Hello and welcome to this thing we’re doing where we help you figure out what you’re gonna put in your mouth this week. Some of these are recipes we’ve tried, some of these are recipes we’re looking forward to trying, all of them are fucking delicious. Tell us what you want to put in your piehole or suggest your own recipes, and we’ll talk about which things we made, which things we loved, and which things have changed us irreversibly as people. Last week, we tucked you in with comfort food and made it better.
Sometimes I like my food the way that I enjoy my sexuality: unnatural. While I’m generally cautious about what I put in my mouth (yup), I’ve always had a thing for brightly coloured food, whether it’s artificially coloured candy floss from pasar malams (night markets) or the naturally occuring bizarreness of red cabbage (which gives you blue dye!). Now you might recall that a few weeks ago I taught you how to dye your hair all the unnatural colours you could possibly want, and what I didn’t say then is that if you dye your hair teal/purple/pink like I do, one of the most frequent comments you’ll get is that your hair looks edible. It’s not. Don’t try it. But for days when ordinary food colours just aren’t doing it for you, everything on this list is!
1. Vegan Andes Mints
2. Blue Raspberry Pineapple Slush
3. Cotton Candy Popcorn
4. Cotton Candy Meringues
5. Gluten, Egg and Dairy-Free Rainbow Donuts
6. Blue Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
7. Blueberry Crumb Bars
8. Blackberry Ombre Popsicles
9. Mashed Purple Sweet Potatoes
10. Vegan Purple Yam/Sweet Potato Chocolate Cake & Frosting
11. Red Cabbage Chips with Tomato Yogurt Dipping Sauce
12. Ube Macapuno Cake
13. Purple Sweet Potato and Cauliflower Soup
14. Blueberry Cupcakes with Blueberry Cream Cheese Frosting
15. Beet Braised Lentils
16. Beet-Strawberry Smoothie
17. Zingy Purple Potato Salad
18. Lavender Cupcakes with Honey Frosting
19. Purple Power Salad
20. Beetroot Risotto
21. Beet and Goat Cheese Pizza
22. Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage
23. 5-Minute Blueberry Coconut Frozen Yogurt
24. Blueberry Cardamom Cupcakes
25. Caramelized Onion and Beet Soup
26. Roasted Beet Pesto
27. Smoky Beetroot Hummus
28. Strawberries and Cream Cake
29. Raspberry Coconut Macarons
30. Healthy Red Velvet Fudge Protein Bars
31. Very Pink Raspberry Cosmopolitan
32. Strawberry Layer Cake with Whipped Strawberry Frosting
33. Strawberry Chocolate Chip Cookies
34. Pink Ribbon Cinnamon Rolls
35. Strawberry Pudding
36. Cotton Candy Creme Melts
37. Olaf the Snowman Snacks
38. Bluebird Cookies
via The Bearfoot Baker
39. Elsa’s Icy Blue Dessert Trifle
40. Red, White and Blue Candy Apples
This list was compiled with the help of my partner Natalie, who really wants “merbutch” to be a thing.
