Hey everybody! Today was my 16th birthday! For my birthday I made one of my favorites Spanakopita! I love this spanakopita from vwav, it is so so good! I think the reason why I love it so much is because vegetable pies are very big in Albanian food and that it is just so awesome. I make the Spanakopita alot. Sometimes I make the dough with the help of my grandma or take the shortcut and use phyloo dough. Either way it is equally delicous.
Last night I made a Chickpea-Vegetable Bouillabaise from the Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen Cookbook. A bouillabaise is tradtionally made with fish but this vegan version is so good! Bouillabaise means boiling without stopping as this is exactly what this soup did. I really suggest everyone to get the Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen Cookbook. I negelected it for a while but now I am loving it and find new recipes to make each time I look at it.
Its kinda werid that I didn’t make any sweets for my birthday, its just that I was so busy and kinda ran out of time. Of well everyday is your birthday when your healthy as my mom always says. That’s it for tonight everyone!




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October 6, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Nicole
Happy 16th birthday! The first picture looks dreamy. Yum. I’d like to bite into that.
October 6, 2008 at 11:12 pm
lisa (show me vegan)
Happy birthday!! Both dishes look beautiful.
October 7, 2008 at 1:20 am
Monique
Happy Birthday!!!
October 7, 2008 at 9:54 am
Kelly
Happy birthday! I am impressed that you already have such great cooking skills at 16. Perhaps there is a career in the culinary world in your future.
October 7, 2008 at 11:21 am
kim
Happy Birthday! Great birthday recipe choices. Both are fantastic especially the soup. I like to squeeze a bit of lemon in it when I make it. It makes it so much better!
October 7, 2008 at 3:55 pm
tofuparty
Happy birthday. And Spanakopita is a good choice.
November 18, 2008 at 11:41 am
Greg
Actually in Albania spinach pie is not called Spanakopita. That’s the Greek word. Spinach pie in Albania is called Lakror. Someone in my Albanian/American family always makes Lakror for family get togethers. It is probably one of the tastiest dishes and also the most time consuming to make — if you make the dough from scratch.