Here is one of my favorite snacks. It’s inspired by the Creamy Cottage Cheez recipe (p. 46) in The Ultimate Uncheese Cookbook by Jo Stepaniak. My version is a little lazier, but it’s still high in protein. Vegan Cottage Cheeze with Pineapple Chunks 1 14 ounce tub firm (or soft) tofu 1 20 ounce can …
Category Archive: Recipes
Jan 02
Nutritional Yeast: the surprisingly yummy vegan treat!
Normally, I prefer to use ordinary, everyday ingredients in my cooking. You know what I’m talking about. The type of ingredient that you can get at virtually any grocery store, whether it’s in Los Angeles or the most out of the way town you can find. Things like flour, spinach, apples… heck, even vegan soy …
Dec 25
A Very Vegan Christmas!
When I first went vegan, I was asked several times what we’d do around the holidays – as if eating flesh, eggs, and dairy were prerequisites for a happy holiday! I offer as an example our Christmas feast for this year (2008). We had Celebration Roast with brown gravy, mashed potatoes, carrots, and brussell sprouts …
Dec 22
Christmas Craft: Vegan "Gingerbread house"
I wasn’t going to post anything specific to the holidays this year, but this craft was too cute to pass up. Christopher’s second grade class did this as a Holiday project, so I can’t take credit for the idea. I did “veganize” the ingredients though. What you will need: 1 quart soymilk or orange juice …
Oct 04
Recipe: Dilled Puree'd Lima Beans
As a little girl, I never was fond of beans. I’m not talking about regular ol’ string beans, but BEANS beans if you know what I mean. You don’t? Well then, I guess I’ll have to explain. The little roundish beans of infinite variety – everything from black beans and pinto beans all the way …
Sep 22
Yummy Chunky salad
Mixed greens baby spinach chopped fresh vegetables (red pepper, broccoli, green onion, etc.) raisins sliced almonds (or other favorite nut like walnuts) 1 can rinsed chickpeas 1/4 lemon (squeeze on top) about 1/2 cup (canned) fried onions (on top of everything else, like croûtons) Mix everything together in order. The measurements are really up to …
Jul 13
Creamy French Onion soup
4-5 Tab olive oil 4-5 onions, chopped (more if you wish for a thicker soup) salt and pepper to taste Herbs de Provence, dried 1/2 – 1 whole head of garlic 2 cans cannellini beans (aka white kidney beans) 1 or 2 lemons (for juice) OR 2/3rd cup lemon juice Roasted garlic (optional) Bread Vegan …
Jun 22
Fantastic salad!
Fresh spinach and/or mixed fresh greens fresh strawberries raisins (and/or dried dates, any kind of small chopped dried fruit) sliced almonds (or you may substitute crushed walnuts) *Assemble ingredients in order listed. Add dressing. Either an Asian ginger vinaigrette or a poppyseed dressing will go well with this salad. It’s yummy!
Jun 22
Poppyseed dressing
1/4 cup Raspberry balsamic vinegar 4 teas sugar 2/3 teas salt 2/3 teas mustard 2 teas lemon juice 2/3 cup veg oil 1 Tab Poppyseeds Mix all ingredients. Enjoy! *Note: I looked at a bunch of recipes for this at different websites, and tweaked one of them (but I honestly can’t find the one I …
Jun 07
Lemonade cake
* 1 cup sugar * 1/3 cup nondairy margarine * 1/2 teaspoon salt * 2 1/4 cups sifted flour * 1 teaspoon baking soda * 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder * 1 cup water * juice from 1 lemon DIRECTIONS 1. Cream together the sugar and margarine. 2. Use a sifter to add the rest …
