tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53293762627060301662024-02-20T16:19:09.242-08:00Miso for Breakfastcelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01593401931825241527noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329376262706030166.post-80204096228206097092011-10-31T22:21:00.000-07:002011-10-31T22:32:31.056-07:00Giveaway Winners, I am Looking at You!The winner of Caribbean Vegan is joyfulgirl415! Congratulations! and . . .The winner of the PPK swag and loot giveaway is Rachell37. Congratulations! And . . .Rachell37 has graciously said in her comment that she'd like to share her coupons with someone in the USA, and . . . that person is PeanuttyPrincess! Congratulations! You will receive coupons and some loot from Amy's. And . . .I'm still celynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01593401931825241527noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329376262706030166.post-33832188656322433702011-10-31T03:00:00.000-07:002011-10-31T03:00:05.746-07:00Giveaway: Caribbean Vegan!Today is the last day of MoFo, and so I have saved my personal favorite for last. Today is a giveaway for Taymer Mason's Caribbean Vegan! I was a tester for this cookbook so I have lots of photos.Made and loved: Island burger on salt bread with sauce chien, fried plantains, sweet potato fries, and coleslaw. I actually want to eat this right now.Made and loved: Creole spaghetti.Made and loved: celynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01593401931825241527noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329376262706030166.post-22835774324439091442011-10-30T08:41:00.000-07:002011-10-30T17:36:25.855-07:00Giveaway: Bryant Terry's Upcoming Cookbook The Inspired Vegan!Today I have for you a giveaway for Bryant Terry's upcoming cookbook, The Inspired Vegan: Seasonal Ingredients, Creative Recipes, Mouthwatering Menus! I am very pleased that Bryant Terry and Perseus Books have provided a promise for a copy of this soon-to-be-released title. The winner will receive their copy upon the cookbook's release in late January 2012. Thank you so much to both Bryant Terry celynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01593401931825241527noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329376262706030166.post-75002281645295880212011-10-29T17:06:00.000-07:002011-10-30T18:52:59.615-07:00Super-Special PPK Swag and Loot Giveaway!This is an extra giveaway for PPKers, because it features some beautiful things made by PPKers! Feast your eyes on a deliciously enticing Sunny Days cook zine (with recipes by lazysmurf, mollyjade, mo, ctate, inmypies, and many more) awesome issue three of Soyfucker by erica soyfucker, fantastic Tofu Pirate zine and buttons by the loveliest Panda With Cookie, three beautiful cards and a button celynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01593401931825241527noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329376262706030166.post-45837941608927670822011-10-29T00:00:00.000-07:002011-10-29T14:03:44.642-07:00Giveaway: Vegucated Documentary!I've told you before about my lovely August. Because of the Cosmopolitan Hour duo, I was able to attend Vida Vegan Con, which was wonderful. Tied to the conference was a pre-screening of a new vegan documentary film, Vegucated. And it too is wonderful. The multi-award-winning documentary follows three decidedly omnivorous New Yorkers as they give up their standard diet and do a six-week vegan celynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01593401931825241527noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329376262706030166.post-68756205578801580652011-10-28T00:00:00.000-07:002011-10-29T00:25:23.058-07:00Giveaway: The 30 Day Vegan Challenge!Today Colleen Patrick-Goudreau has graciously offered up a second copy of The Thirty Day Vegan Challenge! Says The Chicago Examiner, "[Patrick-Goudreau] excels in demystifying something that feels unobtainable to many people--vegan living--and...distills it into practical steps and information without dumbing it down. Colleen is like your best friend: supporting you but also encouraging celynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01593401931825241527noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329376262706030166.post-19207247249585046412011-10-27T03:00:00.000-07:002011-10-29T00:24:37.131-07:00Giveaway! The Five Paw Collection from Rescue Chocolate!I have for you today a sweet sweet giveaway. It's the Five Paw Collection from Rescue Chocolate! Do you know about this wonderful company? They give all net profits to animal rescue, and the chocolate is divine. Have a look here to see who they have donated to and who they partner with, and then come back here, because one lucky winner will get five chocolate bars, namely: 1 Peanut Butter Pit celynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01593401931825241527noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329376262706030166.post-73270126664102529782011-10-26T00:00:00.000-07:002011-10-29T00:25:23.059-07:00Afternoon with AndyDufresne, and a Giveaway: The Wonderful American Vegan Kitchen!Today I had the pleasure of having lunch with a vegan blogger you might know of, the charming AndyDufresne from the PPK and the blog In My Vegan Life. We went to an all-vegan Chinese restaurant called Green Wok and had the lunch buffet. It was medium-fine, with a standout being eggplant in a tangy sauce. The hot and sour soup was tasty too. I took photos on my phone, but they are not coming celynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01593401931825241527noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329376262706030166.post-8070595472962974032011-10-25T03:00:00.000-07:002011-10-29T00:25:23.061-07:00Giveaway! The Best Veggie Burgers on the PlanetHi, you