I have the coolest friends. Ever since we started budgeting my besties have been awesome about making dinners together (as opposed to expensive meals out). Last Friday we made vegan tortilla soup with Ethel. And this past Friday Alene came over with some groceries for this feast… We started out with appetizers. Alene fell prey to the delightfulness of Whole Foods and impulse bought some chips, guacamole, and pico de gallo. Obviously I didn’t partake in the vino. It was kinda drizzly weather outside but Kyle still manned the BBQ. Tofurky kielbasa… Read more >
Elise
January 28, 2013
avocado, big salad, dessert, eggplant, sahale, tofurky, vegan cookies
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My mom’s cousin (my second cousin? first cousin once removed?) very generously gifted me a lot of (used) cookbooks recently. And although I haven’t looked through all of them yet, the few I have browsed through look awesome. In fact, last night’s dinner came from this one. I modified it some, and it was definitely a winner. Of all the cookbooks I got, I’ve bookmarked the most to try in 500 Best Quinoa Recipes. They’re all gluten free and creative, but still simple and whole foods based. And even though they aren’t all vegetarian or… Read more >
Elise
January 23, 2013
beans, chocolate, dessert, quinoa, soup, squash, vegan cookies, veggie burgerrecipe
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What do we have here? Can you see what’s in there or do I need to zoom in for you. Oh hello there hippie bowl of yum. I cheated on the protein portion. Normally I make my own seitan. But I had to go to the co-op for an emergency purchase (almond milk) and ended up leaving with two impulse buys. Dang it! Budget fail. I’ve seen Upton’s Natural seitan on other blogs before, but never in the store. Or maybe I just wasn’t looking. Either way I found it now, and they have… Read more >
Elise
December 23, 2012
avocado, kale, quinoa, seitan, trader joe's, vegan cookies
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Some people may get sick of leftovers, but I am quite content eating the same thing over and over and over again. Leftovers x a million. Field Roast wild mushroom quarter loaf. Roasted veggies. Quinoa. Like a never ending Thanksgiving… Blackberries are NOT good in smoothies. The seeds. They’re annoying. But I still have half a bag of frozen berries in the freezer, so…yeah. It was a “mixed berries” bag, but I picked out all the strawberries, so it’s just blackberries left. Gotta do something with that. Kyle was in Arizona last… Read more >
Elise
December 6, 2012
field roast, quinoa, root veggies, sabra, smoothie, vegan cookiespregnancy
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Alternative title for this post: the day I ate an entire avocado. Oh look! A non-egg breakfast! We were out of eggs, so the night before I made a vegan alternative. Just silken lite tofu, nutritional yeast, & Bragg’s liquid aminos. [Lots of nooch] Then in the morning all I had to do was add it to a hot pan (sprayed with non-stick) and wait for it to get warm and kinda crusty (I don’t know a better word to describe it). In all honesty, I usually use extra firm tofu in scrambles,… Read more >
Elise
September 10, 2012
avocado, big salad, bragg's, chocolate, earth balance, nooch, peaches, potatoes, tahini, tofu, udi's, vegan cookies
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