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Monthly Archive: January 2012

A few days of hippie bowls

Going into the weekend I had all my meals ready to go.  Starting with Thursday night, I made a typical hippie bowl.   If I had to choose a combination of ingredients to eat forevermore it would probably be these: quinoa, carrots, corn, seitan, avocado     I recently got a question about the ratio of grain to veg to protein in my “hippie bowl” type meals.  In all honesty, I don’t consciously compose them with a specific ratio in mind, but if I had to guess I’d say it is pretty much 1:1:1.  Sometimes… Read more >

January 31, 2012 avocado, chocolate, eggs, nooch, potatoes, quinoa, seitan, spinach salad, squash, tofu, Read more >

Unappetizing names

Pate.  When I lived in Spain, my senora made me sandwiches with pate spreads all the time.  At the time I wasn’t vegan, but I already shunned dairy and avoided most meat (chicken and fish were still in my diet though).  I told her over and over again I didn’t like pate – it reminded me of cat food.  But she repeatedly made it for me.  As a result I get shivers up and down my body whenever I see or hear the word.  This is especially unfortunate because many raw spreads are dubbed “pates”… Read more >

January 30, 2012 lentils, nuts Read more >

Kyle’s fancy feasts

The title sounds like cat food, but it’s not where I’m going with this post.    Kyle’s parents sent him home from the holidays with a bunch of gourmet cheeses.  We froze them (because that’s a crazy amount of cheese to have in your fridge) and have been pulling them one by one.  #1 Grilled mozzarella with marinara sauce. The key to getting that beautiful golden crispy crust is buttering the bread before it hits the pan.  The other trick to grilled cheese perfection is getting the ratio of cheese to bread just right –… Read more >

January 29, 2012 Uncategorized Read more >

Quickie dinner

I have a formula that I use to make dinners in as little time as possible, but it relies on food prep.  I always prep ahead of time.  Have I convinced you to do the same yet?  I feel like a broken record, but the posts that seem the most basic and obvious to me still get the most follow up questions. So.  About that “formula.” Carb: usually a whole grain like quinoa or rice, but sometimes I opt for noodles, and sometimes I just turn to bread Fat: avocado, nut, oil, something Green: veggie… Read more >

January 28, 2012 avocado, kale, seitan Read more >

Mid-week vacation

Well hello! I keep thinking it’s Sunday night because Kyle and I just got back from an overnight stay in San Juan Capistrano.  We randomly decided to skip town after Kyle’s classes on Wednesday…he only has class one day a week and I didn’t have to be back at the hospital ‘til Friday, so why not? Kyle’s parents were happy to see us and took us to dinner at a new Thai place that just opened near their house. If you think the name is cheesy, you should see the menu!  Thai Juan On is… Read more >

January 27, 2012 kale, tempeh, thai food, the veggie grill Read more >