I went to a local pumpkin patch the other day – don’t you just love pumpkin patches? There is just something so enchanting about walking through a sea of plump orange pumpkins. I took home up a few carving pumpkins and a sugar pumpkin. Usually the smaller sugar pumpkins are the ones used for cooking, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'vegan'
Vegan Thai Pumpkin Soup
October 28th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Dinner, vegan
Tags:Coconut milk·pumpkin·soup·thai·vegan
Coconut Lime Muffins
October 19th, 2009 · 5 Comments · baking, vegan
For the past few days I had this idea in my head to make a lime muffin. I started thinking about all the fabulous flavors that would go well with lime – cherry, raspberry, almond, chili – and then my friend Cheryl recommended “coconut.”
Bingo.
So I got to work making Coconut Lime Muffins and I have [...]
Vegan Halloween Candy
October 16th, 2009 · 6 Comments · vegan
So even though the grocery stores have been hawking Halloween candy since the 4th of July, I figure some of you are like me and you buy your stash at the last minute – like, two weeks before the Big Day. Really, I buy candy ON Halloween Day so that I’m less likely [...]
Cheese Free
October 13th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Diet, Health, vegan
“I’d go vegan but I could never give up CHEESE!“
Not only have I heard this a million times, I’ve said it myself when I was a vegetarian. I couldn’t imagine giving up cheese. I mean, how would I eat pizza? Or nachos? Or grilled cheese sandwiches? Going vegan and giving up cheese just seemed like [...]
Tags:cheese·dairy free·daiya·dr cow·NaBloPoMo·Red star nutritional yeast·tofu·vegan·VeganMoFo
Vanilla Spice Oatmeal Cookies
October 12th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Snacks, baking, vegan
Happy Monday!
It’s been a very busy weekend for yours truly. We had our second weekend of yoga teacher training and can you believe that the teachers-in-training are already practice teaching? They are doing a fabulous job – I cannot wait for our next training weekend in November!
Because of the teacher training, this past weekend was [...]
Tags:cookies·ginger·NaBloPoMo·oatmeal·recipe·vanilla·vegan·VeganMoFo
Vegan Mishmash for VeganMoFo
October 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Diet, Life
Happy Monday!
I found this vegan survey over at The Geeky White Girl Grows Up and thought I’d play along
Favorite non-dairy milk? Homemade vanilla almond milk.
What are the top 3 dishes/recipes you are planning to cook? Rice and beans (a staple at my home), scrambled tofu (we have this every week!), and Crispy Cajun [...]
The China Study
October 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Diet
Happy October!
Happy VeganMoFo III!!
VeganMoFo is celebration of all things vegan and I’m excited to be a participant this year! I thought I’d kick of VeganMoFo with a quick report of a book I’m reading: The China Study by T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D., and his son, Thomas M. Campbell II.
The China Study is the most [...]
Tags:cancer·china study·Diet·Health·NaBloPoMo·vegan·VeganMoFo
Vegan Pumpkin Pie Smoothie
September 25th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Beverages, Breakfast, Lunch, running, vegan
I LOVE this time of year for many reasons.
One of which is…PUMPKINS!
Pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin scones, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin bread, and Pumpkin Spice Lattes at Starbucks. Mmmmm…..
So today I created…Vegan Pumpkin Pie Smoothie for the hubby and me.
Vegan Pumpkin Pie Smoothie
Makes 2 12oz smoothies plus a little extra
What you need…
1 12 oz glass full of [...]
Tags:Breakfast·NaBloPoMo·pie·pumpkin·smoothie·vegan·VeganMoFo
VEGANMOFO III
September 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Life, vegan
Vegan cooking and vegan recipes will be the focus for October as we participate in VeganMoFo III. We’ll be featuring vegan cooking and vegan cookbooks all month.
Vegan Coconut PB-n-B Stuffed French Toast
September 18th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Breakfast, vegan
Oh. My.
I’ve really outdone myself!
I decided to participate in Vegan Appetite’s Food Network Friday.
The challenge was to “veganize” a recipe from the Food Network’s website for Banana Stuffed French Toast.
We had the option to add or omit ingredients as we like.
In my opinion, what goes great with bananas?? Peanut Butter of [...]
