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It is indeed snowing in New York. Hiding out from work and armed with the roku remote, I have camped myself on the couch. I’m watching all the streaming netflix British period pieces that I haven’t seen before. Here are the Old-Fashioned Chelsea Waffles from Vegan Brunch. I like the bit of cornmeal in them.Continue reading “Snow days are for vegan waffles and British period pieces”

This veggie challenge secret ingredient is cranberries! Cranberries are featured in a dessert dish for this challenge.Six challengers, all with unique and delicious creations, form the backbone of night of vegan cranberry dessert awesomeness. The discerning brute Joshua Katcher expertly emcees the event. A panel of three baking experts, Fran Costigan, Mattie Hagedorn, and SharonContinue reading “Veggie Challenge III Cranberry Battle”

Check out the holiday sample bags! Each home made bag is stuffed with awesome handmade samples of vegan products. Order from Holistically Heather at Vegan Craft Samples. There is the normal bag for $25 and the small bag for $15. All profits go to the Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary. These make great holiday gifts!Here’s my postContinue reading “Holiday Vegan Sample bags available now”

Stewed daikon radish in a sweet miso sauce with a side of inari wrapped sushi rice. The thick daikon really needs to cook for awhile (like 1-2 hours) to get soft throughout, but it’s worth the wait. The texture is strangely like pineapple, but not stringy or sweet. The sauce is miso, sake, mirin andContinue reading “Japanese comfort food and my awesome Halloween costume”

This lovely rice bowl comes from The Pump Energy Food which has a bunch of locations in NYC. I’ll post anything where you can get tofu as a regular option. The supercharged plate is brown rice with baked tofu, spinach, tomatoes, guacamole and a “cool green” sauce which is cucumber, mint, parsley, and lime sauce.Oh,Continue reading “Health food vs. Junk food”

Hot wings, vegan style. The buffalo chicken fingers are from a tester recipe. I froze them and they reheated nicely in the toaster oven. Tami’s awesome book American Vegan Kitchen will be out in February, but you can pre-order it now! The blue cheese dip is some Blue Style Scheese mixed with veganaise. The hotContinue reading “Seitan buffalo fingers with blue cheese dressing”

Here’s another quickie… I usually make oatmeal at work for breakfast with some rolled oats and raisins, but I ate all the raisins yesterday and forgot to bring more in. I did have some peanut butter left at the bottom of the jar and I had some Crofter’s superfruit spread in the fridge. It’s theContinue reading “Peanut butter and jelly oatmeal”

Isa & Terry’s new book is almost here! I preordered from Amazon and got shipping notice that it should arrive by Saturday. Woo-hoo!

Vegan junk food rules. Sweet & Sara smores are awesome. This is the peanut butter flavor.I came across the sweet & sara marshmallows and smores in the grocery store near my work. Gotta support vegan companies when you see their products right? Perfect afternoon snack. I also really like Suzanne’s Specilaties ricemellow creme. You probablyContinue reading “Vegan Marshmallows”

I got some giant end of the season green beans from my CSA. So I oven fried them with a good bit of olive oil and ate them with a side of ranch dressing. I mixed some Penzeys Buttermilk Ranch Dressing mix with some tofutti sour cream for the dip. Although the name says buttermilk,Continue reading “Green bean fries with ranch dressing”