Was it ambitious of me to take on writing five days a week through the month of October? I have so much to write about yet I sit here, looking for a topic, trying to find a subject on food, and the best I can come up with is that I am not as inspired as I want to be...
1) How do you get nutrients in a vegan/vegetarian diet? 2) Why don’t vegans eat honey? 3) Isn’t being vegan just like being a vegetarian? These are the tops questions that come up in discussions about vegan cuisine. It is getting almost as old as the top...
Turmeric is called the Golden Spice. It is a root, a rhizome of a plant in the ginger family. Turmeric is used as a spice, a coloring, and an healing herb. Its uses date back at least 4,000 years. Turmeric needs rainy, wet places to grow. Once harvested, it is boiled,...
There are days I am not cooking and on those days we get to eat out. There's a favorite restaurant of ours, Green New American Vegetarian, located in Tempe, AZ. Tempe is a college town, and the restaurant reflects the image. It's artsy, open, and in a strip mall. The...
This month I'll be talking all about chilies in my cooking class at Luci's. Where they are from, how to use them, and tips on how not to burn yourself while preparing...
Lately I've been on a kick with making Veggie, or Eggplant Towers. Don't ask me why, it just came to me. I used to make them when I worked in Banquets a few years back, but I lacked the level of inspiration I have now. Inspiration led me to add Quinoa and Daiya...
The buzz words are local, fresh, and seasonal. Food that is grown in your own backyard. I have a fantasy that someday I can grow the food I cook. But alas, there are reasons for divisional labor in our society. It takes as much time to take care of the crops as it...
I struggled for years with being full on vegan. I had all sorts of excuses. As the years progressed I would fall back to consuming meat and animal food products like butter, eggs, and cream. I love that stuff. It is my comfort food. The other reason was that I...
October 1st begins Vegan Mofo, the vegan food blogging event of the year. This fantastic awareness raising event was started by the Post Punk Kitchen as an homage to NaNoWriMo. PPK was created by Isa Chandra Moskowitz, in 2005, and quickly escalated into a place where...
Here's my go-to recipe for Sauteed Garlicky Spinach, a simple, easy side dish for both special meals and every day...
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