pizza Hummus yet do yourself a favor and make some FAST!  It will change your life!

These might not be the most flattering photos of the finished product but I couldn't wait to dive in!

It does have a good amount of Nutritional Yeast in this recipe.  I wouldn't change the amount.  It's RIGHT ON.  In return - you have plenty of B Vitamins in this recipe!

This is a recipe I am sure to make often! 

Here's a photo of something I helped with last week at one of our local high schools...Voter Registration!  Pictured here is our county's Voter Registrar.  The League of Women Voters Chapter I belong to helps with this each year.  She brought one of the voting systems to show the kids and they could try it out.

A friend and fellow league member of mine was in a different school the day we held the Refugees chat later that day.  She told me that they had about 20 kids register during her session.  The group I helped with was a smaller group and we still had 5 that filled them out and submitted during the session and 4 more said they would fill it out and submit it later.

One thing I forgot to mention from last weekends road trip was that we stopped at Bahama Breeze for lunch.  On the menu was a vegetarian option of Jackfruit Tacos.  They made a vegan version for me and it was FAB!

Sunshine Week & Snow Storms

Sorry I didn't post twice yesterday like I originally planned!  TODAY I will be posting at least twice so please check back soon!  

This week is Sunshine Week and as a new member of my local League of Women Voters I asked the local board members if they wanted to hold a Sunshine Week event for the first time this year.  I volunteered to head it up and they said YES!  I'm so VERY grateful for this wonderful group of ladies!  The LWV has truly changed my life for the better!  Women aren't the only members of the league - we have men that are members, too!

Anyways...back to Sunshine Week...

Sunshine Week is a national initiative spearheaded by the American Society of News Editors to educate the public about the importance of open government and the dangers of excessive and unnecessary secrecy. It was established in March 2005 with funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.  Sunshine Week occurs each year in mid-March, coinciding with James Madison's birthday and National Freedom of Information Day on the 16th.

During Sunshine Week, hundreds of media organizations, civic groups, libraries, nonprofits, schools and other participants engage public discussion on the importance of open government through news and feature articles and opinion columns; special Web pages and blogs; infographics; editorial cartoons; public service advertising; public seminars and forums. The purpose of the week is to highlight the fact that "government functions best when it operates in the open." Unfortunately, in many states legislatures exempt themselves from public-records laws, claiming "legislative immunity." Source: Wiki

What we did for our Sunshine Week Event was visit our court house.  Our Judge spoke with us - as did 2 of our Commissioners.  We then went on a tour of our historic Court House.

Even with the horrible snow storms we had going on this week - we had a completely engaged group of 14.  For it being the first time we've held anything like this AND with the weather I was pleased with the attendance.

February in our snow belt was AWESOME it was like SPRING!  I remember it being 70 degrees towards the end of the month.  March is another story!  It was about 6 degrees this morning when I looked.  And we got about a foot to a foot and a half in some areas.  The wind has been wicked.  There is a lot of ice and black ice on the side of the roads still.

So eventho it was Sunshine Week - we had Snow Storms!  OYE!