“Exploits” has been awarded the Versatile Blogger Award by GiGi from Veganville. Being recognized by a vegan, blogging, baking goddess is almost more than I could have hoped for “Exploits of a Vegan Wannabe.” Gigi, I thank you from the bottom of my dairy free heart for this honor. I am grateful that so many of you […]
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I was writing a post for today about Textured Vegetable Protein (TVP). I had photographed it dry, put it in the pasta sauce, and continued to write. Dinner was ready, so I photographed the finished pasta dish that contained the TVP and we sat down to experience it for the first time. I dug in […]
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Tuesday was Chloe’s 2nd birthday so we had a little soiree. I ordered doggie pupcakes for Chloe and her friends and baked dark chocolate, peanut butter cupcakes for our 2 legged friends. The doggie pupcakes surpassed mine in beauty, but my first vegan cupcake adventure was a rousing success. I used the tried and true […]
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We had a chicken salad at the vegan retreat that blew us all away. Our fearless leader Nicole shared it with us and now we have taken it and made it ours. Sandy added curry because curry may be her one true love..and it made it even more amazing. You can now try it and […]
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The funniest thing happened over the weekend at the party we went to. As I explained on Saturday, we were bringing our best vegan dishes to share at our friends 50th birthday party/pig roast. We wanted to make sure we had enough to eat because we were partying all day at a meaty affair and […]
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Today we are going to a birthday party for a very good friend of ours. She is one of the sassiest, sexiest and kindest women we know. It is a milestone birthday and is going to be a bash with a ton of people. They are roasting a pig, which I really wish were not […]
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Jane, a new friend of “Exploits” rang in on the green smoothie conversation and recommended adding Chia seeds to the mix. As a child of the seventies I could not help but picture the terra cotta animal with green sprouting hair. The edible seeds are from a Mexican desert plant that is part of the […]
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Sandy made the most amazing soup the other night so I asked her to share it with you. It was savory and spicy and a tiny bit sweet. It hit every part of your palate in the best way possible. It was the perfect sassy soup that you can still enjoy in the summer with […]
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I have seen liquid amino acids in the store and have seen them on countless ingredient lists for vegan recipes. I have continued to wonder, what are they and do I want to ingest them? I began to surmise that it was the same type of deal as the Nutritional Yeast…most vegan pantries stock it […]
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The Art of Good Food has created another masterpiece, a mix for Lemon Thyme Cookies. Photo By: S. Duquet Art of Good Food is a family business from Montana creating mixes for vegetarian/vegan soups, salad dressings, breadsticks and cookies. You add a minimal amount of ingredients to their mixes and they magically turn into something […]
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