Did you hear the news about Santa? If the word on the strip mall circuit is correct, Santa has gone gluten-free! Apparently, all the flour from all the cookies all these years has taken a toll on his intestines. Maybe Santa’s round belly is filled with more bloating gases than jelly. I also hear that […]
Archive | Holiday Recipes
It’s Here! Introducing V-Meat, The “V” Word’s Gluten-Free Answer to Seitan
Seitan and vital wheat gluten are magical. They are. They let us make food that is so close to animal meat, it’s scary. They add stretch and elasticity to food and give it that “chewy” texture we want in burgers, cutlets, steaks and more. But what happens if you’re gluten-free? Beyond Meat is amazing […]
The “V” Word Holiday Gift Guide
It’s time again for me to compile a list of my favorite things. I can be pretty hard to please so the things that made this list are pretty special. And many of them are gifts that keep giving and give back because those are the very best gifts of all. Books will be […]
Chocolate Hazelnut Rugelach
I know Chanukah is supposed to be a holiday filled with fried foods but you can’t fry cookies, can you? And I had to make rugelach for Tom. When we lived in the Bronx, I used to buy rugelach from a Kosher restaurant, probably THE Kosher restaurant, on Lydig Avenue. Then we became vegan […]
Baked Pumpkin Spice Glazed Doughnuts
Wow, this has been a rough week. On Sunday night, the wind and rain was so bad from a storm that we lost power. Even though we got the power back on Monday, we had no internet or cable until today! We actually went 5 days with no TV or internet! We were totally […]
Gluten-Free Biscuits: Pumpkin Feta and Garlic & Rosemary Cheddar
A couple of years ago I attempted baking gluten-free biscuits. This was when I had first started eating gluten-free. They were terrible! Either they came out dry and crumbly or as heavy as a hockey puck. I chalked it up as a loss, reaffirmed my hatred of baking and moved on to other recipes. But […]
Holiday Menu Extravaganza – 90 Vegan Recipes!!
Here are a bunch of recipes for an amazing Chanukah, Thanksgiving and Christmas! Mix and match. Make it your own. No words are necessary. Just click on the picture and it will link to the recipe. These are just a sample of the hundreds of recipes on The “V” Word so be sure to […]
Get the The “V” Word Cookbook: Holiday Edition
UPDATE: THIS E-BOOK IS ONLY AVAILABLE AT WOODSTOCKREVERIES.COM and the fundraiser is over. The “V” Word Cookbook: Holiday Edition – Pam Brown, owner and chef of The Garden Cafe on the Green, the ONLY vegan restaurant in Woodstock NY, has fallen ill and needs our help to pay her medical bills and keep the cafe open. The […]
Curried Pumpkin Soup with Apple Croutons and Pacific Foods Products Review
One of my favorite things about the colder seasons is making and eating lots of soup. Nothing warms you up better, inside and out, than holding a steaming bowl in your hands and spooning delicious, savory soup into your mouth. It’s warm, cozy and comforting. With Thanksgiving coming up, my cooking turns to all […]
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 […]
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 #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 #4: Ask Dr. V – Chinese Food
Ask Dr. V – Chinese Food Welcome to the 4th 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 very first edition […]
Vegan MoFo Day #1: Pineapple Island Kabobs
Wow, it’s time for VeganMoFo again! This is my 3rd year participating in this fabulous idea where for one month, hundreds and hundreds of dedicated bloggers commit to posting about vegan food with a minimum of 20 posts. Check out the VeganMoFo web site to see what it’s all about. To see a full listing […]
Chickpea Omelets with Mushrooms, Greens and Vegan Swiss
You know how lots of people say they didn’t/don’t think they could live without cheese? Not me. Other than mozzarella and grated parmesan, cheese didn’t factor into my life that much. When I used to dream of becoming a vegetarian, I thought I couldn’t live without chicken, my favorite food. Wrong again. Turns out the […]
Snap Pea Salad with Almonds in an Herbed Vinaigrette
Sugar snap peas are one of those vegetables I buy and then I’m not sure what to do with them other than putting them in a stir-fry or just munching them raw. They are a cute little bunch of pods and they hold up really well to cooking, keeping their crunch. Tom brought me home […]
Beyond Meat Chicken-Free Satay with Peanut Dipping Sauce
Two years ago I felt really lucky. I got to try this new product at Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary’s ThanksLiving event. The new product: Beyond Meat Chicken-Free Strips. They were incredible and even more incredible was that the dinner was prepared by the amazing Terry Hope Romero. Beyond Meat was not available for purchase then […]
Baked BBQ Tofu and Tempeh
Mmmm…nothing tastes like BBQ. But for vegans, barbeques can be really hard to deal with. No longer does the smell of the BBQ mean a delicious meal is on the way. For vegans, the smell is associated with the suffering and death of animals. Well, we can change that. Vegans can enjoy delicious BBQ too. […]
Orange Hoisin Tofu with Cashews
Orange chicken and duck are popular Chinese dishes. Here it gets a compassionate spin with tofu and lots of vegetables. I never stop having cravings for Chinese food and I still miss having a place to get it on every block. But even if there were places to get it near me, it wouldn’t be […]
Spinach, Tomato and Cheddar Mini-Quiches with Lemon Cashew Cream
I used to love eggs. Not all kinds of eggs. In fact, hardly any kind. I liked scrambled eggs and omelets. That’s pretty much it. Not a lot of variety but I really loved eggs in those 2 ways. Eggs were the last animal food I eliminated when I became vegan. For me, cheese was […]
Matzoh Brei over Steamed Kale
How do you spell “matzoh?” Everytime I write the word, I think I spell it differently. Matzo. Matzoh. Matza. Matzah. Hmmm… Two years ago I posted a recipe for Fried Matzoh. I said then that the same recipe would work for Matzoh Brei which is true. But because I love fried matzoh and not matzoh […]
Gluten-Free Carrot Cake with Walnuts and Cream Cheese Frosting
Carrot cake has always been my favorite cake. I could live the rest of my life and never have another thing for dessert so long as I can have carrot cake. But it has to be good. I have a very high standard. Carrot cake has a place in many of my memories. […]
Vegan Gefilte "Fish"
Passover was one of my favorite holidays during my childhood. It meant attending a seder which meant having a special dinner with my grandfather. He would be so proud of me when I, as the youngest, asked The Four Questions in Hebrew, and he would recite the answer to me. Other highlights of the holiday: […]
Vegan Challah
When I was a little kid, I used to make challah with my mother. This was a big deal. My mother didn’t let anyone help in the kitchen – we just got in the way and would do everything wrong anyway. But making challah was something she and I did together. She would rip open […]