June 2011
12 posts
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Chile Calabazita (Santa Fe Style Poblano Peppers)
Posted By: Cidell
Earlier this spring I spent a week in Santa Fe, New Mexico. While there I took a Native American cooking class at the Santa Fe School of Cooking. There, we made stuffed peppers. I think the meat version was lamb and the veggie version was squash. I decided to recreate a vegan version for the girls this week. With Catalina-de-Cuenca’s help I’ve named it Chile...
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Edamame Pesto Spinach Pasta
Posted By: DearestLizzie
I have been trying to make this dish for at least two weeks!!! I FINALLY got to it, after the original purchased basil wilted and the mushrooms went bad :( Although, I did use the original basil for my awesome Ceci All’Insalata.
I LOVE a pesto: pine nuts + basil + olive oil + parmesan cheese = heaven!!!! Obviously that isn’t vegan with the cheese and too...
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When The Stars Make You Drool...
Posted by: Callmebabs
This week I learned the following:
1. Red beans are really good for you. They have a higher Oxygen Radical Absorption Capacity than any other food except raw, unprocessed cacao. I’m not exactly sure what this means, but I think it means that red beans keep us young and healthy.
2. My Superfresh closes tomorrow. This sucks. But at least pasta and vegetable juice are...
Awesome article on how to keep fruits and veggies... →
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Ceci All'Insalata (Garbanzo Bean Salad)
Posted by: DearestLizzie
As Cidell mentioned this is an off week for us. I just about opted out for the week. But, after committing managed to keep forgetting the groceries I bought on my lunch break in the office fridge. So I made something with ingredients I had at home. I wouldn’t say its a full lunch. But, hey. It’s been a crazy week.
When my family lived in Italy my mom was...
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Soy Chorizo Calzone
Posted by Catalina-de-Cuenca
This week I decided to cook a nice Calzone filledwith vegetables and soy cheese. When I arrived to the store’s “vegan aisle”. I must make a comment about “aisles” in the supermarket. I always laugh when I see the “Hispanic aisle” LOL! ..sorry, somehow we “Hispanics” must have our own aisle because our ingredients are sooooo different from mainstream cooking. I...
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Mango Slaw w. Cashews and Mint
Posted by Cidell:
This week I tried a Mango Slaw from The Smitten Kitchen. I love neither cole slaw nor salad as a meal, but someone at work mentioned mango hummus and in my internet search, I stumbled upon this gem.
We were slow on the uptake this week. One’s on vacation, two of us forgot and the fourth bowed out for the week. Personally, I didn’t get around to making my dish...
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Brazillian Black Bean Stew w. Portebello Mushrooms...
Posted By: Cidell
I love Latin / South American food. After an insanely busy weekend (Seersucker Social / Rihanna), I was craving some nice, starchy comfort food. So, I cracked open my copy of Viva Vegan and stumbled upon this Brazillian staple, feijoada.
Terry Hope Romero’s version ins’t online, but there are loads of great veggie versions available by search. This turned out to...
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Tofu Lasagna (my version)
Posted by:Catalina-de-Cuenca
So, I’ve been a little behind in terms of blogging. I made this recipe two weeks ago during an afternoon when I was craving pasta. So I started searching for recipes that would be easy to make and would not be time consuming. I gathered a few vegan lasagna recipes and created my own.
The lasagna was really tasty, though next time I will try to avoid adding soy...
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(West African -inspired) Pineapple Peanut Stew
Posted by: DearestLizzie
This weekend was packed. Friday after work I headed to the Inner Harbor for an Urban Pirates cruise…. I know it looks ridiculous (and it was) but my friend had a groupon for it so we had a girls night! It was really fun. After that I headed to the bar for “GGBB” then finally went home.
Saturday Cidell and I headed to DC for the 2nd annual Seersucker...
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Roasted Catalan-Style Vegetables
Posted by: CC-Colette
After what turned out to be a very stressful weekend (had to work all day Saturday and Liam was up from 2a.m.-4a.m. Saturday night) making this recipe was therapeutic. I turned on “Echoes” (all time favorite music) and began cooking and pealing roasted vegetables after Liam went to bed.
Amazon.com came through for me for this recipe! I ordered this book ...
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Best Lemonade Ever
Posted By: DearestLizzie
Unfortunately my Grandmother was hospitalized with Pneumonia last month and is now in rehab, but she is MUCH better and coming home next week. This is where the lemonade comes in….. My uncles are doing a lot of work on her house before she comes back and instead of helping with the manual labor in an un-air-conditioned house, in 100 degree weather my requested...
