Author Archives: Jennifer Lynskey

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”

Who knew lemon and blueberries go so well together? Well Colleen Patrick-Goudreau did, ‘cuz I got the recipe from the Joy of Vegan Baking. These were super easy and I got to use up some summer blueberries from the freezer. For more on making your own vegan muffin concoctions, check out Sal’s mofo muffin tipsContinue reading “Lemon blueberry muffins”

October is not only the month I was born and Vegetarian Awareness Month, but October 1st is World Vegetarian Day and the kick off for the Vegan MoFo (month of food)! The amazing Kittee is hosting this year’s mofo. Let your friends and family know about world vegetarian day and see if you can getContinue reading “October is here!”

I got the following e-mail to share with you. “Hi –We want to let you and your readers know about an exciting contest we at Nature’s Path are hosting with Everyday with Rachael Ray called “My Path to Sustainable Living.” We are searching for people who understand the importance of giving back, sustainability and theContinue reading “Sustainability Contest! Win $5,000 for you plus $5,000 for charity and more!”

Last week we went to dinner at Kajitsu in the East Village in NYC. Here’s the info from their website: “Kajitsu serves shojin cuisine, an ancient Japanese cuisine developed in Zen Buddhist monasteries. Following the Buddhist principle of not taking life, Shojin cuisine does not use meat or fish. Meals are prepared from fresh, inContinue reading “Vegan Buddhist Japanese in NYC”

I was reading Dan Brown’s, The Lost Symbol *and I was struck by the fact that veganism seems to pass the prerequisites for an ideology to qualify as religion (disclaimer, I am not actually suggesting veganism is a religion, just bear with me…) ABC. Assure, Believe, Convert. Veganism assures good health, believes in compassion toContinue reading “Meatless Mondays – Creamy Pasta Fazool”

Cancer bites. A big part of the reason that keeps me vegan is fear of cancer, or rather a stubborn refusal to ever get it. As you may know, my father died of colon cancer a few years ago, my paternal grandmother died of brain cancer, and my aunt and grandfather had some skin cancer.Continue reading “Cancer bites.”