Monthly Archives: October 2009

I had a lovely birthday dinner last night at Dirt Candy. It’s vegetarian, but they’ll make all the dishes vegan. They even ask if you’re vegan when they seat you! We started with the Jalapeno Hush Puppies with maple butter. YUM! Kimchi Doughnuts with watermelon radishes, cilantro and wild arugula Asparagus Paella with artichokes, morels,Continue reading “Birthday Dinner at Dirt Candy NYC”

So I’m off to visit my 84 year old first cousin once removed* and her 92 year old husband. What to bring for the oldies but goodies…hhmmm…this is tough…cookies! Yes, everyone likes cookies, so let’s go with an everything cookie adapted from the recipe from the canister of walmart oatmeal. I was too lazy toContinue reading “Copycat gift cookies…”

Here’s one version of veggie broth I make on a regular basis. No, I’m not suggesting any dumpster diving. It’s mainly comprised of vegetables you’ve got sitting around that haven’t quite gone bad, but you aren’t really going to use them in anything before they do go bad. Or the parts of veggies you wouldContinue reading “Practically Freegan Vegetable Broth”

Robin Robertson has a new giant book of vegan recipes. 1,000 Vegan Recipes to be exact. Tonight I whipped up the soy-tan dream cutlets to add to my leftover mexcellent rice bowl. A mix of tofu and wheat gluten with a little spices, this is a super fast way to get some seitan into aContinue reading “Soy-tan dream cutlets from 1,000 Vegan Recipes”

For anyone who DVRs the Big Bang Theory or Two and a Half Men, you may notice the producer, Chuck Lorre’s vanity card for the one second it flashes on the screen at the end. Typically a rant at network executives, politicians, or show-biz types and frequently censored, I have to pause and take aContinue reading “Veganism’s 1 second of fame”

I’m in love with NYC vegan ice cream shop Lula’s Sweet Apothecary. I make special trips the east village just to get some treats. New York Egg Cream! No eggs. No cream. It’s pretty much chocolate soy milk with seltzer, but yum! No unnecessary waste; they use metal straws. I bought some for my smoothies.TheContinue reading “Vegan Ice Cream – Lula’s sweet apothecary NYC”

Dress up your rice and beans. Here’s a mexcellent rice bowl of chipotle sausage, pinto beans and rice. Feel free to experiment with whatever you’ve got on hand. A great Mexican meal can be made from just a few pantry staples. You could also stuff this into burritos if that floats your boat. Mexican Rice1Continue reading “Meatless Monday – Mexcellent rice bowl”

What to do with all these fall veggies? Make soup! All local and super fresh.I’m sure it would be good chunky, but I’m a real a fan of the potage. A mix of veggies and a potato cooked on the stove top, then thrown into the vita-mix to make a super smooth creamy soup. OhContinue reading “CSA soup”

Dim Sum is the perfect New York City brunch. Big table with good company sharing small dishes is a great start to the weekend. Most regular dim sum features a lot of scary meat dishes, but the same style easily transfers to vegan dim sum. The Buddhists are on to something. Even if they didContinue reading “Vegetarian Dim Sum House meet up”

NYC Vegan Eat Up celebrated it’s 7th birthday with a vegan cheese crawl through the village to sample Daiya cheese in several local restaurants. We started off at Two Boots, headed over to Counter, followed by Cafe Viva Natural Pizza, then a quick stop at Curly’s Lunch for anyone who was still hungry, and someContinue reading “Daiya Cheese Crawl – NYC Vegan Eat Up”