September 2011
5 posts
Gluten Free Vegan Cookies that Taste GOOD!
No lie y’all. These cookies are Fabulous. In the past I have been a little grumpy about eating gluten free baked goods. They sometimes have a “unique” texture and I’m not usually down. But I made these cookies for some girlfriends, I am vegan and one of the girls is GF so these puppies seemed like a good pick. I found this recipe in Vegnews magazine. I made some...
Sep 29th
Vegan Nachos Tutorial
We’ve been on a nacho kick lately. Especially because we may have perfected the “vegan nacho”. Seriously- this stuff is GOOOOD! There are a few important components to great vegan nachos. First is the protein. We make beans and use that as our base, but sometimes it’s nice to add in that meat like substance. So in our nachos, we use soy curls. Soy curls are really...
Sep 18th
Broccoli Pesto Pizza
The meals I cook are often times inspired by non vegan things I want to eat. A few days ago my housemate made some broccoli pesto. Everyone went on and on about how amazing it was but unfortunately for me, it contained dairy. So I promptly went to the store and began making my own version. The first time we ate it was on pasta, but we had so much left over that we wanted to do something else...
Sep 17th
My New Favorite Salad.
I love all of Isa Chandra Moskowitz’s cook books. I would recommend them all! Her most recent one is called Appetite for Reduction and it’s all about eating better. In, this recipe she makes fakin bacon out of…wait for it…EGGPLANT! I think it’s super tasty. I don’t know how much nutrition the eggplant actually retains after you get it so crispy but it’s...
Sep 8th
A VIP Vegan Dinner
Last week was my husband’s birthday. In the past I have been known to surprise him for his special day. There was the year when I made him dress like a crazy person and we went to a trampoline gym.. And his “golden birthday” which included out of town friends and fake grillz for all.. Sadly last year we were so busy that we didn’t get to celebrate so this year I...
Sep 1st