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Seitan tutorial

Ok this is gonna be a quickie because there’s no point in dragging it out.  Seitan isn’t hard to make.  It gets an unnecessarily bad difficult rap.  If you’re scared to try it, don’t be.  I’m a loser and I can manage, so trust me, you can too. Finding Vital Wheat Gluten is actually 75% of the battle.  Try Whole Foods or your neighborhood Co-Op or health foods store.  I usually get Bob’s Red Mill, but I’ve used Arrowhead Mills before too. The ratio of vegetable broth to VWG is the variable in most recipes. … Read more >

September 30, 2010 broccoli slaw, seitan, stir fry, tortilla wrap Read more >

Nine two nine

It’s 9/29!  You didn’t think I’d forget National Coffee Day did you!?!? Not a chance.  I’m a tad behind in blogging because I’ve been playing catch-up around the casa.  I’ve been productive, but I hardly deserve a pat on the back since it’s all stuff that I should have accomplished last weekend.  For breakfast on Tuesday I had a bowl of One Lucky Duck grawnola, cheerios, and bananas on top of greek yogurt. Tuesday I got my running mojo back and after this bowl of deliciousness had digested I set off for a nice 30 minutes… Read more >

September 29, 2010 almonds, avocado, beans, Daiya, granola, greek yogurt, hummus, nutbutter, raw, smoothie, tempeh, tortilla wrap Read more >

Say yes to seitan

Heat wave much?  I woke up way too early on Monday because I was sweating my cojones off.  I’m not so sure fall has truly arrived after this past weekend of sunshine.  No complaints here! Despite the four fans and six open windows keeping the triple digit temps at bay, I still had my usual vat of coffee.  Can’t fight the addiction! See?  I’m still embracing summer with it’s seasonal fruit.  I am in love with the peaches at the Santa Monica farmer’s market.  We’re nearly out too, so Wednesday’s bounty will definitely include more… Read more >

September 28, 2010 avocado, granola, one lucky duck, raw, seitan, spinach salad Read more >

Husband and wife (part 3)

I never expected the wedding to get a mini-series on my blog, but the photos were too good not to share with you guys (I’m so modest) and your feedback has been so positive.  Anyways, this post is the last, I swear!  Plus, it’s all the fun stuff – the food, the drank, the cake, and the dancing! Here are the links for part 1 and part 2 if you missed them. After we were announced as Mr. & Mrs., the entire wedding party spontaneously huddled… Rally time! I’m sure the rest of the guests… Read more >

September 28, 2010 quinoa, spinach salad, tofu, vegan cake Read more >

Raw almond fluff

This was my first go at almond butter, and even though the result wasn’t what I expected, the nutty spread that resulted was still pretty tasty, and thus worth sharing.  Because I soaked the nuts beforehand, the consistency of the nut butter turned out more like almond fluff. Here’s a photo essay of the process. 1/2 cup raw almonds [They have to be raw because the healthy enzymes are destroyed in pasteurized and/or roasted nuts] 1 cup room temp water (or enough to cover the nuts) And that’s all. I left them on the counter… Read more >

September 27, 2010 almonds, nutbutter Read more >