Here are some quick food updates from earlier posts along with an idea for your next evening “in” with friends. First, updates on some of the items I promised to try and share more. Daiya cheese: The review I did earlier (5/21) of Daiya cheese was on the Cheddar, which I really like. I like the […]
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Last night Sandy crafted the most scintillating crab cakes with a spicy aioli. If Sandy were a Super Hero…this would be her skill. She can take any dish you have ever had or desired and recreate it vegan-style. It is positively mind boggling to watch this skill unfold. The cakes are so crabby that if […]
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Sandy and I watched the PETA documentary, “Glass Walls.” It is narrated by Sir Paul McCartney, long time herbivore and activist. It is a 13 minute glimpse into factory farming, slaughterhouses, animal transport and the fishing industry. The images are savage, mind searing and unforgettable. Sir Paul’s narration is so eloquent and matter of fact. […]
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TVP sounds like something you would want to pour in to the engine of your car. Its more glamorous name is Textured Vegetable Protein. When you have been cursed with such a utilitarian name, you really have to come through in other ways, which in some ways it does. You can find TVP in most […]
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“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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