I love when it’s apple-picking season. It’s the time of the year I most want to bake desserts. But I like desserts that aren’t that sweet. My favorite desserts have fruits and vegetables in them such as carrot, squash, zucchini, bananas and apples with warm spices like cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger. This apple cake […]
Product Review: Vegan Cuts
Remember when you were a kid, how fun it was to get mail? It always meant something good – a letter from a friend at camp or a present from Grandma. As you got older, mail got a lot less fun – bills, advertisements, bills, junk, bills. Well, now the mail can be fun […]
Pumpkin Tofu Scramble with Tofu Feta and Greens
It’s October! October is my favorite month of the year. The weather is cooler and the leaves are turning to all my favorite jewel-toned colors: orange, green, brown, red and purple (hey, there are purple leaves!). It’s the month of Tom’s and my anniversary. This year will be 10 YEARS since we met in my […]
Product Review: Beyond Eggs for Cookies and Just Mayo (and a recipe!)
There are 2 new products from Hampton Creek Foods that are going to change the way we eat and cook: Beyond Eggs for Cookies and Just Mayo. If there was ever a vegan product that I have been waiting for, it’s one that replaces eggs. Usually, I use flaxseed to replace eggs in baking […]
VeganMoFo 2013 Summary
Well, another year of VeganMoFo has come and gone. It always feels so daunting at the beginning, trying to figure out what to blog about for 20 days and then, before you know it, it’s over. This was my 3rd year participating in VeganMoFo. My first year I had the theme “VeganMoFo and the […]
VeganMoFo #20: Caramelized Radishes
Welcome to another day of VeganMoFo 2013, the month of vegan food. I can’t believe this is the 20th post already! There aren’t many veggies that I don’t like. When it comes to trying new foods, I have a rule: I can’t say I don’t like something unless I try it several times, […]
VeganMoFo #19: Ask Dr. V – Vegan Meats
Ask Dr. V – Vegan Meats Welcome to another day of VeganMoFo – the month of vegan food. Be sure to check out some of the thousand participating bloggers! It’s always fun to find new blogs, new recipes and new friends. Today The “V” Word is featuring another edition of “Ask Dr. V” […]
VeganMoFo Day #18: Thai Caesar Salad
Welcome to another edition of VeganMoFo 2013, a whole month dedicated to blogging about delicious vegan food. Do you know Gary Lowenthal? If you don’t, you should. Gary is the founder of the Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale and co-founder of Compassion for Animals. Compassion for Animals is a non-profit organization that “works to […]
VeganMoFo Day #17: Spicy Black Bean Soup with Coconut Sour Cream
Welcome to another day of VeganMoFo 2013, the month of delicious vegan food. Hopefully, you are checking out lots of blogs that might be new to you and finding lots of great new recipes to try. The weather is getting colder fast. The leaves are already changing and falling. It’s time to pull […]
VeganMoFo Day #16: Herbed Crispy Flatbread – Regular and Gluten-Free
Welcome to another day of VeganMoFo 2013, the month-long celebration of vegan food. Today you’re getting a lot of bang for your buck because I’m giving you two…count ’em, two…recipes for flatbread. One uses gluten flours and the other is gluten-free. So pretty much, most people are covered. And I know I promised […]
VeganMoFo Day #15: Braised Seitan Short Ribs in Spicy Chile Sauce
Welcome to another day of VeganMoFo 2013, a whole month of delicious vegan food. What better way to spend any day than with a new recipe that is both amazingly yummy and cruelty-free? It’s a win-win! As you may know, The “V” Word recipes are about 99% gluten-free but every now and then, […]
VeganMoFo Day #14: Ask Dr. V – Football Food
Ask Dr. V – Football Food Welcome to another day of VeganMoFo – the month of vegan food. Be sure to check out some of the thousand participating bloggers! It’s always fun to find new blogs, new recipes and new friends. Today The “V” Word is featuring another edition of “Ask Dr. V” – […]
VeganMoFo Day #13: Lobia Masala (Black-Eyed Pea Masala)
Welcome to another day of VeganMoFo 2013, the month of delicious vegan food. VeganMoFo is the event when hundreds and hundreds of bloggers dedicate their blogs to just vegan food, nothing but vegan food. YUM! One dish I love but had never made was Chana Masala – Indian Stewed Chickpeas. Well, I have […]
VeganMoFo Day #12: Jackfruit Philly Cheesesteak
Welcome to another edition of VeganMofo 2013, where hundreds and hundreds of bloggers spend a month committed to everything vegan food. One of the problems with living in the middle of nowhere is that I often don’t have access to all the amazing new products that everyone seems to be raving about. We […]
VeganMoFo Day #11: Chocolate Pudding
Welcome to another day of VeganMoFo, the month of vegan food. Discover lots of great new blogs as a thousand dedicated bloggers dedicate this whole month just to vegan food. When I was a kid, I loved Snack Packs. Remember those? The little cans of chocolate and vanilla pudding with the pop tops? […]
VeganMoFo Day #10: Coconut Sour Cream
Welcome to another installment of VeganMoFo 2013, the month of delicious vegan food. Be sure to check out any or all of the thousand bloggers participating. A fun way to do that is to discover them by chance on www.randomofo.com The other day I made black bean soup (recipe coming soon) and I […]
VeganMoFo #9: Ask Dr. V – Burgers
Ask Dr. V – Burgers Welcome to another day of VeganMoFo – the month of vegan food. Be sure to check out some of the thousand participating bloggers! It’s always fun to find new blogs, new recipes and new friends. Today The “V” Word is featuring the 2nd edition of “Ask Dr. V” – […]
VeganMoFo Day #8: Arroz con Tofu Guisado (Rice with Stewed Tofu)
Welcome to another day of VeganMoFo 2013, the month of vegan food. Be sure to check out some of the participating bloggers. A fun way to do that is to go to www.randomofo.com and click “next blog” in the upper right hand corner. It will randomly take you to different blogs. I have found […]
VeganMoFo Day #7: Mozzarella-Stuffed Eggplant Meatballs
Welcome to another installment of VeganMoFo 2013, the vegan month of food. VeganMoFo is the extraordinary event where hundreds and hundreds of bloggers commit to posting about vegan food for the entire month! Check out some of the other blogs participating!! Today we are going Italian with meatballs! I made these a while […]
VeganMoFo Day #6: Sweet Dessert Challah with Chocolate Drizzle
Today winds up the first week of VeganMoFo 2013. VeganMoFo is the amazing celebration of vegan food where hundreds and hundreds of bloggers commit to posting about delicious vegan food everyday for a month. Check out some of the fabulous participating blogs. Rosh Hashanah is just about over and I’ve got one more […]