guys, I am too tired to be original, boo. But yay, I am getting right to the giveaway, and you are going to love it! It's for The Best Veggie Burgers on the Planet: 101 Globally Inspired Vegan Creations Packed with Fresh Flavors and Exciting New Tastes, by Joni Marie Newman. Joni has generously donated a copy for you! I don't have this cookbook but I want it. I have Hearty Vegan Meals forcelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01593401931825241527noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329376262706030166.post-46978967458968195902011-10-24T03:00:00.000-07:002011-10-29T00:24:37.136-07:00Shout-outs to MoFo Bloggers, and a Food for Lovers Queso Giveaway!This is a Rapunzel of Queso upon a tower of vegan cookbooks, see?There's a Liebster Award thing going around? Three lovely people have bestowed it upon me, so thank you! I gather that it's to promote lesser known blogs. I think it's super nice that there's all of this vegan good will going around, yay! I don't want to chain-blog/make anyone feel obligated to repost, so instead of doing something celynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01593401931825241527noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329376262706030166.post-26176023639545319412011-10-23T03:00:00.000-07:002011-10-23T14:08:22.485-07:00Tester Peek, Viva Vegan Seitan and Chorizo, and a Giveaway for Viva Vegan!Terry Hope Romero has been writing recipes for her next cookbook! I received word just yesterday that I could count myself amongst the lucky testers. Of course I couldn't wait to get started, so what you see above is a bowl of delicious Asian miso-y soup. If this recipe is any hint of what's to come, testing is going to be amazing . . . and so is the cookbook.* * *So it's fitting that today's celynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01593401931825241527noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329376262706030166.post-67117383981854670052011-10-22T03:00:00.000-07:002011-10-22T19:43:25.242-07:00Flash Reuben, and a Dave's Killer Bread Halos Giveaway!This is the Flash Reuben, which is all kinds of yum.You make it like this:1. Think about tonight's blog post. Inspiration in a thought bubble: reuben! Look at amount of daylight left. Panic.2. Check pantry. Defrost Viva Vegan steamed red seitan and Dave's Killer Bread Rockin' Rye.3. Dash to store to get sauerkraut (Bubbie's). Get accosted by kiwi-berry pusher in produce. Eat one kiwi-berry. celynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01593401931825241527noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329376262706030166.post-49354135006613631082011-10-21T00:00:00.000-07:002011-10-22T19:41:50.961-07:00Quick and Easy Vegan Bake Sale, and a Giveaway for the Same!Have you seen this super-pretty cookbook? If you haven't, you should seek it out. For example,Made and loved: gingered chocolate chip (here, chunk) cookies.Made and loved: carrot and pineapple scones.Made and loved sweet and you will have to imagine it: sticky toffee pudding cake (omg). This is very worth imagining. Also, zebra cake and everything cookies.Made and loved: savory herbed crackers. celynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01593401931825241527noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329376262706030166.post-79370025520460656712011-10-20T03:00:00.000-07:002011-10-22T19:41:25.171-07:00Taza Chocolate and a Mexicano Sampler Giveaway!Do you know about Taza? They are based in Somerville (a place I lived and love) adjacent to Cambridge, Massachusetts and across The Charles from Boston. They make traditional Mesoamerican chocolate. They make it ethically and sustainably. It's all organic and fair trade, and it happens to be vegan. Rather than read my blog today, I am going to send you over to their website to read about how the celynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01593401931825241527noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329376262706030166.post-44461569151765520362011-10-19T03:00:00.000-07:002011-10-22T19:43:05.881-07:00Quick and Easy Post, Tomatoes with Horns, and a Giveaway for Q&E Low-Cal Vegan Comfort Food!I looked at the computer tonight and thought: oh my god, I have to write a post! I'm tired! I have two 12-hour days coming up! So I considered. Quickly. Today's giveaway is quick and easy, I'm having an Amy's tofu scramble for dinner, why not make the post itself quick and easy?So I present to you something amazing, but something some of you (PPK) may have seen before: adjacent horned tomatoes. celynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01593401931825241527noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329376262706030166.post-83520545578393705502011-10-18T00:00:00.000-07:002011-10-18T00:00:06.001-07:00Giveaway: Sunny Days in Texas Zine!I have nothing to say that can rival the heart involved in the creation of this giveaway item or the cause it supports, so I won't post anything else today. Here you go.Today I am so happy to host a giveaway for the Sunny Days in Texas vegan cook zine! Have you heard about this zine yet? It's full of excellent recipes compiled by some of your favorite Texvegans, and it was created to raise celynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01593401931825241527noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329376262706030166.post-51881777683599389932011-10-17T03:00:00.000-07:002011-10-17T03:00:10.020-07:00Dirty Rice and Beans, and a Rancho Gordo Desert Island Sampler Giveaway!You know sometimes how you make a recipe and it knocks your socks off? You're puttering along and you think you're making something tasty, and then you take a bite and think Holy Cats? How did those ingredients come together to make this? That happened to me today. Above