In my town there are a lot of free concerts and movies in the park and stuff in the summer, so I am constantly packing up picnic foods and a bottle of wine to snack on for dinner. I keep noticing that everyone else brings cheese and crackers. So, I ordered a bunch of vegan cheese off the interwebs. It was not the brightest thing to do in July. I had it shipped two day UPS and paid extra for lots of ice packs. And I even made sure I was home when it was delivered. The "cheese" came in a styrofoam cooler, but the ice was melted and the "cheese" was all warm. I threw it in the fridge and hope that it was not affected, but I thought I should disclose the state of the "cheese" before I review it.
Creamy Sheese - Cheddar
Creamy Sheese - Chive
Dr. Cow - Cashew Cream Cheese
Dr. Cow - Aged Cashew Cheese
PS. I also got some Teese for pizza but I don't consider it to be an eating cheese. It is definitely a cooking cheese.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
BBQ Seitan Ribz
Last weekend, we made Fat Free Vegan's recipe for BBQ seitan ribs on the grill with some corn on the cob and a baked potato. We love this recipe and it is super easy. I only would make one change to it. We found that the middles we undercooked so we would either bake them in the oven about 20 minutes longer than stated in the recipe or cook them individually on the grill so that they get cooked through.
Here are some pics:
Here are some pics:
Best Spice Rack Evah!
Dino inspired me by posting about his spice drawer. I thought I was so unique and clever for putting all my spices in a drawer instead of a rack*. His post inspired me to actually finish what I started and get some good containers so I could really see my spices. I bought spice containers from here for 68 cents each. The are square tins with clear lids. We already owned a labeler so the labeling was free. The results are amazing. We can now look in the drawer and immediately find what we need. When I originally put the spices in the drawer I thought I just needed to label the tops. But, being able to see the spices themselves makes is 100x easier to find what you are looking for. Here is the what the drawer looks like now:
So, like Dino, I am encouraging you to go forth and be creative with your spice organization. And I'd love to see how you have your spices organized!
* I hate spice racks. The jars are always too small or they come with stale spices you have to throw out. They take up counter space. The get dusty and sticky. They kind of suck all around.
So, like Dino, I am encouraging you to go forth and be creative with your spice organization. And I'd love to see how you have your spices organized!
* I hate spice racks. The jars are always too small or they come with stale spices you have to throw out. They take up counter space. The get dusty and sticky. They kind of suck all around.
[AUTOSAVED] Feeding the parents
My parents are visiting this week so I've been feeding them. This isn't as easy as it sounds. Feeding a meat eater for one night is not too hard, but 5 days of meals gets interesting. I've tried to mix foods that they are used to with slipping in some new things for them to try that aren't too scary. Here is what we've been eating this week in case you soon find yourself in a similar situation.
Breakfasts are pretty easy. I bought a ton of fruit and some cereals and rice milk. We also are going out to brunch today at a place called Morning Ray's here in Park City.
Lunches are tricky. The first day I took them to Vertical Diner in Salt Lake for some breakfast for lunch. I had the biscuits and gravy with some vegan sausage and tofu scramble. My mom went for the french toast and my step-father had the portobello reuben. It was a success. The next day I made sandwiches with a BLT-like salad sandwich spread from Dreena Burton's book Eat Drink and Be Vegan. The salad had fakin' bacon, tomatoes, scallions, avocado.. mmm. I served it on toast with some vegenaise. It was loved by all (the parents even liked the fakin' bacon). Yesterday we needed to picnic so it was PB&J or Peanut Butter/Banana sandwiches and some carrot sticks and apples. Tomorrow I am planning on making a Tofu "egg" salad for sandwiches.
For dinners, since I had a pound of beautiful mushrooms (morels, chanterelles, porcini, turkey of the woods, baby shitakes) from the farmer's market*, i made a mushroom truffle risotto (veganized, of course). Last night we had a mexican salad. Tonight will be Mike's famous stir fry with tofu. Tomorrow night is peanut sesame noodles (with spinach ground up in the sauce).
Hopefully if your parents come to visit, you can use some of these ideas to feed them well for a few days. It's always so hard to figure out how to do this.
* The mushroom dude gave me a "vegan discount" because I mentioned I was vegan while he was telling me that the mushrooms go well with lamb. He gave me $28 worth of mushrooms for $10.
Breakfasts are pretty easy. I bought a ton of fruit and some cereals and rice milk. We also are going out to brunch today at a place called Morning Ray's here in Park City.
Lunches are tricky. The first day I took them to Vertical Diner in Salt Lake for some breakfast for lunch. I had the biscuits and gravy with some vegan sausage and tofu scramble. My mom went for the french toast and my step-father had the portobello reuben. It was a success. The next day I made sandwiches with a BLT-like salad sandwich spread from Dreena Burton's book Eat Drink and Be Vegan. The salad had fakin' bacon, tomatoes, scallions, avocado.. mmm. I served it on toast with some vegenaise. It was loved by all (the parents even liked the fakin' bacon). Yesterday we needed to picnic so it was PB&J or Peanut Butter/Banana sandwiches and some carrot sticks and apples. Tomorrow I am planning on making a Tofu "egg" salad for sandwiches.
