Monthly Archives: November 2008

Oh, Joanna you just had to go and ask about the vita-mix. I thought I raved in the MoFo, but I don’t think I ever got to it. I have not the words to describe my love for what may just look like a blender….this bad boy is expensive for a reason. It’s got aContinue reading “Pantry Raid Day 16 – Vita Mix Rules!”

My mom had just bought this book Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day the last time I visited, and I wanted to give it a try. On this rainy Saturday, I think I can whip up a batch of home made bread. I know I’ve got flour in the pantry. Tami is also aContinue reading “Pantry Raid day 15 – Artisan Bread”

I picked up the Complete Raw Cookbook. I don’t have a dehydrator or a juicer, but I do have the awesome vitamix. I’m going to have to try some of these recipes out. Especially the raw nut things. I like that some bloggers pick a day a week or month to have a raw day.Continue reading “Pantry Raid day 14 – Raw”

I still have only eaten from the pantry for Nov, so when invited to lunch, I suggested I cook and we eat in the company cafeteria. I made more chicken style burritos with brown & wild rice and kidney beans (used 1tbs liquid smoke in cooking liquid.) Chipotle veganaise on the side. They were aContinue reading “Pantry Raid Day 13 – Vegan lunch for co-workers”

I froze a few cutlets that I made from the yellow rose recipes http://www.yellowroserecipes.com/. They reheated beautifully. I had some broth heating up, so I plopped them in it to thaw them. Dredged them a little flour and seasoned salt, and sauteed in a little olive oil. Then made a quick gravy with the brothContinue reading “Pantry Raid day 12-More chicken style cutlets….”

I’ve been tagged. I feel so special. 🙂 http://acupofjoanna.blogspot.com/ Ooops, I did it again! Got tagged that is…by http://cuppapixie.blogspot.com/ Rules:Link the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog.Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself.Tag 7 random people at the end of your post and include links.Let each person know thatContinue reading “I’ve been tagged!”

So I had a bag of Bob’s Redmill masa harina hanging around the pantry and I thought I’d try my hand at tortillas. What a disaster. The recipe on the package says 2 cups masa harina and 1 cup water, adding a few TBS more water if needed. I’ve made tortillas before with my mom’sContinue reading “Pantry Raid day 10 – Tortilla disaster = Crepes!”

OK, this is version 2. Lessons learned from version 1: too much liquid makes it fall apart, too much spices is better. What I’m trying to replicate is RAPA scrapple from Sussex county Delaware. I know scrapple is supposed to be a Pennsylvania thing, but believe you me, slower Delawareans love their scrapple. This isContinue reading “Pantry Raid Day 9 – Vegan Scrapple!”

OMG, two things not generally vegan that taste great together. Pizza topped with buffalo chix and blue sheese. I gotta eat this now… It’s just pizza dough, sauce, marinated chicken style seitan, blue sheese I got from Food Fight!, and a little basil tofu. There are a bazillion basic pizza dough recipes, this is whatContinue reading “Pantry Raid day 8 – Buffalo pizza”

I forgot my lunch today and my boss was supposed to take me to a lunch meeting, but we got busy. So, I managed to survive on some snacks I had in the office. Oatmeal with raisins, sesame stix, trail mix, fruit leather, vegetable broth, a granola bar and a larabar. Now, that’s actually plentyContinue reading “Pantry Raid day 7 – Pasta again”