Archive for May, 2010

Candle 79, Vegan Restaurant in NYC

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Finally, the long-awaited Candle 79 post! The trouble is, I hate downloading photos. It is such a pain. Sure there is an easier way. Anyway, the photos are bad anyway. They in no way do justice to the deliciousness and imagina-tivity of the food. What a ...

Pantry Clean-Out

Monday, May 17th, 2010

Here's an idea: Take this: Add this: Pair with this: (add a dollop of sour cream or plain yogurt, and a splash of olive oil) And then you have this:

Stuff. And De-Stuffing.

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

So, as I've mentioned, we are moving to San Francisco.  Movers are coming in less than two weeks to load up all our Stuff into a truck and ship it off to California.  We felt like we needed to get rid of a lot of Stuff before making this move, ...

Febgiving

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

I totally love this idea. I'm a huge fan of meals in general, and communal meals in particular.  I don't really feel like I need Febgiving in February, since I already have a good excuse to have a party then which is MARDI GRAS*; but I think it's a great ...

Frugal Vegan Pancakes

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

After the last post about budget eating, Amber wanted to know my recipe for pancakes.  Since this one doesn't contain eggs, it is about as frugal a pancake recipe as I can think of.  I got it from Vegweb.com years ago. We make these ALL the time. We like to ...

Budget Eating

Monday, May 10th, 2010

A friend of mine recently lost a job. She sent me this question: I am trying to cook with more fresh foods and less meat while we're jobless. Might you have any recipe or even quick and easy meal or side ideas that might suit our new budget? Sure I do. ...

I got a new cookbook

Sunday, May 9th, 2010

It's Bryant Terry's Vegan Soul Kitchen, and it is awesome. Hubs got it for me for a birthday gift, despite our pledge not to buy anything that we'll have to move. He thought it would go along nicely with the kind of cooking I already do naturally - take ...