Hell Yeah It's Vegan!

As should be well established at this point, I don’t really believe in buying food. I’m also just about as far as you can get from being a health food junkie. I am definitely the last person to urge you to go out and purchase expensive, frou-frou, health food store goods that claim to cure cancer and end global warming and whatever else.

So I did not go out in search of chia seeds after they were featured on Oprah! or whatever last year. Chia seeds found me. With an entire pound of them staring me down from the cupboard, I decided to give them a chance. Read More

I love June, and not just because I was born in this perfect month. From plums to blueberries, mulberries and strawberries, trees and bushes where I live are just bursting with perfectly ripened fruits. When a friend gave me some perfectly ripened strawberries freshly picked from her garden plot, I was so excited you couldn’t have wiped the smile off my face with steel wool. I could almost taste the strawberry shortcake in my future. I have yet to find anything that compliments the complex flavors of ripe strawberries better than cream. Read More

Hey, y’all! It’s been a while. I wrapped up my internship at Farm Sanctuary a couple of weeks ago and have been stuck in a seemingly endless cycle of packing and unpacking ever since. Read More

Dear everyone out there who was offended by my vegetable-based corned beef hash in March: let me make it up to you. This corned beef seitan should please even the biggest weirdo corned beef purist. What you do with this knowledge is up to you, but I strongly suggest making a reuben.

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I recently moved out of the apartment I’d lived in for the past two years, a situation which calls for easy recipes that don’t require a lot of cookware or ingredients. This tahini caramelized onion sauce was perfect for the occasion. It is comforting and seriously one of my favorite on-the-fly recipes ever, and one to which I return time and time again. Read More

Recently, Chicago Soy Dairy sent me a complimentary log of their newly reformulated mozzarella Teese. The claim: it tastes the same, but it melts and stretches. I decided to put it to the ultimate test: vegan mozzarella sticks. Read More

I don’t know how the weather is where you live, but here in Watkins Glen, spring is being a real tease. I thought this year’s days of warm, comforting meals were over, but of course, Nature felt differently. It snowed this weekend, and not in the mood to fight it, I got in perfect cold-weather form and whipped up a pot of creamy curried coconut lentils. Read More

I like to have a variety of homemade snacks on hand at all times. Not only are they a fraction of the price of store-bought treats, but you also get to be completely in control of what goes into them–no nasty chemical preservatives involved. Tamari almonds are a perfect place to start, as they store well, and making them at home is incredibly easy. Read More

There’s nothing quite like a waking up on a lazy weekend to a warm, gooey cinnamon bun. I bet you’re wishing it were Friday already! As am I, my friends, as am I. I always like to have things to look forward to, though, so here’s a recipe for pumpkin cinnamon rolls to help you start off your weekend right. Read More

Similar in concept to a Skor bar, a quick peek around the Internet will reveal that chocolate toffee matzah has long been a popular Passover treat, and for a good reason: it’s delicious. It’s also easy, which makes it a perfect addition to candy plates any time of year. Read More