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Pumpkin-Spinach Risotto

Being that I live in Connecticut right now and that today was a landmark day here in terms of civil rights, I’m wishing that I had stopped at the grocery store on the way home to pick up some Rainbow … Continue reading

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Mexican Chayote Soup for VeganMoFo

Isn’t that creepy?  It looks like it could eat me, not the other way around!  In case you’re not familiar, this is a chayote, a member of the squash family.  It’s very mild tasting, and the flesh, skin and seeds … Continue reading

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Mango-Pomegranate Salad for VeganMoFo

I like mangos.  I also like pomegranates.  I even like them together.  However, it never actually occurred to me to make a salad out of them until I saw this post! I went in a slightly different direction, using cilantro and lime … Continue reading

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Apple-Ginger Autumn Roll with Sweet and Smoky Tofu for VeganMoFo

Done for the Iron Chef Challenge at the PPK.  I’m loving VeganMoFo. I had actually planed to do a lot with ginger and apples, this week’s secret ingredients, over this month, so this was pretty cool.  I marinated the tofu in … Continue reading

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Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal for VeganMoFo

Oatmeal is an awfully difficult dish to make photogenic.   It is however, reliably tasty and easy to make.  The basic recipe is 1 cup liquid to 1/2 cup oatmeal.  I use soymilk, and I throw in a peeled and … Continue reading

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Moujedra, for Veganmofo!

This dish is known also as “injudra” and with many different spellings.  It’s a Middle Eastern dish consisting of lentils, rice and spices, usually served with onions on top.  Today I’m using a boxed mix, and I won’t post the … Continue reading

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Delicious Brownies for Lazy Vegans

Not only am I a picky vegan, sometimes I’m lazy, too!  Okay, maybe not so much lazy as busy, but lazy sounds funnier.  So I bring you a very easy brownie:  it comes from a mix.  One you, yes you, … Continue reading

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Vegan Rangoon

I struggled with what to call this, but I’ve settled on “Vegan Rangoon.”   It’s basically like Crab Rangoon, except with Tofutti instead of regular cream cheese and no crab, because, ew.  I didn’t like crab even when I was … Continue reading

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Pad Thai

Another variation on this week’s Napa Cabbage theme. The recipe is mostly the Brooklyn Pad Thai from Vegan with a Vengence, though the vegetables I use are different than the ones called for, and I make a minor substitution in … Continue reading

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Potstickers

Second dish with Napa, using other ingredients mentioned in yesterday’s post. Trader Joe’s used to have a potsticker that was similar to this.  The ones that I’ve seen lately are different, though good on their own.  I like these better. The easier … Continue reading

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