crockpot vindaloo & chocolate brownies

Two delicious recipes in this post, vegetable vindaloo and chocolate brownies. mmmm. the vindaloo is ridiculously easy to throw together, very forgiving with substitutions (makes good use of what you have on-hand in your pantry) and is ready in 3 hours with no attention needed from you. score. These brownies are oh so sweet and chewy. the recipe comes from The Joy of Vegan Baking cookbook. My only regrets are how awful the pitures are.
vegetable vindaloo.
ingredients:
6 cups cauliflower florets (or sub 3 cups potatoes, cubed for 3 c cauliflower)
4 cups cooked chickpeas, (or 2 15.5oz canned chickpeas, rinsed and drained)
2 large leeks, white and light green parts sliced into 1" pieces (1 1/2 cups) (or sub 1/4 - 1/2 onion, chopped)
1 cup tomato sauce
1/4 cup white vinegar
2 tsp ground ginger2 tbsp curry powder
2 cloves garlic, minced (about 2 tsp)
2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground cinnamon1 tsp red pepper sauce, such as Tabasco
garnish/for serving:
3 tbsp chopped cilantro
3 cups cooked basmati rice
instructions:
1.) combine everything in the crockpot (except rice and cilantro) and mix together thoroughly. add 1/4 cup water. season with salt and pepper. Stir again and cook on high 3 hours.
2.) transfer vindaloo to large bowl, and let cool, approx 10 - 15 minutes. stir in cilantro, and serve over basmati rice.
serves: 8

chocolate brownies.

ingredients:
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 tbsp water
2 tsp ground flaxseed
1/2 cup water
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
3/4 unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup non-dairy semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
instructions:
1.) preheat oven to 350F. grease an 8x8 baking pan with canola oil.
2.) in a medium bowl, stir together the sugar, applesauce and 2 tbsp of water.
3.) in a small bowl, combine ground flaxseed with 1/2 cup water and add this to applesauce mixture, along with the vanilla, and stir to combine.
4.) in a small bowl combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt, chocolate chips and walnuts. Add this to the applesauce mixture and stir to combine.
5.) pour into a prepared pan and bake for 40 minutes. remove from the oven and let cool before cutting. store leftovers in the refridgerator for up to 5 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.

makes: 8 brownies