Category Archives: Cooking

Happy National Bundt Cake Day

I’d been eyeing my pile of very ripe bananas for a couple days now, just waiting for them to be ready to make banana bread with.  Because A: Who doesn’t love banana bread? & 2: it’s a very simple recipe … Continue reading

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Seitan is my Co-Pilot

I used to have a bumper sticker that read: God was my co-pilot. But we crashed in the mountains and I had to eat him. I really miss that bumper sticker and the irrational rage it would provoke.  To this … Continue reading

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Bubble & Squeak Cakes (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Leftovers)

It seems that every large contemporary culture has a dish specifically suited to leftovers. In most of Asia this comes in the form of being fried up with copious amounts of rice. And to be honest, I love that. I … Continue reading

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Happy Belated Birthday to ME

Yesterday (November 9th) was my birthday. And while reading through the VeganMoFo feed today I noticed that there were quite a lot of vegans out there that also share their birthday with Mr Carl Sagan. So Happy Belated Birthday to … Continue reading

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Worcestershire Sauce & Pizza Prep

Say what? Tomorrow is my birthday and instead of settling for a potentially disappointing restaurant experience I’ve opted to move up my pizza planning and have a nice evening in with my family.  We’ll be making pizza & watching movies … Continue reading

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I Finally Made Vegetable Stock

I posted a couple days back about making vegetable stock. I believe it is important to have a good stock as a base for many different meals. But I was unable to make said stock because I had nothing in … Continue reading

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Taking (and making) Stock

During the autumn I find that I want rich savory foods more. Along these lines I’ve been craving pot pies, shepherd’s pie & a number of soups. The one thing that most of the things I have been aching to make have in common is a good vegetable stock/broth. Continue reading

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VGN burgers from scratch

I eat more burgers now than I ever did as a meat eater. But none of the ready made burgers on the market are exactly what I was looking for.  So after spending too much money on burgers that were … Continue reading

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ohmuhgawd mac & cheese

Okay, so I woke up this morning and went straight to my finally cold fresh soymilk that I made last night and poured myself a big disgustingly bad for me bowl of generic chocolate cereal.  And you know what?  It … Continue reading

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Pizza Toppings & love for tofu

When I was still eating animal I loved pizza.  It was, without having to quibble, my favorite meal.  My absolute favorite pizzas where the ones with an absurd variety of cheeses on them.  Now that I’m vegan and unwilling to … Continue reading

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