Saturday, January 28, 2012
This is what I threw together for last night’s dinner and I think it turned out really well. Sort of a Thai curry for wusses. Recipes like this are proof that “vegan” and “healthy” don’t always have to overlap. Stir-fry: 1 tbsp vegetable oil 1 tsp sesame oil 1 package cubed super firm tofu, drained, [...]
Kara felt like chicken noodle soup, so I gave it a try. I think this turned out pretty darn well. 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 2 tbsp vegan margarine (or butter) 1 large onion, diced 4 small celery stalks, chopped 3 medium carrots, chopped 8 cups water 2 tbsp Better Than Bouillon imitation chicken [...]
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Ardent followers of this blog (all three of you) will remember that Kara and I used to live in Frederick, Maryland, just down 3rd Street from a great little local restaurant called That Cuban Place. Unfortunately, their landlord was a crappy absentee landlord like most of the landlords in Frederick, and allowed their building to [...]
Monday, November 28, 2011
Michael and I just got back from a trip to visit our families in the DC-area. I’ll probably devote an entry to the train ride because Amtrak has made some fantastic changes to the Capitol Limited route and it excited me. While we were in the area, I insisted on going to the National Zoo [...]
Friday, November 11, 2011
Autumn. You have to enjoy it in Missouri, because you only get a week. Joking, joking. Still, is there anything more reminiscent of fall than squash? Probably. But this meal has been in our rotation for awhile. It’s vegan, it’s balanced, it’s just kind of warm, in a hard to explain way. Michael and I [...]
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
This meal is simply red beans and rice. There’s no freaking vegetables – outside of an onion – mixed in with the red beans and rice. It is simple, stick to your ribs, spiced perfectly, cooked all damn day food. It is extraordinary, and at the same time it is terribly ordinary. There is nothing [...]
This is a recipe from the 21-day vegan kick start program, put out by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. I’m not going to push that program or PCRM, because I don’t agree with everything they say and do and quite a few of the recipes we tried from the kick start program were appalling. [...]
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Is good food hard? Time-consuming? Expensive? Sometimes. Sometimes not. I invite you all to join me periodically for a digression into what we’re cooking and eating. I’m considering hosting a separate blog for the subject, but for now, it will be here, categorized as “Recipes”. And in many ways, it belongs here. Michael and me [...]
Thursday, September 29, 2011
So… I came across this “comic” posted on facebook by an acquaintance. I always assumed vegetarians got their protein at the same store where they got their self-congratulatory, moralistic, righteousness. I love you assholes. But you’re still just making emotional appeals for a lifestyle that has never actually happened naturally at any point in human [...]
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
So, I’ve been tracking my eating with Lose It (the app for my phone and on the web) for a full month. A month ago, Michael and I sat down with some numbers, for example: The number which represents the dollar amount we spend monthly on food for me (Medifast – 5 meals a day, [...]