Eating From Scratch: Vegan Journey
"Reinventing Indulgence" One meal at a time!
Sometimes I just like to try something new and different– work with vegetables that I am not familiar with! One time, and in all places, Macys, I had an incredible vegan salad bar dinner while shopping! I had something so good that I had never seen before- it looked like baked tofu and was on the heartier side. It was […]
Read moreThis is a follow up to a previous blog post of mine on fermented green cabbage: SAUERKRAUT. It deserves it’s own post first because it’s incredibly delicious and healthy and second due to noted future safety precautions as I almost sliced open my hand! I have never fermented cabbage before this year- now I will ALWAYS have this or […]
Read moreFinally! I finally made it over to the V-SPOT Cafe in Park Slope! I have been waiting for them to reopen after their renovation. Now their new hours only include Thursday through Sunday. They have a side business in catering their vegan food to many of the NYC health food stores- it’s their retail division and you can access information […]
Read moreAfter a splurge of tiny vegan restaurants lately, I felt this was going to be another with only a few tables. It’s frustrating to wait for these places with few seatings. It took me a while to get a reservation at Dirt Candy and now I am still waiting for Kajitsu. I felt relieved when I walked in to see […]
Read moreOur business meeting rolled over into dinner time! The choice- old school Italian! Of course, my nerves started rattling- oh my.. what in the world am I going to eat in an authentic Italian style “meat” filled restaurant. Remember, I don’t eat pasta either! Not just what am I going to eat- but what may I be tempted by. It’s not easy when […]
Read moreBeing more of a night person, it’s not the easiest thing to meet people for an early lunch however I finally made it down to the outskirts of Park Slope to meet up with a longtime friend, chef and major fan of all things healthy. Taso of Swoon: Sweets & Savories began a cup cake business a few years back- […]
Read moreIt’s 2-4-1 today! Two delicious spontaneous recipes by me! Yes, the simple thrown together last minute recipes- those are mine hehe. Once I started to think about it- I came up with a few different things to make with seitan! I guess you can say I am having a high power protein week!I decided to make fake chicken McNuggets. Wait.. […]
Read moreNow that I have a huge tub of rubbery SEITAN- what am I suppose to do with it?You know I had to immediately make something. I wanted to taste the seitan with some kind of sauce base. Black beans and tomato sauce came to mind so I began to season and cook some organic black beans. Seitan with black beansBlack […]
Read moreSEITAN– I still do not pronounce it right lol! “Say-Tan” – listen for yourself here. It’ also called wheat meat, vegetarian white meat and also gluten. It’s made from wheat gluten.. the main protein in wheat, thereby making it high in protein itself. after cooking I have cooked with seitan before and ordered it in restaurants but i was truly inspired and determined […]
Read morePAIN AU LEVAIN: aka sourdough bread!I think that’s what I made. I am not a bread maker by any means nor a fermenter (yet) so I’m not 100% up on the terminology, hence the procrastination of writing this blog. Interestingly enough, I have never been more proud of my “cooking” self as I was tonight! I have never made bread- […]
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