Chocolate Tahini Quick Bread
by fattydumpling
I have contradictory food habits.
As a blogger of food, you had probably assumed that I like food. That is quite correct. However, I am one of those people who consistently said things like, “This is so bad for me…but it tastes SO GOOD”. Then I would continue eating said food. Then I would proceed to feel guilty as I eat said food.
I don’t like feeling guilty. I don’t like feeling as though I have to apologize, to myself or otherwise, for eating something—especially when it is something that I want to enjoy. Thus, I will make a personal mission. I want to wholeheartedly enjoy making and eating my foods. Even if they are indulgences.
If I feel that I should stop; be it because of health issues; or be it because I’m a turkey that can no longer be stuffed; or be it because the food is disgusting; I will stop. I want to feel joy when I eat, not a contradiction. Did that sound as mean to you as it did to me? Perhaps I will continue eating when someone’s feelings are on the line.
I promise that I won’t overindulge, my dears. I know my limits.
I made some food, you guys. This Chocolate Tahini Quick Bread recipe comes from the blogger, Have Cake, Will Travel. I’ve made a few of Celine’s creations before and have enjoyed all of them—her blog introduced me to the wonderful world of seitan. This bread is no exception to the yummy stuff.
Vegan cooking and baking is one of those things that I really enjoy exploring. It makes me excited, how clever vegans are about their substitutions. Actually, I should not even call things like tofu or wheat gluten substitutions because they are just as good as the other stuff and deserve their own recognition as individual ingredients. I just get the giggles when I begin to use untraditional ingredients to make such delicious things.
This quick bread is delicious. Although I forgot to add 1/3 of the cocoa needed, it still came out yummy. I even subbed honey for the maple syrup and it still came out yummy. I have never had maple syrup before, sadly. It would be great to try this bread without the modifications because it would surely taste more rich with more chocolate and maple syrup…
The bread’s very moist, and if you concentrate, you can pick out the different flavours. If you blur your taste buds, you can taste the melange of flavours. I feel very happy while eating this bread.
Spiced chocolate? And some funny tahini? I’m there.
TINA I HAVE NOT READ THIS POST YET. i shall give you a proper comment later.
i am first, either way! bwar harharharhar!
mom says the slice of bread looks like a cockroach o.o I’M SURE IT TASTES GOOD.
nvm. she likes it. she was joking.
Aww babe! You’re definitely NOT alone about feeling guilty over good food but thinking, I so shouldn’t be covering my fingers in chocolate ganache..
:) Love the look of the bread and how you’ve certified that it’[s screw-up impossible!
Oh, I am happy that I am not alone in my hypocritical ways ;p However, I say you should lick those fingers of yours with glee. Chocolate is tasty and deserves to be enjoyed by a fabulous person, and hey, you’re a fabulous person; tasty chocolate, lick away!
I’m definitely one of those guilty eaters! Hehe. And with a loaf looking this great, I’m pretty sure I’ll be guiltily over-eating :P
Haha, I like how we food-creators are so controversial in our ways. Have you ever had a dessert as a meal? I’m pretty sure that we can even justify cake as dinner if we try ;]
*after finally reading the whole entry*
it’s so cool that you try all these recipes with interesting ingredients. o: for some reason, i’m stuck on trying to make all the things i’ve been dreaming of making since i was in…grade fourish.
i know your guilty-eater moments very well o.o bwhahaa!
I think that it is so hilarious how 60% of the comments on this post is from you, dear sister ;p I also think it is hilarious how I can count on family to compliment my foods on different spectrums. Make them, SWSWS, make them! And then stick them in the freezer so I can have some too in the future.
Dear Tina – How wonderful to do a chocolate cake with tahini. LOVE IT! Looks super moist too.
I too wish I wasn’t always on a seesaw – to eat or not to eat, that is the question! :)
Great post!
HAPPY EASTER
Ciao, Devaki
PS – I am still recovering from my 2.00 am baking so a bit fuzzy on the edges :)
Oh yes, happy Easter to you too! Ahah, I like the seesaw analogy, perhaps we should get off it and go onto a…rope! And climb up! And nice, 2am baking.
I’m with the rest of you, love food but don’t enjoy the guilt!
