Author Archives: Jennifer Lynskey

This week’s Economist takes a look at evolution and cooking. http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13139619

So I keep saying I’m going to have a raw day and here it is! For breakfast I had a double shot of wheatgrass, and a Raw Revolution spirulina and cashew bar. I actually took a lunch break, hopped on the subway, and grabbed some awesome nourishment from the Life Thyme natural market in GreenwichContinue reading “Raw Organic Vegan”

Vote for me if you want to… http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2009/02/vote-for-your-vegetable-love.html The voting ballot is after the photos and before the comments. Subliminal message: Mini heart shaped lasagnas…mini heart shaped lasagnas… Thanks! (and extra thanks for voting for me with no prompting, Tara!)

This is some serious vegetable love. Homemade semolina flax lasagna noodles (heart shaped even!) layered with mushrooms, zucchini, kale and tofu basil “ricotta” with homemade sauce. 2 Mini heart shaped lasagnas: 6 pan sized heart shaped noodles1/2 cup sauce1/2 cup tofu ricotta5 oz mushrooms sliced1 small zucchini sliced1/2 bunch kale (sauteed or steamed) OK, nowContinue reading “Vegetable love!”

Susan at Fat Free Vegan Kitchen is hosting a Vegetable Love challenge for Valentine’s day. Check it out! You know how I’m a sucker for a food challenge. What to make, what to make… While you’re waiting for me to get my act together…check out Karma’s awesome heart shaped spanakopita. Today’s cooking soundtrack is theContinue reading “Vegetable Love Challenge – Preview”

Everything pasta, that is. When I made the everything cookies, Joanna just had to challenge me to make everything, everything.It’s really more of an everything pizza in the pasta. Macaroni, homemade sauce, follow your heart mozzarella (which melted into the sauce,) onions, garlic, green peppers, mushrooms, gimme lean sausage, and lightlife pepperoni. I loved theContinue reading “Life, the Universe, and Everything!”

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I tested a few recipes for Robin Robertson’s upcoming cookbook Vegan on the Cheap. Get this when it comes out. It’s going to be awesome. Blushing Alfredo Fettuccine Walnut-Crusted Tofu with Spinach and Orange Almost Instant Chickpea Soup Pasta Fazool Walnut-Dusted Fettuccine with Balsamic Vegetables

There’s the everything bagel, pizza with the works (veggie of course), why not an everything cookie? Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate Chip Cranberry Walnut Cookies 2 Tbs flax seeds (ground)6 Tbs water1 1/2 cups flour1 tsp baking soda1/2 tsp salt 1 cup Earth Balance margarine (1/2 tub) 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 tsp vanilla 3 cups rolledContinue reading “Everything Cookies!”

Even after my pantry purge in most of November, I seem to have as much if not more junk in my trunk, er stuff in my pantry. So here we go again. I’m soaking some dried beans and making some broth. I’m trying to save some squash that was trying to grow itself in myContinue reading “Back to the Pantry”