Monthly Archives: September 2013

Scrapple.  The mid-atlantic region’s contribution to breakfast food.   Even among aficionados, there is great contention over brands.  We always had RAPA in my house and my dad had a special technique including timing, and using the right pan and lid to get the perfect crunch on the outside, leaving the middle warm and soft.Continue reading “2013 Mofo 15 – Vegan Scrapple”

Give into your cravings and still keep it vegan.   I wanted to try the Daiya slices, so I was initially thinking Reuben, but swapped the sauerkraut for some cornichons and voila Cubano.  Melty goodness.  Yum! I like to keep some crusty country bread in the freezer, so toastiness is the way to go with this.Continue reading “2013 Mofo 14 – Vegan Cubano Sandwich”

Yes, potage is just a fancied up word for soup.   Here’s my secret soup that’s not really a recipe.  For me, potage always starts with potatoes.  I’ve been making this for a long time and I think I first made it when I got the vita mix.  I do remember early on I madeContinue reading “2013 Mofo 13 – Potage with black garlic”

It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for…I have The Official-Unofficial Vida Vegan Con 2013 Cookbooklette complied and illustrated by Amey Matthews, SIGNED by all the contributing recipe authors, and ready to give away.  Just leave me a nice comment and a way to contact you if you win. That’s it!  Even better would be if youContinue reading “2013 Mofo 12 – Giveaway: The Vida Vegan Con 2013 Cookbooklette”

Dinner at Candle Cafe.  Yes there were only two of us…  Wine and beer Seitan Chimichuri – Probably my favorite seitan dish anywhere Fresh Spring Rolls Green ginger bomb shot or some similar name.  Small package, but this little beauty was complex and savory.   Seitan au poive – another fantastic seitan dish.  The garlicContinue reading “2013 Mofo 11 – Candle Cafe”

New Yorkers love food trucks.  I was so excited that The Green Radish was in my hood today.   I got a no lobster roll, crabless cakes, and a banana chocolate chip cookie. The no lobster roll is chickpeas tarragon and greens on a soft roll with chucks of celery that give a nice crunchContinue reading “2013 Mofo 10 – The Green Radish food Truck”

Carrot, apple, beet, and ginger.  Fresh from NYC juice cart on the way into the office this morning. 

Have lots of garden fresh jalapeños and like hot sauce?  This one is a modified Bobby Flay recipe.   Some of the jalapeños were red already, so the sauce came out yellow rather than green.  I can’t wait to enjoy this spicy tangy hot sauce on my next burrito.   Jalapeño Hot Sauce 2 Tbs vegetable oilContinue reading “2013 Mofo 8 – Hot Sauce”

Want to meet other vegans in real life?  Go to a vegan meet-up.  If there isn’t one where you live, then attend one when traveling to another city, or better yet, start your own!  I host The Westchester NY Veggie Eat-up which came together after the organizers of two area vegetarian groups stepped down and noContinue reading “2013 Mofo 7 – Meet-up”

I’m no Queen of Sheba but I definitely enjoy my  Ethiopian food.  Tonight I took the husband out for Ethiopian in Mt. Kisco, NY at Lalibela.  He’s never had Ethiopian food before, but he dug right in with gusto.  We started with an avocado salad and moved onto a sampler of vegan dishes then enjoyed strongContinue reading “2013 Mofo 6 – Ethiopian”