Last night Tim and I attended a four course benefit dinner held at Sweetpea Bakery in Portland. Staff from Herbivore, Food Fight Grocery, Sweetpea, and some helpers prepared and served a most lovely and beautiful meal to forty people. The dinner was held for House of Dreams, a no-kill kitty shelter. The tables were each accented with a kitty knick-knack. This was the second benefit dinner we have attended so far (I posted about the first one here), and the food was delicious! I hope there are more benefit dinners to come. Thanks to Isa and all the good folks who made last night so special!
Here are a few shots of Sweetpea Bakery all decked out and ready for hungry vegans:
Tim and I were lucky and ended up sitting at a cozy table in the corner next to a window. I just didn’t get a photo of that or us… Oooops!
Onto the food!!!!!! It was dimly lit inside so I had to use my flash, forgive me…
Soup
White Bean And Roasted Garlic
A puree of navy beans and sweet smoky roasted garlic with leeks and fresh herbs
Salad
Golden Beet And Shallot
Warm roasted golden beets and baby greens in a creamy vinaigrette with caramelized shallots and a handful of toasted walnuts
Main
Autumn Plate
Cornbread and homemade sausage stuffed acorn squash, smoky grilled tempeh in a wild mushroom ragout served with garlicky green kale
Dessert
Caramelized Apples
Warm apples in a caramelized maple sauce, served with crisp gingerbread shortbread and topped with homemade coconut based vanilla bean ice cream
Annnnnnnnndddddd:
Housemade hot chai – so good! My first time having chai, it’s true!
The gingerbread kitties that were served with the dessert were so cute (and yummy). I was lucky enough to get two cookies, complements of the sweet Jess from Get Sconed. Thanks Jess!!!!! Oh, I mean three extra cookies because Josh from Herbivore snuck us a few extras as well!!!! I love cookies, so it’s okay.
This was an amazing dinner; Tim and I really enjoyed ourselves. Thanks to all the people who organized the dinner and prepared and served us an awesome meal!
AMAZING event and dinner, indeed!! Glad you two had such a lovely evening!!
yay! i wish i could have gone to this.. a good cause and good food! it makes me giggle though, to think about how many vegan bloggers were there taking pictures of the food at every course.. teehee!
lucky girl with such wonderful looking foods aaaand extra cookies!
saying that I envy you wouldn’t even cover it.
ooh everything looks so yummy!!!
Such a great cause, and what an amazing spread! It’s like you two get to hang out with all the cool vegan kids on the West Coast…super fun.
What a great event to attend. The food looks fabulous.
what an awesome event – thanks for sharing all the photos! everything looks sooooo glorious! mmmmmmmmmmm! isn’t chai tea the tastiest?!?! i super love it the most! so spicy and sooooo goooooood! glad you guys had such a great time! superw00t!
Wowowow, how awesome! We need to have some vegan benefits in western MA. Looks like a beautifully fantastic time!
The meal looks just as delicious as I would’ve expected!
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You guys did have the coziest seats and the coolest tablecloths.
that meal looks beyond amazing. so jealous!! :D
aw, cookie overload!!
And I’m in one of your photos! With my hands on my hips, no less.
That looks SO awesome! I hope to attend one someday.
I just found your blog from Get Sconed, it’s awesome, what a great dinner!!
You are so lucky!!! Everything looks totally and completely amazing…I wish I could eat stuff that fancy every single stinkin day!
thank you for supporting the kitties!!!!
I too, thought the food rocked. Your pics came out so good–and it was dark in there.
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