Successes and Failures

January 4, 2009 – 8:24 pm

Blaaarrrgh!  I'm a bad blogger. I have just returned home from a whirlwind tour of Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana visiting family and friends for the holidays. I'm exhausted. This introvert is in serious need of no-talking time. So today, Hubs and I just stayed in bed watching Return of the King and being quiet.  I made a pot of beans to tide us over till we have the energy to go to the grocery store. Eating over the holidays is never easy, but it's especially difficult for me to eat vegan.  In fact I feel pretty discouraged about it.  I know it's hypocritical, but I just don't feel right about making a big deal about a little milk when my aunt is in her kitchen making sugared popcorn and German pancakes especially for us. She knows we don't eat meat, but I'm not willing to try to make her conform to my ...

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Living Joyfully, revisited

December 9, 2008 – 12:26 pm

I have decided that life is too short not to enjoy.  If I have the power and the means to fix the things about my life that make me unhappy, I should use them to do it.  If I have a blessing, I should enjoy it, and be grateful for it.  I should enjoy what I have, and share what I can.  If my bed makes me uncomfortable and lowers my quality of life, and I have means to get a different bed, and there is no compelling reason not to, I should do it.  If my unorganized home makes me unhappy, I should organize it so I will be happy and like living in my home. If participating in the Christmas-Consumerism-Madness makes me unhappy, I should decline to participate. But if giving a small gift to a friend gives me joy, I should give it.  If consuming a plant-based ...

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Good Suppers Make Winter Worthwhile

December 8, 2008 – 7:19 pm

Winter and I are not friends.  But it does make hot, hearty suppers especially enjoyable.  Imagine this:  savory french onion soup with slow-caramelized onions and rich hints of tamari and mustard, rustic wheat bread from the co-op, a sweet and tart coleslaw of winter greens and veggies, and a glass of red wine.  I can't think of many things I enjoy more than a good supper like this.  Except maybe for one of fresh summer vegetables.

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My Favorite Holiday

November 26, 2008 – 10:00 am

I love Thanksgiving.  It is my favorite holiday.  It has all the familial warmth, good food, and holiday cheer, without the hype.  I would even say it's the least-commercialized holiday (excepting the food industry -- they make a lot of bank on T-day).  I am in my home-state of Louisiana for the week, enjoying my family, the warmer weather, and vacation.  As much as I love it, holidays with family do open up a can of worms for me.  There are always judgement calls to be made, and sometimes it's tiring. Last year we had thanksgiving at our home, with a friend for company, and we made a delicious vegan meal.  This year we're in mixed company, and I'm not in charge of the meal, so there will be dead animals on the table unfortunately.  However, I'm chipping in a few vegan delights. One is a repeat of last year's Vegetable ...

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NuFu

November 24, 2008 – 10:01 am

I had a fun opportunity to try Sunergia's new peanut-based tofu.  I love tofu, but I rarely eat it due to soy-sensitivity; so I am very excited that someone is coming up with an alternative.  I got a block of the Hickory Herb, and the Sesame Ginger (haven't tried the sesame one yet).  To get a good idea of the flavor, I just pan-browned it a bit, and we ate it with rice and gravy.  It was good, with a slightly-nutty flavor and good soft texture, although I was wishing that it was plain.  The overly-herbiness of it limits its usefulness to me.  For a soy-free vegan, peanut tofu is a happy thing, but if it were plain I could use it in all kinds of things.  At any rate I think Sunergia should be rewarded for thinking out of the box on this, so when it arrives in stores, ...

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Eating Mercifully

November 12, 2008 – 9:11 pm

This is a trailer for a short documentary that "explores Christian perspectives on factory farming." I got it from Dr. Ben Kim's website. var so = new FlashObject("http://natalie.feedroom.com/hsus/natoneclip/Player.swf","Player", "400", "300", "8", "#FFFFFF");so.addVariable("skin", "natoneclip");so.addVariable("site", "hsus");so.addVariable("fr_story", "0d748ebe1127d611ea4280f080d3832b7d4b5deb");so.addVariable("hostURL", document.location.href);so.addParam("quality", "high");so.addParam("allowFullScreen", "true");so.addParam("menu", "false");so.write("flashcontent");

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just so you know…

November 8, 2008 – 4:08 pm

Tofurkey is outta style!  Get a Celebration Roast instead!    

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My First Vegan Cupcakes

November 7, 2008 – 8:23 pm

I have never made cupcakes....before today.  Growing up, my mom wasn't, and still isn't much of a baker.  She is an excellent cook, but prefers to make savory foods and make the occasional boxed cake mix if the need arises; so I don't recall ever making cupcakes as a kid.   I used Jenniferschmoo's recipe for Fluffy White Cupcakes, and this recipe for chocolate frosting. They were super fun to make, but I learned a couple things. One is, you can't use whole wheat flour for white cake.  It ends up seeming more like muffins.  I hate using white flour, and rarely keep it in the house--it is fundamentally against my religion-- so WW was all I had on hand.  I have used it before for a chocolate cake, and couldn't tell.  So I think it's a visual thing: the cocoa masks the look of the brown wheat flecks in the ...

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I wonder

November 7, 2008 – 4:20 pm

...if we can ever really stop oppressing animals until we stop oppressing people.

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New Tshirt from Herbivore!

November 6, 2008 – 2:07 pm

Weee-oh-weet!!-- my Eat Like You Give a Damn tshirt finally came in from Herbivore!   check it out here. I'm thinking of having some vegeater shirts made.  They might look something like this: anyone interested? In case you're wondering, Hubs is a Graphic Designer.  He designed the vegeater logo you see above.

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