Category Archives: food

Meatless Monday: sweet and sour cabbage

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Kate

This is a recipe from Robin Robertson’s Fresh from the Vegan Slow cooker. I had a whole cabbage from the CSA and I usually make slaw, soup or if I’m feeling really fancy stuffed cabbage. I thought I would try … Continue reading →

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Meatless Monday: two-lentil Chili from fresh from the vegan slow cooker

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Kate

When I got home from this year’s LSA I didn’t really feel like going to the grocery store. Thankfully, I had storage vegetables, dried lentils and tins of veg in my cupboard. I had everything I needed for two-lentil chili … Continue reading →

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Review: Engine #2 Diet

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Kate

Keeping with the theme of this year, I read this book because I knew it was vegan and I thought it would have good recipes. I really enjoyed the recipes and I like all of the stories about people taking … Continue reading →

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Lifestyle Blues

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Kate

I have a lot of things on the horizon and so most of my energy is going towards getting everything together for my dissertation proposal, getting everything ready for a workshop in Amsterdam, getting everything ready so that I can … Continue reading →

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Review: The Lean by Kathy Freston

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Kate

This book seemed so easy and wonderful that it was a book (and an eating plan) I just had to try out. Kathy Freston’s book outlines a 30 day eating plan that asks you to make one new small change … Continue reading →

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Stocking Staples

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Kate

My friend Emily in a recent post highly recommended that you buy frozen veggies when you grocery shop. I think this is a great idea and I do this as well. Don’t know what to have for dinner? Break out … Continue reading →

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Coconut Tempeh Nuggets

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Kate

These sounded delicious to me. Coconut nuggets with some fries and maybe a cocktail with a little rum in it? Yes, that sounds like the perfect summmer shut-up-I’m-a-real-grown-up dinner. Like chicken nuggets but without having a vein snap back at … Continue reading →

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Spinach and Potato Pie

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Kate

So, this is another one of the dairy-free recipes. I found in it the 4 ingredient vegan cookbook. It is a pretty easy recipe and also used up the phyllo dough in my fridge. Who doesn’t love easy recipes with … Continue reading →

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VT’s Pineapple skewers with pineapple fried rice

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Kate

For Easter it seemed appropriate to cook something special for dinner. I decided to do this pair of recipes from the January/February issue of Vegetarian Times. I love pineapple. I love it so much. And, this seemed like the perfect … Continue reading →

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VT’s cherry-almond strudel

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Kate

This is another review of a recipe from this month’s Vegetarian Times. I figured since I had a bunch of phyllo dough, I’d continue to work my way through the fancy phyllo recipes. It turns out, I’ve noticed, that phyllo … Continue reading →

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