
I’ve been blogging for exactly one year, today! Gosh, this year has gone by so fast. It has definitely been a journey. I started my blog, Sweet Potatoe, with no real subject in mind and it slowly morphed into a vegan food blog. It was only natural, as baking and cooking has been a passion of mine for a while now. This blog has come such a long way since then, and I am so grateful that you all have joined me through my foodie journey.
I’ll get to what I did today a bit later, but first I’d like to recap yesterday! I, unfortunately, woke up at 3 am and I wasn’t able to fall back asleep. Booo! Naturally, I stumbled into the kitchen and began baking. As you probably have seen, I love Candle Cafe‘s cheesecake! They don’t have the vanilla cheesecake recipe in the cookbook, but I adapted the blood orange cheesecake recipe to my liking! This cheesecake is a vegan, vanilla cheesecake, topped with chocolate ganache and chocolate covered pretzels. I also used a touch of chocolate extract in the recipe, but I am unsure if it actually had much of an effect on the taste. I would like to share the recipe, but I am going to hold off until I’ve got it perfect. I made a few mistakes due to lack of ingredients, but it still was pretty tasty.

I waited around, bored, until my family got up and we were able to drive up to New Haven for some shopping and dining. We were starving when we got there, so we drove right over to Claire’s Cornercopia for some fuel.


Claire’s was so crowded yesterday! We waited, waited, and waited until our food finally came. I was served up a thick, creamy bowl of Split Pea Soup and a plate full of fresh salad greens and vegetables. Mmmm! It was the perfect warming meal on the chilly day.

My mom ordered chili to warm her up! It definitely did that! This chili was very spicy and extremely chunky! I loved how they topped the chili with tortilla chips, they were the perfect utensils for the chili.
I had a very lovely time spending the day in New Haven! Anyway, this morning I hopped on a train and I’m now back in New York City. It is good to be back! I spent today with Erica and we went out to celebrate our blog anniversaries. We both started blogging a couple days apart, a year ago. Isn’t that funny and kind of weird? We have so much in common that it’s scary! We’re like the same person, haha. First up for us was a nice, light lunch at S’Nice, in the West Village.

More Split Pea Soup! Yum. Split Pea is definitely my favorite soup. It’s always so hearty and flavorful!
Erica chose the Thai Salad for herself. This salad is gorgeous! Just look at those roasted peanuts, crisp edamame, and those crunchy sprouts. Topped with the carrot ginger dressing, this was one flavorful and exciting salad!

My mind was made up when I saw that S’Nice was offering roasted cauliflower and brussel sprouts! I ordered the House Salad, topped with all the vegetable side they were offering today. It was just what I was craving!

I brought the cheesecake to S’Nice as a blogiversary/Valentine’s gift, so of course we had to break into it for an after lunch treat.

The desserts don’t stop there! I hope you aren’t sick of seeing Josie’s desserts yet. I’m sure I don’t need to describe these pies anymore! I stuck with mostly the fresh fruit with my tea, as my stomach was feeling a bit off.



Are you drooling yet? I am just thinking about them!
After dessert, we headed to Barney’s for my favorite exercise, shopping cardio
I tried on a couple pairs of jeans and decided that it would be alright to splurge on a new pair. I couldn’t pass them up, they were quite perfect!
Oh, and we stopped in Magnolia’s to ogle their cupcakes!


I received my Valentine’s Exchange gift today! Maddy from Bake, Pray, Love sent me this fantastic package! It definitely made my night! Thank you, Maddy!

I squeeled with joy when I saw the box of Sugar Cookie Sleigh Ride tea and vegan cookies! Thank you, girl! I am so appreciative, you really put a lot of thought into this and it means so much. You rule!
One more thing! I want to introduce you to my kitty, Zelda. She was jealous that Pokey got to be in the blog and wanted me to post a picture of her too.

I hope I didn’t overwhelm you with this monster of a post! I do hope you all have a spectacular night