Tuesday, December 18, 2007

I came across this survey here and thought I'd fill it out :)

1. Favorite non-dairy milk?
Silk. Chocolate is the best, but I've acquired a taste for the plain stuff too.

2. What are the top 3 dishes/recipes you are planning to cook?
nanaimo bars (for a potluck)
faux liver pate from How It All Vegan (for a potluck)
sushi to go with my new serving platter!

3. Topping of choice for popcorn?
Earth Balance margarine and a bit of salt

4. Most disastrous recipe/meal failure?
primavera pasta in a slowcooker

5. Favorite pickled item?
pickles only

6. How do you organize your recipes?
cookbooks, in a recipe book by category

7. Compost, trash, or garbage disposal?
trash, but I would love a kitchen composter, or to live in a city that composts

8. If you were stranded on an island and could only bring 3 foods...what would they be (don't worry about how you'll cook them)?
mac and cheese
soy ice cream
fruit

9. Fondest food memory from your childhood?
my dad's potato dumpling soup

10. Favorite vegan ice cream?
mint fudge

11. Most loved kitchen appliance?
food processor

12. Spice/herb you would die without?
basil

13. Cookbook you have owned for the longest time?
Garden of Vegan

14. Favorite flavor of jam/jelly?
strawberry; blueberry in close second

15. Favorite vegan recipe to serve to an omni friend?
cupcakes!

16. Seitan, tofu, or tempeh?
seitan

17. Favorite meal to cook (or time of day to cook)?
dinner

18. What is sitting on top of your refrigerator?
flashlight, cards

19. Name 3 items in your freezer without looking.
corn, bread, filo

20. What's on your grocery list?
stuff for nanaimo bars

21. Favorite grocery store?
Superstore

22. Name a recipe you'd love to veganize, but haven't yet.
my mom's broccoli bake

23. Food blog you read the most . Or maybe the top 3?
Gooberific Goes Vegan
A Veg*n for Dinner
Vegan Dad

24. Favorite vegan candy/chocolate?
Lindt' silver package chocolate
swedish berries

25. Most extravagant food item purchased lately?
nothing comes to mind

Monday, December 17, 2007

Camera or No Camera

I've been cooking a little bit, so I figured I'd write about it, so I don't completely lose my blogging skills ;), even though I don't have the best part: the pictures!
I made tasty tempeh chili from La Dolce Vegan yesterday. I didn't eat it yet, but the few tastes I had were promising. It has onion, garlic, tempeh cubes, corn, chili, cumin, tomato sauce and tomatoes. I'm looking forward to topping some baked potatoes with this, since I have a ten pound bag to use up!
I had leftover tempeh, so I also made the tu-no tempeh salad from LDV. Its basically crumbled tempeh with soy mayo, and typical tuna salad fixings. It was very good broiled with some cheese on toast...mmmm. Billy even said it tasted somewhat like tuna. I guess that would be from the kelp powder.
I also made my all-time favourite...mac and cheese! If you haven't made this (from LDV) yet, and you have access to vegan soy cheese...do it now! I love it, it's my go-to recipe.

Well that's that. Billy and I are in the process of moving into a bigger place, so I won't be buying a new camera anytime soon, but hopefully I can get mine fixed.

Monday, December 03, 2007

Wow I have a blog?

Hahaha. It has been forever. Just though I'd post a quick update for anyone that still checks occasionally. My camera is officially broken, so no pictures. School is busy as all get out, so I don't cook as much as I would like, but I still have fun in the kitchen.
We finally found a new, bigger apartment, so I can stretch out into a bigger kitchen :)
If you have How It All Vegan, you must make the peanut butter chocolate cups. If you miss Reese's PB cups, this is for you! I'm eating way too many.
Anyways, hopefully I get a new camera soon when I magically win the lottery so that I can start posting some pictures.