Vegan Diaries – Vegetarian Curry
Looks like my vegan lifestyle is really trying to stick. I’m a big fan of Indian food. The other night- I made Vegetarian Curry. Served over a 1/4c of brown rice and greens it made a great meal. I...
View ArticleVegan Diaries – Spinach Mushroom Soup
There’s nothing like a cup of soup to set the world right. There are so many great things about soup: It can be an entire meal It can be rich and creamy It can be slim and lean It freezes well This...
View ArticleVegan Diaries – Meatless Meatballs?
I must confess when I first thought about doing tofu meatballs I was skeptical. I’m not big on foods that try to be meat. You can’t call a carrot a burger, I won’t be duped. But always one to try...
View ArticleVegan Diaries – Chickpea Burgers
I search the world looking for the best veggie burger recipes. That’s hyperbole, but I think my point is clear. Veggie burgers matter to me. And I’ve made a few great ones. Guess what? This one may be...
View ArticleVegan Diaries – Roasted Eggplant and Tomatillo Dip
Tomatillos from Mexico are in grocery stores right now. Oh how I love the tomatillo. It’s crisp with and apple citrus taste and tangy. For those who get heartburn from it’s the tomato it also has a...
View ArticleVegan Diaries – Spring Veggies Sprung
I went to Trader Joe’s last Monay and spent 16 bucks on dinner groceries for the entire week. This is pretty awesome anywhere- but to manage this at a Manhattan grocery store is worthy of some kind of...
View ArticleVegan Diaries – Black Bean Chili and Hot Peppers Baby!!!
I love chili. But I’m not obsessed with it. You know, like the people who have recipes in safe deposit boxes because only 2 living family members are allowed to know the secret ingredient. When one...
View ArticleVegan Diaries – PIZZA!!!!
After class on Friday I picked up some veggies from the fruit market and stopped at the local pizza joint. ‘Dough please!’ They didn’t hand over money, but they did charge me 5 smackers for a enough...
View ArticleVegan Diaries – Five Minute Gazpacho
Oh how I love warm weather! Aside from it being the season of my birth (what what could possibly be wrong with it), it’s the time of longer days, fresh foods and spring fever. This means I need to be...
View ArticleVegan Diaries – Black Bean Burgers
I won’t sit here and pretend that a ‘burger’ made from black beans, asparagus and other goodies is the same as a burger made from beef. It’s not. It bears no resemblance to a Kobe hamburger. That...
View ArticleVegan Diaries – Quinoa Stuffed Peppers
Stuffed peppers are usually healthy idea gone horribly wrong. A mixture of beef, cheese, rice, tomatoes, onions topped with more cheese sounds amazing but if you’re thinking about your health, not so...
View ArticleVegan Diaries – 21 meals 35 bucks
Post by Oneika’s Yoga Life. So, Eat Well on the Cheap was a great post what wasn’t well thought out. I decided to go back to the drawing board. 7 days. 21 meals. 5 bucks a day. Grand plans of menu...
View ArticleVegan Diaries – 21 Meals 35 Bucks (Days 2 and 3)
The quality of food definitely matters. Day 2 Breakfast Apples and hummus Lunch Soup and a half serving of the kale with chickpeas Dinner Salad with sautéed green beans and quinoa I seasoned the...
View ArticleVegan Diaries – 21 Meals and 35 Bucks (Days 4 and 5)
So not every meal was great. I think that I’m going to lean on my pantry more this week. Concepts that seemed delicious in theory flopped in execution because they lacked some necessary items that...
View ArticleSeptember is Hunger Action Month
Here are some sobering facts about hunger in the US. (Courtesy Do Something) 1 in 6 people in America face hunger. Households with children reported a significantly higher food insecurity rate than...
View ArticleVegan Diaries – 21 Meals, 35 Bucks (Days 6 and 7 and Recap)
This week didn’t turn out as I planned. I wanted to repot that this was super easy and there’s no reason why we shouldn’t be eating a yummy vegan life on the cheap. It was hard. With my teaching...
View ArticleVegan Diaries- Building a Pantry
A delicious, nutritious meal is easy to prepare on the day you come home from the grocery store. But as the food dwindles, the urge to order take-out or grab unhealthy frozen pizza grows. Unplanned...
View ArticleVegan Diaries 21 Meals $5 Day (Days 8-12)
Week 1 is done. Some hits, some misses. But all in all I was pleased with what I got out of it. Applying what I’ve learned is on the menu this week. This is not as easy as it seems (see past...
View ArticleVegan Diary Confessions 21 Meals $35 (Days 13-14 and Final Thoughts)
I’m really happy to get back to my old food shopping habits. I wanted these recipes to be so much better than they were. But I found myself avoiding having to cook. It wan’t fun. This isn’t normally...
View ArticleVegan Diaries – Roasted Cauliflower White Pumpkin and Leek Soup
I have such a feeling of gratitude over how I get to eat. The past few weeks opened my eyes. It may be what kept me from acting like a damn fool in the grocery store. Though I did pick up some dark...
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