Eating From Scratch: Vegan Journey
"Reinventing Indulgence" One meal at a time!
BIRTHDAY CAKE! Speaking of birthdays— mine is in September! The 22nd to be exact and yes this blog is behind.. again! Remind me to NEVER do a DAILY blog ever again! Every year for many years my Mom would make me strawberry shortcake for my birthday. There was never a question of what I wanted and she of course […]
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Birthdays: One of the best reasons to go out on the regular and celebrate love and friendships. To be honest, when I first committed to a lifestyle change, it was very difficult for me to be social. That’s not the greatest thing for someone who happens to be very social and works in the “SOCIAL” business! One has to do what […]
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If I could dehydrate regularly, I would make granola, crackers and some type of bread each time. I could live on this food for sure. Crackers for me are my bread for now until I learn how to make other raw breads. I found this recipe in Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine by Gabriel Cousens, M.D. It’s for flax crackers but […]
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Trust the process of life. I have heard this affirmation many times, practiced it and try to life by it. I’m not quite sure why then I have a weird relationship with food but I’m sure it goes way back and for no appartent reason really. By this point, being well into vegan eating at vegan and non vegan places- […]
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Due to information overload, I am not quite sure where I saw the link that Rockin Raw is now located in NYC. I had heard of Rockin Raw but this was news to me– and pleasant at that! Raw is on the rise! I think the vegan and raw movement is underway in NYC although, of course, there is alot […]
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Lemongrass Coconut Crackers This is my second time making these. I realize now that my chef teacher at the Natural Gourmet Institute for Food & Health has called these crackers/ chips. When we made them in the Living & Raw Food Intensive- they were like thin crackers- almost chips. I have not yet achieved that state with mine. The ones […]
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As with any lasagna – this is a process… well worth the prep! I am truly a lover of all things lasagna. Lasagna has always been my thing. I would make lasagna for big parties and holidays! I used to make lasagna with meat but I have changed it up over the years. I have made lasagnas vegetarian, whole […]
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“VEGAN SAFE”– this phrase was delivered to me with my dinner entree! I love being spoiled. One might just assume beans are vegan if it’s already stated that they are “vegetarian” but apparently, that is not the case. Same goes for rice too (in general)! Many restaurants love their butter and why not. Butter fattens everything up to an explosion […]
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“A new raw food restaurant..” That’s all I need to hear and you have my attention. My friend told me about another restaurant vegan and raw- I was so excited! The first thing I asked about was the seating. It’s almost frustrating to frequent these places with 4 tables or less- always a wait!. Not almost frustrating– it IS FRUSTRATING– […]
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