Daily Archive: August 15, 2011

Saturday grits

Not that you asked, but Kyle lived in the south (Hot-lanta what what) for a majority of his childhood.  He emailed me from work the other day requesting grits.  I replied asking if he liked his grits with cheese or with butter.  He responded: yes.  Ha! This isn’t the version I made him (which was not vegan).  This is, however, the version I reinvented for myself on Saturday night. I had zucchini and squash from the farmer’s market…and the vision of them sautéed in oil and vinegar on top a steaming hot bed of cheesy… Read more >

Mutual failures

The couple that fails together stays together.  Wait.  That’s not right.    Yesterday’s green black monster was epically disgusting.  I actually gagged when I tasted it.  I know what you’re thinking…Elise, WHY on Earth did you taste that necrotic infested swamp slush?  Good question.  Sometimes things look gross but actually taste really good!  Case in point: home-made log seitan.  So I thought maybe this was one of those things.  But it was not.  Very very not.  If anyone is considering buying this brand of protein powder, DON’T.  Just don’t.  Unless you have a fondness for… Read more >