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A Tasty Lunch

I took today’s picture with my iPhone. Considering that my regular camera doesn’t take much better pictures, I may just stick with this- it’s way easier! Laptop lunchbox filled with Tings, grapes, ricemilk chocolate, cereal bar, and a most lovely … Continue reading

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Variations on the genus Allium; or, what I had for Easter dinner.

It was the week following Easter Sunday that I became vegan last year. For Easter dinner last year, my mom made me a Stouffer’s cheese lasagne. Since I was the only one at dinner eating it, I took it home … Continue reading

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Spring Onion Gravy

Spring onions here are not the same as scallions. These look like a cross between a leek and a small onion, and are usually only available in the spring and early summer (hence the name). To make this gravy: Spring … Continue reading

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Sham!

Ham is the traditional Easter main dish in my family. I picked up another faux ham at Super 88 the last time I was there, so I decided this would make a nice Easter dish. I used 1/3 of the … Continue reading

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Roasted Lemony Brussels Sprouts with Couscous

I think this might be the best vegetable dish I’ve ever made. On the season premiere of (the decidedly un-vegan) Top Chef, I saw a very brief picture of what looked like it might have been Brussels sprouts with Middle … Continue reading

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Chocolate Almond Biscotti

I’m always very intimidated when it comes to improvising with baking. When it’s cooking, I figure, no big deal. Mostly you’re just mixing things, and not changing the chemical structure very much of whatever it is you’re cooking. Baking is … Continue reading

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Dinners… and trying out a different picture format.

I had some brown rice leftover and I usually have beans, ends of blocks of vegan cheese and tortillas in my freezer, so I made a bean and rice quesadilla to use some of these up. It was pretty good- … Continue reading

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Snacks and Dessert!

In an ongoing effort to use up some basil that I had, the first snack is a white bean and basil dip with some carrots. It didn’t turn out as well as I’d hoped, but it’s still good. It’s simply … Continue reading

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A lunch, a dinner, and a vegetable I find I don’t like.

Salad in a pita, using the oven-fried tofu I made the other night. Nothing special, just a tasty and filling lunch. Tonight’s dinner. The pasta is based on a recipe in the January issue of Real Simple, with very minor … Continue reading

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First day of the semester!

Yesterday my 8AM class professor sent out an email to make sure that we checked our email in the morning, in case she canceled class because of the impending big bad storm. While the weather report was looking pretty promising … Continue reading

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