C’est La Vegan

As I said in my last two posts, Ryan and I host an annual Oscar party where we make dishes named for the best picture nominees.  Since there were 10 (!) nominees this year, we thought we’d do at least one drink and also some sweets in addition to the savory dishes.  This lime punch [...]

Since I posted “The Herb Popper” yesterday (for “The Hurt Locker”), I thought it only fitting to follow it up with our dish for “Avatar” – “Avo-tartare”.  This was one of the first titles that we figured out, and I knew it would be easy enough to either find a recipe that worked, or to [...]

Whenever I get my new issues of Vegetarian Times or VegNews in the mail, the first thing I do is check out all the recipes and mark what I want to try.  Unfortunately I usually forget all about them in the chaos of Saturday baking, and then I find myself at our Farmers’ Market booth [...]

I know Valentine’s Day is supposed to be a huge deal, with a killer meal that’s absolutely perfect.  As I explained in yesterday’s post, we sometimes celebrate and sometimes don’t (usually depending on how busy we are at the time), and since our time off is precious, the last thing we want to do is [...]

Neither my husband nor I are really into Valentine’s Day.  We’ve done some fun stuff in the past and some years decide to do gifts, but the idea of going out for dinner on one of the busiest nights of the year just doesn’t appeal to us.  Why does it have to be that one [...]

Before going vegan, magic cookie bars (or 7-layer bars, or dream bars or whatever you called them where you were from) were one of my favorite treats.  Looking back, I realize I never actually baked them when I was younger, and I did a lot of baking.  Maybe they were even more special because I [...]

Doesn’t this thing look amazing?  It seems like something from outer space.  I’ve been wanting to cook with Romanesco Broccoli (or Romanesco Cauliflower, or Italian Cauliflower as it’s also called) for a while now. Ryan picked some up for us at the market on Sunday when he was exploring the stalls with my sister and [...]

I know that this post is waaaaaaaay overdue since Christmas already seems like a long time ago.  But there’s really nothing that makes these “Christmas” potatoes other than the green kale and the red paprika.
I first made these a few weeks ago and realized that the colors make them perfect for the holiday.  I would have [...]

After about four different Thanksgiving celebrations stretched over two weeks, I think I can official say that I’m over it.  Although I bet if you give me about a week I’ll probably be ready for more!
On the actual holiday we had about eight friends over, and I ended up serving green bean casserole (and updated [...]

Yesterday I said sweet potato casserole might be my favorite Thanksgiving side, but mashed potatoes give it a run for its money.  I know they seem too simple to do a post about, but I love them so much that I just can’t help myself.
We don’t save them just for the holidays either.  Both Ryan [...]

What you’re looking at might be my favorite Thanksgiving side.  I can’t even begin to put into words how much I love this sweet potato casserole.  I found the recipe last year on the Fat Free Vegan Kitchen blog and asked my friend Laurel to bring it to our vegan Thanksgiving.  She was nice enough [...]

Our good friend Joe gives me old copies of his favorite magazine, Ladies’ Home Journal.  If you ask him about it he won’t admit how much he loves it, but you can trust me that he really does.
I noticed that the November issue’s cover announced a “Thanksgiving Special, America’s Best Pies.”  Since I’m still not [...]