you see a tester recipe for Robin Robertson's latest cookbook endeavor. It's dirty rice and beans, and it's not just tasty, celynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01593401931825241527noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329376262706030166.post-57217865161451141462011-10-16T03:00:00.000-07:002011-10-16T20:52:52.848-07:00In Which I Visit India Sweets and Spices, and a Classic Giveaway: Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar!Yesterday I ventured to the scary suburbs of Portland, OR, to visit a shop that Nummers told me about a couple of years ago. This is a component of strip mall hell, but inside is another matter. We are going inside India Sweets and Spices. That spot of yellow is a kid's t-shirt. He was bouncing a football against the wall outside the shop. He won't be the only kid hanging about!You come in celynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01593401931825241527noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329376262706030166.post-5551456211508413662011-10-15T03:30:00.000-07:002011-10-15T03:30:01.626-07:00Tal Ronnen, and a Giveaway for The Conscious CookMade and loved: Celeriac Soup with Granny Smith Apples and Chive OilMade and loved: Twice-Baked Fingerlings with [Horseradish!] and Crisped DulseMade and loved and you will have to imagine it: Corn Chowder, Peppercorn-Encrusted Portobello Fillets with Yellow Tomato Bearnaise and Mashed Potatoes, Scallopini With Sake Shiitake Sauce and Crispy Udon Noodles.Made and didn't work: cashew cheeze. celynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01593401931825241527noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329376262706030166.post-64983901758911894412011-10-14T03:00:00.000-07:002011-10-14T11:58:32.629-07:00Hearty Vegan Meals for Monster Appetites, and a Giveaway for the Same!I had a fortunate August. First, I won a giveaway for Hearty Vegan Meals for Monster Appetites from the justthefood blog. (Then I won the last ticket to Vida Vegan Con from the fine, feisty women who bring you The Cosmopolitan Hour. For telling sad stories about my cat. Other than the kitty's travails, it was a great month!) (Then I got to thank Joni in person at VVC! Full circle.)When I receivedcelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01593401931825241527noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329376262706030166.post-19483522598930085582011-10-13T03:00:00.000-07:002011-10-22T19:44:33.163-07:00Biscuits, Gravy, and a Vegan Soul Kitchen Giveaway!Biscuits and gravy. Comfort food of the first order. For biscuits I like Tzippy's version, but I hear amazing things about Johnp's biscuits (can someone link me to these?) and also Bazu's. For gravy, mine, which riffs on Isa Chandra Moskowitz's recipe for tempeh sausage crumbles.Updated Tempeh Gravy for Biscuits1 8 oz package tempeh, crumbled fine1 onion, diced medium2 T vegan butter3 T flour3/4 celynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01593401931825241527noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329376262706030166.post-7357544220323171352011-10-12T00:00:00.000-07:002011-10-14T11:58:32.633-07:00Harissa, and a Q & E Vegan Slow Cooking Giveaway!Do you know about this Moroccan miracle condiment? I first read about it a few years ago, right around the time I went vegan. I was planning to make a Moroccan vegetable stew with fried almonds to serve over a lemony couscous, so I had a look around at harissa recipes. I happened across a great article in the LA Times, made the recipe, and fell in love. Harissa is a recipe you can tinker celynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01593401931825241527noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329376262706030166.post-84512651664353630012011-10-11T00:00:00.000-07:002011-10-22T19:45:09.618-07:00From Uwajimaya to Okonomiyaki, and a Giveaway for Japanese Cooking, Contemporary and TraditionalPsst. Okonomiyaki. Do you know about these delicious things? You should. They are savory Japanese pancakes chock full of vegetables, scattered with seaweed and sesame seeds, and served with a simple dipping sauce or a savory Worcestershire-like sauce. Here are mine. (I cut them into wedges for easier dipping.) This top photo shows how crispy they are. The photo below shows the wedges better. Do celynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01593401931825241527noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329376262706030166.post-82064320735834850972011-10-10T03:30:00.000-07:002011-10-16T20:51:07.257-07:00Uwajimaya Follow Up and a Giveaway for The 30 Day Vegan Challenge!Of course I couldn't go to Uwajimaya and leave empty-handed. I picked up some seaweed snacks, and these beautiful lime leaves. If anyone has an idea what to do with them, please tell me!This is myoga. I had a hard time remembering the word until I looked at it as m'yoga. m-yoga. Now I have it down. These are flower buds, a delicacy in Japan, and they are beautiful, right? You can shred and use celynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01593401931825241527noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329376262706030166.post-15052510377654520732011-10-09T03:30:00.000-07:002011-10-14T11:58:32.636-07:00A Visit to Uwajimaya, and a Vegan for Life Giveaway!Remember when I went to Barbur World Foods, the fantastic Mediterranean/Middle Eastern grocery store? Uwajimaya is kind of like that, but it's Asia and the size of a Walmart. There is a whole area of cute kitschy Hello Kitty and kitchen supplies and dishes and bentos and woks and rice cookers and chopsticks that I didn't get a photo of, but rest assured it's chock full of every kind, color, and celynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01593401931825241527noreply@blogger.com32