Holiday foods | Vegfest | Vegan by the Bay | VegnewsSwiss chard and broccoli rabe We hosted a vegan Passover Seder for eight, last night, and except for the matzoh ball failure, all the food turned out just as I hoped. I won't bore you with details of the Seder itself ? I'll just get right to[...] |
The Natural Vegan Kitchen, review and recipe | Mighty-O winsThe Natural Vegan Kitchen, by Christine Waltermyer, is my kind of cookbook. The recipes are a fusion of vegan and macrobiotic cooking, with whole, unrefined foods that are delicious and satisfying. There are a few more raw foods and less salt[...] |
Omnivores ascend faster and higher...I got this information in an email from Dave, the coordinator of the Vegan meet-up group in Madison, Wis. I apologize to Dave for stealing it, but I thought it was important enough to share. "I thought this would be of interest to group members. A[...] |
Speed Vegan ? review and recipes | Vegan dealsWhen Alan Roettinger wrote "Speed Vegan," he was not following a vegetarian or vegan diet, but as a gourmet chef, he was charged with creating a book of wonderful vegan dishes that could be prepared within a time frame of 30 minutes. He[...] |
Cookies and pieI rarely buy desserts like cookies, cakes or pies. In fact, I really can't remember ever buying an entire pie or cake. I'm not a big fan of very rich or sweet foods. If I need/want a dessert, I make one. I don't like to have sweets around the[...] |
Dinner Guests | Warm lima bean saladI appreciate the challenge people face when they invite a vegan to dinner, and they're not used to cooking without animal products, so I don't flinch (much) when faced with the culinary challenges posed by my guests. Recently, I welcomed a guest[...] |
Thai cooking class | AwardMy husband and I just attended a vegetarian Thai cooking class at our local food co-op, PCC Natural Markets. (PCC stands for Puget Consumers Co-op. Started in 1953 as a food-buying club of 15 families, today it is the largest consumer-owned[...] |
Golden cakeRemember the cake and frosting I described in my last post ? That cake had palm sugar* and chocolate-sweet potato frosting, and was my idea of a perfect-tasting cake ? not too sweet with a delicate, caramel-y flavor and fudgy frosting. I loved[...] |
Sweet (birth) day | Stuffed shells | Frosting with cakeMiss E prepares to blow out the candles. Note the chaos in the background. Valentine's Day has changed for us ? it's now officially known as Miss E's Birthday. That's right, the charming Miss E (our little granddaughter) was born three years[...] |
Socca salad sandwich | Sodium | Getting realI was hungry as I cruised my blog list and came upon Aimee's post about socca on Bitt of Raw. I'd made baked socca before in the oven, but her husband made it in a pan like a pancake. Aimee had made raw falafels, and her husband rolled his[...] |