It’s no Hitori Hanzo sword, but I have Japanese steel! 
You know the part in the Veganomicon where Isa and Terry tell you to consider dropping a benjamin on a good knife? You should listen. My brother showed up on vacation with his Top Chef style knife kit and well, I got a little jealous. So the ninja (who sanctions all household weaponry) got me a new knife set. Let me tell you this baby slices through a potato like it was buttah (or Earth Balance, whatever.)
On to this evenings creation. It’s potato, mushroom, and red swiss chard layered and topped with sauteed leeks. I used a 4 inch springform pan for the mold.
Mashed potato Layer: potato, earth balance, unsweetened silk, tofutti sour cream, salt and fine herbes
Mushroom Layer: cremini ‘schrooms, olive oil, sake, fine herbs, salt
Swiss Chard Leaves Layer: swiss chard leaves, olive oil, garlic, salt
Swiss Chard Stems Layer: Thinly sliced stems from swiss chard cut into bite sized ribbons, olive oil, and hickory bacon salt. Yes, I said Bacon salt. The hickory, peppered, applewood, and mesquite flavors are vegan.
I also quickly pan fried the tempeh and added some bacon salt to that, too.
For dessert we had a baked asian apple pear. I saw this on Christina Cooks. I ate most of it before I remembered to shoot the photo, but you get the idea…
Vegan Dance if you want to 
Everything looks delicious! Yeah, I get jealous whenever I see those Top Chef people pull out their knife collections, so nicely folded in those customized cloth holder thingys.
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I treated myself to a new knife in March when i moved into my new place and it has made SUCH a difference to my cooking, it\’s brilliant.the potato / mushroom creation looks delicious.
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Look absolutely delish!! Mmmm
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Whoa Jenn! Those knives are… sexy!!I\’ve recently invested $$ in a paring knife — figured it was the knife my kids use the most and better would be safer.A good quality chef\’s knife is next of my list.And that pear looks divine!!!
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Agreed, nice knives are worth the money. I looove apple pears, I have never thought of baking them, yum!
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Very nice and very creative! I am inspired!
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Everything looks so good! Enjoy your knives!
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I need a good knife set…sigh…I think I\’ll to wait til Xmas. I keep meaning to try that bacon salt.
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Ooh. Good knives changed my life. But I would love to buy some even better ones.Everything looks great.
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Wow! Looks amazing, very well put together.
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