Month: July 2011

  • Cucumber & Chickpea Salad with Grilled Napa Cabbage

    Still having a lot of chickpeas leftover from the other night, as well as some CSA produce, I decided to whip together another tasty summer meal. Here is my own recipe for a simple cucumber & chickpea salad. My omni husband said it was “surprisingly filling!” Cucumber & Chickpea Salad 2 small cucumbers, sliced 2 […]

  • Swiss Chard with Garbanzo Beans & Fresh Tomatoes

    Having an abundance of swiss chard and other yummy veggies left from my CSA share this past week, I thought it would be a good idea to have a delicious and nutritional meal using my produce. I found an amazing and simple recipe at allrecipes.com for this delightful summer meal. I made some minor additions,  […]

  • Mexican Lasagna

    I had been craving Mexican food lately and love making lasagna, so I thought I’d look for some recipes online to make this happen. I found an interesting recipe for Mexican Lasagna by Rachael Ray that looked easy to veganize. And yes, many recipes, unless they include a bloody steak, can be veganized. I made […]

  • Good Groceries Review – Watkins Glen, NY

    Watkins Glen is a good 45 minutes or so from my house, so if I’m traveling there, I’m out to make it worthwhile. The main reason for my most recent trip to Watkins Glen was to stop at Good Groceries, a natural foods grocery store that has been around since 1999. I wanted to pick […]

  • Glen Mountain Bakery & Market Review, Watkins Glen, NY

    Before I moved to upstate (or technically “central”) New York, I would visit Farm Sanctuary (in Watkins Glen) and Ithaca about twice a year. At least one of those trips I lovingly referred to as my “all-girls’-vegetarian-road-trip.” I would ask 3 of my girlfriends who were either vegan, vegetarian, or just open-minded/veg-curious to join me […]