Daily Archive: May 5, 2012

Country Clubs

My parents belong to a Country Club.  You can roll your eyes.  They are still hippies…they just like golfing too.  And composting.  Anyway.  My dad’s on the Board of Directors and he’s been slowly pushing my vegan agenda. Look!  Progress!!  He asked for a veg meal and got a lima bean tofu chili.  I’m so proud. :)  To me, the Country Club scene is where preppy white people go to compare Rolex watches and Sperry Topsiders.  And eat fancy food, like oysters, filet mignon, and foie gras.  So tofu chili!?!  Now we are making big… Read more >

Breakfasts lately

For no intentional reason, I’ve broken away from oats this past week. Brown rice + bananas + blueberries + no-grain-ola + almond milk.   Not that you need a play-by-play, but here’s the deal.  I made a massive amount of brown rice (in the rice cooker), but day old rice needs a little moisture.  So I re-heated it in the microwave with almond milk.    Then I added some frozen bloobs, which quickly thawed once they met the warm rice.  Plus bananas.   And finally, I topped it off with a bunch of nutty granola…. Read more >