"Reinventing Indulgence" One meal at a time!
I love the memories of consistent home cooked meals with friends and family around. Growing up, this was more of a weekly event but later with my friends, I recall more of a monthly get together. What is especially on my mind is the times of hanging out with my Brazilian friends. One friend specifically, Janaina, did the cooking. Today […]
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What daily blogger skips the whole month of December? lol Me .. I guess! However, I will not let that get in the way of a tremendous year of BEING VEGAN EVERY DAY!!!!!!!!!!! I am new to blog writing and even my approximate 300 posts exceeded my wildest expectation for the year! I do of course feel bad that I […]
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Not having expectations can often lead to pleasant surprises. I was closing my summer place for the winter. I knew that the kitchen and refrigerator were pretty well stocked with grains and legumes so I didn’t load up on groceries when I headed over. I made once stop and it was for greens– specifically SPINACH! Just greens.. one item and […]
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Cravings… are they real or are they memorex? For me I want to say that they are both! Honestly though, the only physical thing my body may ask me for IS FOOD in general.. as in hunger pain. It doesn’t specify that the hunger is a sugar hunger. There are two different things here.. a hunger pain and a sugar […]
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I’m still in search for some semi-healthy soy chicken to use for a dish that I am going to prepare for our annual holiday staff party! The next experiment was with soy nuggets. I simply sautéed the frozen nuggets in a pan with a little extra-virgin coconut oil. I covered it and flipped the nuggets until golden brown. Honestly, to my […]
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Funny how I am pretty much a city girl at heart, yet I hear about NYC vegan things from far away and unexpected sources. This time it was my Dad’s wife who lives in Westchester, NY. Ok.. it’s not that far but I’m surprised that I don’t know these things. She sent me an article about MAY WAH market in […]
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Wanna pre-pay your calories? Now is the time! We just enjoyed Thanksgiving and now the rest of the holidays are around the corner: Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Years! For many, now is too premature to go into a full lifestyle change (although there is no better time than the present). Most people will ride out the rollercoaster of life’s […]
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By the time one searches for a real vegan pie.. one could make it themselves! Unless of course you live next to a vegan bakery! It’s Thanksgiving and I’m pretty sure it will be hard to sit through a dining room filled with desserts like pumpkin pie, pecan pie and blueberry crumb pie! Instead of waiting out the torture and getting […]
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Being the quinoa fan that I am, this recipe jumped off the page of VEGANOMICON and practically onto my palate. Have I mentioned that I also have pineapple almost daily. Again, since we do not live in Hawaii, I’m not sure if that’s a good thing, however, with respect to this amazing stir-fry.. it’s a necessity. This is a great […]
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SWEET POTATO-PEAR TZIMMES WITH PECANS AND RAISINS This dish was such a hit with my family and friends that I promise right now- I WILL MAKE IT AGAIN for the holiday staff party lol. Simply amazing.. Another recipe from VEGANOMICON by Isa Chandra Moskowitz & Terry Hope Romero Ingredients Yams or sweet potatoes – 2 or 3 large yams or […]
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