Confession time: in the past, I have had uneven results when cooking grains – rice, quinoa, millet, whatever – on the stovetop. I know about ratios and tight-fitting lids and everything, and it was still always a crapshoot whether it’d turn out well, much less in a timely fashion. So when I finally got a…
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Dinner’s almost ready… Smoky black eyed peas and greens + steamed millet (that is a new one for me, why not)
#VeganMoFo Day 17: Make or eat a traditional local dish
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, a region well-known for food, but not of the traditional sort – or rather, the tradition is creating and integrating new traditions. So this theme is a bit difficult to grasp. At first I thought about what the Ohlone people ate–but Wikipedia states that their “staple diet…
#VeganMoFo Day 16: Favorite late summer food
You say tomato, I say tomato… This week’s tomato haul include dry-farmed heirlooms from Lonely Mountain Farm and a variety of cherry tomatoes from Tomatero Farm. I’ll make almost anything with tomatoes this time of year. They’re delicious. Tonight I decided to make a tofu frittata with cremini mushrooms and tomato slices right on top….
#VeganMoFo Day 15: Dinner for President Obama
I did my research: our president digs healthy food, or at least knows enough to say so for the press (you can’t be all, mmm, McDonald’s! when you’re married to Michelle). He digs green vegetables, healthy fats, and spice. Other than the salmon, I think Barack and I could get along fine at a dinner…
#VeganMoFo Day 14: Share something vegan with a non-vegan
Homer Simpson may have said it best when he chanted: “You don’t win friends with salad.” That’s why the Deities invented vegan cookies. Specifically, these chocolate chip cookies. Naturally, I can’t help but add my own stanza to this prayer of sweet and fat… a little kick of coffee. Just a tablespoon of instant coffee…
#VeganMoFo Day 13: Kitchen tour
Confession: I am a messy, messy person. My kitchen is seldom fully clean. So please, no judgment? I clean deeply before any guest situation (i.e. Thanksgiving), thanks to my clean-freak mom. Here’s a picture of the heart of the space from one of these better times… That said, I’m really happy with my kitchen. It…
Just a little something for brunch… Roasted sweet and purple potato with cashew cream, marinated tempeh strips, wilted spinach
#VeganMoFo Day 12: Favorite cookbook
It’s safe to say I’m an Isa/Terry fangirl. Who isn’t? They both make veganism delicious, accessible, and empowering, not to mention a little bit punk rock. It isn’t just the recipes–it’s the ideas, the methods, components that I always return to. The books are well-organized with useful serving suggestions, menus, and solid indices. I use…
#VeganMoFo Day 11: Focus on a nutrient
Listen, I don’t want to misrepresent: my knowledge of nutrition is very, very surface. So trying to be all, “Here’s all about this one specific thing!” feels disingenuous. My usual philosophy is just “eat the rainbow,” and it’ll all work out. But I can make something I’d normally make and tell you how it’s high…
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