PS. thanks for your comment!
Yuuur welcome, and I am enjoying how we all live double lives, haha.
Munchkin, don’t worry, you’re definitely not alone. I do that too. If I overindulge I try to eat super healthy for a while after to make up for it. But yes, stopping when an indulgence no longer tastes yum seems best, because then you’re no longer enjoying it =(. I don’t think that’s mean, as much as you’re respecting the person, they should respect when you say enough is enough.
& you shouldn’t have to feel guilty all the time. Good luck, with practice Im sure you’ll be fine =). And the only way to reallly enjoy your food is if you truly accept it without other feelings other than the pleasure that comes with eating it, if that makes sense. & if you just so happen to be making that food as well, put your whole heart into it and it will be so much better. Hmm, do you ever wonder if the guilt is caused by overindulgence? I think it might be like that for me sometimes. For example, remember all that pizza and bread? Once I got back to my place I finished it off because I felt like it, and didn’t really feel guilty about it, maybe because I didn’t get the, “belly full” feeling.
I am sad that I didn’t eat any of this bread, but I was just too stuffed. I do love how you wrote this post, though <3! It looks so good and sounds so interesting!
I'm going to stop before this becomes one of our essay e-mails =P.
~Kurious Kitteh
Oh no, thank you for your comment essay! I’m happy that you have thought it out so thoroughly and articulated it out so well ;] It makes me smile to think that there are people out there who deal with guilt as well.
Food should be enjoyed. Helen said that Michael Pollan wrote in “In Defense of Food” that what food once was, something that was enjoyed with pleasure and company, transformed into something foreign as food was broken down into numbers and nutritional components. I think that’s an interesting thought.
Thus, I shall aim to be mindful of what I eat by being mindful of myself as I eat.
Thanks =).
That is an interesting thought. It’s a sad thing that people obsess over counting calories and things. just try to put good things to your body, and your body will love you back. You know treats aren’t always the best for you, and can be mindful of that without taking too much stock in labels, and the way your body responds to them helps.
Though labels can be useful sometimes for our problem. Saturated fat hides in the sneakiest of places.
That sounds like a good plan. I feel so much better when I eat things that are good for me. & chocolate. Chocolate’s good. But not always.
I wish you luck on your food journey.
~Kurious Kitteh
chocolate and tahini…how very finger licking good…I never apoligize for my food choices…life is sweet let’s eat!!
sweetlife
I like your way of thinking, life IS sweet. And I like sweet, so I’m gonna enjoy it.
You’re definitely not the only one who feels food guilt – but you can overcome it! :) I used to feel guilty about indulging, thinking I would be judged by the people around me. And then one day, I thought – who cares? If it’s good, eat it. Try new things. Go forth and consume. Of course, I changed a few things about my habits, then, too. I try to use local, fresh, seasonal – and if it’s none of those things, I make sure its ingredient list is short and simple. Most of my foods now are homemade, and I feel that I’m better off for it. At least if I’m going to eat something I socially “shouldn’t,” I know what’s in my indulgences (butter, sugar, unbleached flour, milk, etc). AND I eat slowly – once I’m full, I stop. I think a lot of society’s guilt with food is (going back to Pollan) because everyone is so concerned with calories and “low-fat” – there’s no satisfaction with that. Eat to fill your stomach and to your pleasure, and you’ll be better off. Kitteh said it best: “just try to put good things to your body, and your body will love you back.”
Loving the simplicity of your blog, and the photos are lovely! Thanks for stopping by mine. I’ll be visiting yours often!
Thanks a whole bunch for your comments :] I’m in the boat that you were in before, worried about how others would judge, when I eat something that I “socially ‘shouldn’t'”.
I would like to follow some of the thoughts that you and other commentors have outlined–especially the “go fourth and consume” part ;p I also like the eating slow part. I’m always surprised when I finish a meal in less then 15 minutes. Perhaps I will visit this town’s Farmer’s Market again as well, ’cause I have fun there, ahah.
And yes, Kitteh, I liked that comment too.
Thanks for your comments, everybody!
Hi Tina – I let a comment especially for you on the quiche. Check it out :)
Am still drooling over your mountain of chocolate!
Ciao, Devaki @ weavethousandflavors