2 Tab nondairy margarine 2 Tab macadamia butter (or raw cashew butter) 1 teaspoon mustard 1 Tab lemon juice 1 Tab flour 1 Tab Nutritional Yeast (optional) Soymilk (or your favorite nondairy “milk”) Box of small pasta shells (prepared according to package directions) Melt margarine, cashew butter, mustard, and lemon juice in pan, stirring together …
Monthly Archive: May 2008
May 24
Lavender Stirred Custard
2 – 1/2 cups soymilk or water 1/4 cup rinsed chopped fresh lavender flowers, or 2 Tab dried lavender 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup cornstarch pinch of salt 1/2 tea vanilla 1. In a small saucepan over medium heat, bring soymilk (or water) to steaming but DO NOT BOIL. Turn off heat. Stir in lavender, …
May 19
Writer's Cafe (the program) and other technical writing tools
For the past month or so, I’ve been using “Writer’s Cafe” on my new EEE PC, so I think I have enough experience to review this program for any other novices that might be interested in my opinion based on my admittedly short experience. Whew! Run on sentence. Novice, remember? Anyway, my relative newness to …
May 15
The Dandelion – a much maligned miracle.
To weed or not to weed. That is the question. The answer may be as simple as a change of outlook. Weed? Bah… Harvest your dandelions! When Spring comes, some people groan as they see their grass covered in the cheerful golden faces of dandelions. Others rejoice and then, if at all possible, attend the …
May 12
Hominy cutlets
*On a recent podcast episode of Vegetarian Food for thought, Colleen Patrick Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks read “Pig” (synopsis) by Roald Dahl. While I found the short story a bit disturbing at the end, the hero of the story was supposedly a master gourmet vegetarian chef. One of the things he made in the story …
May 12
Vegan White Gravy
nondairy margarine flour Soymilk salt and pepper Melt about half a stick of nondairy margarine in a frying pan over low to medium heat. When almost completely melted, sprinkle on a little white flour til the mixture forms a roux. The mixture will stiffen up and become pasty. Before the mixture burns, add soymilk a …
May 12
Dandy Burgers
*I really hate to see how people disparage this noble and beautiful “weed.” Besides being lovely, every single part of a dandelion is edible – from the roots right up to the beautiful blossom. 1 cup packed dandelion flowers (remove the white bottom part, just the yellow) 1/2 cup flour 1/4 cup water or soymilk …
