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Erin go Vegan: St. Paddy’s Day 2013
“She sneezes once, she sneezes twice, she’ll be me bride when she sneezes thrice.” -Leprechaun* Wanting to depart from a super carb and calorie heavy St. Patrick’s Day meal, I opted on the lighter side this year. Traditional Irish meals are meat, potatoes, and hearty breads. I decided to keep the potatoes, omit the bread, […]
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My Top 6 Vegan-Friendly Cookbooks
In my quest for coming up with my “top 5” lists, I had a very difficult time paring it down to only 5 for cookbooks. I love cookbooks and find myself reading them like novels. Therefore, this list departs a little and there are 6 gems. This could have been much longer, but I wanted […]
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Land & Sea Vegetable Dinner
Our December weekend of classes at the Natural Kitchen Cooking School focused on “Vegetables from the Land & Sea.” Admittedly, the thought of cooking with sea vegetables did not initially sound appetizing to me. I tend to avoid dishes made with sea vegetables, including sushi and the like. The “fishy” (or really, seaweed-tasting) dishes have […]
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Dark Chocolate Bats & White Chocolate Ghosts
In lieu of store-bought candies for our Halloween Bash this year, I decided to go the homemade route and make chocolate lollipops and peanut butter cups. I got inspiration when shopping at A.C. Moore for some last minute party items. On our way out, we saw one of the workers making chocolate scarecrows and severed […]
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Millet Croquettes, Autumn Salad, & Quinoa Pudding
For my homework for the vegan chef culinary program at the Natural Kitchen Cooking School, I am supposed to make one recipe per week (between our monthly classes) that is decided upon by the class based on recipes given to us. Since I knew I would be in a pinch for time this week, I […]