For dinners, since I had a pound of beautiful mushrooms (morels, chanterelles, porcini, turkey of the woods, baby shitakes) from the farmer's market*, i made a mushroom truffle risotto (veganized, of course). Last night we had a mexican salad. Tonight will be Mike's famous stir fry with tofu. Tomorrow night is peanut sesame noodles (with spinach ground up in the sauce).
Hopefully if your parents come to visit, you can use some of these ideas to feed them well for a few days. It's always so hard to figure out how to do this.
* The mushroom dude gave me a "vegan discount" because I mentioned I was vegan while he was telling me that the mushrooms go well with lamb. He gave me $28 worth of mushrooms for $10.
Feeding the parents
My parents are visiting this week so I've been feeding them. This isn't as easy as it sounds. Feeding a meat eater for one night is not too hard, but 5 days of meals gets interesting. I've tried to mix foods that they are used to with slipping in some new things for them to try that aren't too scary. Here is what we've been eating this week in case you soon find yourself in a similar situation.
Breakfasts are pretty easy. I bought a ton of fruit and some cereals and rice milk. We also are going out to brunch today at a place called Morning Ray's here in Park City.
Lunches are tricky. The first day I took them to Vertical Diner in Salt Lake for some breakfast for lunch. I had the biscuits and gravy with some vegan sausage and tofu scramble. My mom went for the french toast and my step-father had the portobello reuben. It was a success. The next day I made sandwiches with a BLT-like salad sandwich spread from Dreena Burton's book Eat Drink and Be Vegan. The salad had fakin' bacon, tomatoes, scallions, avocado.. mmm. I served it on toast with some vegenaise. It was loved by all (the parents even liked the fakin' bacon). Yesterday we needed to picnic so it was PB&J or Peanut Butter/Banana sandwiches and some carrot sticks and apples. Tomorrow I am planning on making a Tofu "egg" salad for sandwiches.
For dinners, since I had a pound of beautiful mushrooms (morels, chanterelles, porcini, turkey of the woods, baby shitakes) from the farmer's market*, i made a mushroom truffle risotto (veganized, of course). Last night we had a mexican salad. Tonight will be Mike's famous stir fry with tofu. Tomorrow night is peanut sesame noodles (with spinach ground up in the sauce).
Hopefully if your parents come to visit, you can use some of these ideas to feed them well for a few days. It's always so hard to figure out how to do this.
* The mushroom dude gave me a "vegan discount" because I mentioned I was vegan while he was telling me that the mushrooms go well with lamb. He gave me $28 worth of mushrooms for $10.
Breakfasts are pretty easy. I bought a ton of fruit and some cereals and rice milk. We also are going out to brunch today at a place called Morning Ray's here in Park City.
Lunches are tricky. The first day I took them to Vertical Diner in Salt Lake for some breakfast for lunch. I had the biscuits and gravy with some vegan sausage and tofu scramble. My mom went for the french toast and my step-father had the portobello reuben. It was a success. The next day I made sandwiches with a BLT-like salad sandwich spread from Dreena Burton's book Eat Drink and Be Vegan. The salad had fakin' bacon, tomatoes, scallions, avocado.. mmm. I served it on toast with some vegenaise. It was loved by all (the parents even liked the fakin' bacon). Yesterday we needed to picnic so it was PB&J or Peanut Butter/Banana sandwiches and some carrot sticks and apples. Tomorrow I am planning on making a Tofu "egg" salad for sandwiches.
For dinners, since I had a pound of beautiful mushrooms (morels, chanterelles, porcini, turkey of the woods, baby shitakes) from the farmer's market*, i made a mushroom truffle risotto (veganized, of course). Last night we had a mexican salad. Tonight will be Mike's famous stir fry with tofu. Tomorrow night is peanut sesame noodles (with spinach ground up in the sauce).
Hopefully if your parents come to visit, you can use some of these ideas to feed them well for a few days. It's always so hard to figure out how to do this.
* The mushroom dude gave me a "vegan discount" because I mentioned I was vegan while he was telling me that the mushrooms go well with lamb. He gave me $28 worth of mushrooms for $10.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Holy Spicoli
Tonight's dinner was Spicoli Burgers. These have hemp seed nuts in them, thus the name (from Fast Times at Ridgemont High). The recipe is in Eat, Drink, and Be Vegan by Dreena Burton. The fries, from the same cookbook, are called Popcorn Fries. They are cooked in coconut oil and tumeric and have nutritional yeast added at the end for a cheesy flavor. These recipes are definite keepers.
These burgers are really yummy. They hold together very nicely, but will probably not work on a grill. They do squish out the bun as they are eaten, but neither of us minded at all. Very tasty. They remind me of arancini balls and were equally tasty outside the bun. I'm half tempted to take the recipe and add some nutritional yeast and some other things and make them into arancini balls.
The fries kicked booty. OMG.
Wan't another picture... there is a pic of the burgers in the pan in the extended entry.
These burgers are really yummy. They hold together very nicely, but will probably not work on a grill. They do squish out the bun as they are eaten, but neither of us minded at all. Very tasty. They remind me of arancini balls and were equally tasty outside the bun. I'm half tempted to take the recipe and add some nutritional yeast and some other things and make them into arancini balls.
The fries kicked booty. OMG.
Wan't another picture... there is a pic of the burgers in the pan in the extended entry.
Satellite Image of a feed lot
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