Went to a World Famous Burger Joint and Left with the Ingredients for Vegan Hash

  I have become a connoisseur of French fries.  Like many vegetarians who date a meat-eater,  French fries are my go-to meal in case I can't find anything on a menu I can eat.  For about 9 months now, my boyfriend has talked about Five Guys, a hamburger chain down the street from us which has, I am told, the world's greatest burgers.  We checked it out on our last date night and judging from all the posted signs in the joint, they DO have the best burgers on earth.  They also have amazing fries, and we left with a take out bag filled with my boyfriend's bacon cheeseburger and my Cajun...

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Pumpkin Cranberry Bread (because I still have a pantry full of Thanksgiving stuff!)

Please tell me I'm not the only one who over-buys canned pumpkin for the Thanksgiving cooking frenzy.  This year I made pumpkin pie, pumpkin cheesecakes, pumpkin rolls AND this bread for Thanksgiving, and even with all that mad baking, I STILL found another can of pumpkin in my cupboard this morning.  I found a cup of Craisins left from Thanksgiving, too.  So there you are . . . another sweet bread for the blog and my house smells like pie spice (I'm waiting for this kids to come up from their X-Box boy-cave and ask where the Tofurkey is . . . ).  This version is vegan thanks to the flax meal substitution for eggs. ...

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