mutant baby pumpkin and risotto

Ok so last night, after going to the supermarket for supplies, I made a lovely mushroom risotto for dinner! This one in the picture is not vegan but i made some for Hayden that was vegan. Just made sure the wine was certified vegan and used nuttelex, and grated "cheezly" at the end. In our slaughterhouse one i put some grated tasty cheese and at the end 1 egg. As Gollum would say: "murderer...."

anyway here was my dinner:

And while that was cooking i remembered I had said that I would take a picture of the giant pumpkin next to my head. I was a little flustered from cooking and didnt want the rice to catch so i took a couple of quick shots. This was by far the best but I still look creepier than the pumpkin hehe

Anyway. I had never given it much thought but apparently winemakers sometimes use animal products in the process of making wine. I have done a little research on Australian Vegan Wines, so if you are ever headed to a Vegan Dinner Party, check out these common Aussie beverages which happen to be le vegan...

WHITE:

Brown Brothers Sauvignon Blanc
Brown Brothers Victorian Chardonnay

Hardys Cabernet Sauvignon 2001
Hardys Nottage Hill Chardonnay

Wolf Blass Yellow Label Cabernet Sauvignon 1994 (if you can find it)
Yalumba Oxford Landing Chardonnay

RED:

Brown Brothers Barbera
Brown Brothers Cienna
Brown Brothers Dolcetto & Syrah

Brown Brothers Pinot Grigio
Brown Brothers Pinot Gris

Brown Brothers Tarrango

Brown Brothers Tempranillo
Brown Brothers Victorian Shiraz

Hardys Barossa Valley Shiraz

Yalumba Oxford Landing Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz
Yalumba Oxford Landing Merlot
Yalumba Oxford Landing Shiraz
Yellowtail Cabernet Merlot
Yellowtail Cabernet Sauvignon
Yellowtail Merlot
Yellowtail Shiraz
Yellowtail Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon
Yellowtail Shiraz Grenache

SPARKLING:

Brown Brothers Non Vintage Pinot Chardonnay
Brown Brothers Patricia Pinot Chardonnay
Brown Brothers Sparkling Shiraz
Hardys Nottage Hill Chardonnay

BEER:

Boags (any)

Coopers (Pale Ale)

Corona

Hahn (any)

Heineken

James Squire (any)

Little Creatures (Beer is fine, but Pipsqueak Cider is not vegan)

Mountain Goat (any)

Tooheys (any)

XXXX (any)

weee, now when its my turn to buy the next slab i will know what to get! there are probz more but i am running out of time to research hehe