I couldn’t read this prompt without getting Dan Bern’s “Jerusalem” stuck in my head. All the ancient kings came to my door They said “Do you want to be an ancient king too?” I said “Oh yes very much But I think my timing’s wrong” They said “Time is relative Or did you misread Einstein”…
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#VeganMoFo Day 2: I Didn’t Bake a 💩 Cookie, but I WANTED to
Not every day is a damn inspiration. Today it is a salad. 🥗 🥗 🥗 🥗 But it was a GOOD salad, OK? K’s mom has been growing shiso and shared a few leaves with us. I found some interesting recipes to use it in, including several salads. I went with this soba noodle salad…
#VeganMoFo Day 1: Introductions, etc.
Hey, fellow vegans and interested parties. I’m Emily. This is my … fourth? or fifth? (I don’t remember exactly) go-round on the MoFo wheel. I’ve been vegan since, I don’t know, 2011? and I’ve regretted not marking the precise day ever since I saw people on Instagram self-congratulating on their veganniversary. I DON’T HAVE ONE…
#VeganMoFo Day 16: You Can’t Reinvent the Color Wheel
Let’s keep this real simple: purple cabbage linguine (one of my favorite monochromatic easy meals, from Color Me Vegan), plus some slices of roasted ‘carnival’ squash, which as a nice yellow flesh and edible skin. I s’pose I could’ve arranged the plate so it was rah-rah my alma mater, University of Washington, whose colors are…
#VeganMoFo Day 14: Chim Chiminey, Chim Chimichurri
For today’s ONE COLOR challenge, I cooked an all-green dinner. Look, I know there is a SIMILAR prompt on the 20th, but I am gonna go with the OTHER meaning of “green” then. Stay tuned. My all-green platter includes: green seitan, kale, avocado, chimichurri, pepitas, and jade green rice. How do you make seitan green?…
#VeganMoFo Day 13: Aliens Dream of Noodle Soup?
Honestly, who knows what aliens would like. Who knows what their taste/smell/other senses prefer, or what kinds of limbs they’d use to eat it with! Maybe they don’t “eat” in a way we recognize at all. But let’s say it’s a very Star Trek-like alien visiting, the kind that looks basically human with funny ears…
#VeganMoFo Day 11: One of My Favorite Foods
All vegans love falafel, right? And I haven’t really made other Middle Eastern-type dishes this month. So today’s the day. I’m writing this post ahead of time, the day after the US election. I am not happy about the result. It’s a distressing day. I’m not all that hungry, if I’m being honest. But I…
#VeganMoFo Day 10: Making Fusion My Own
I mean, I guess, kinda. I love Indo-Chinese food, which is already a fusion, so I tried to make some of that at home: gobi manchurian and salt and pepper tofu with roti. Why reinvent a pretty good wheel? OK, well, I did try to make it “me,” too. So it’s Indo-Chinese-Emily fusion. I baked…
#VeganMoFo Day 9: Something Borrowed, Something New
Last month, my boyfriend and I trekked up to Oakland to check out the Vegan Soul Wellness Fest and had the great privilege of watching a demo by Astig Vegan on making Filipino food vegan-style. Until then, I’d been under the impression FIlipino food was synonymous with “contains pork,” so it was eye-opening to hear…
#VeganMoFo Day 8: On the Other Side
According to Antipodr, the direct opposite of my locale in Northern California is somewhere in the middle of the Indian Ocean – but near enough to Madagascar to … well, let’s say I wouldn’t want to be left in open water here, but we’ll make Madagascar our “dig a hole through the Earth” destination for…
Vegans Need Sauce 