I MADE IT!!!!!!!!! Whew. What a frickin’ rush. 31 days of eating nothing but locally grown and produced food. If my friends and family thought I was an a-hole to go out with when I was just vegan…well, let’s just say I introduced a whole ‘nother level of pretentious to my loved ones this month. [...]
Locally Vegan Gets Fiery!
On March - 29 - 2011
Locally Vegan, Day 20-something-or-other. Not sure. Let’s just say it has been awhile. The sunshine decided to hang out for a few days, so I wanted to eat something absolutely beautiful to reflect my radiant mood. Wait, wait, wait. Full disclosure, people. Truly, I’ve been a little PMS-y or Post MS-y, or just plain pissy [...]
Simple Vegan Feta
On March - 28 - 2011
I was never a big fan of funky smelling cheeses in my cheese eating days. In fact, I think the only time anyone ever talked me into trying feta, I ended up spitting it back out onto his pizza slice (if you know me well, you know stuff like that happens a lot and probably [...]
Shitake Soup With Wild Wakame
On March - 25 - 2011
Who knew local food could taste so exotic? This simple soup is delicately flavoured with winged sea kelp, an ingredient that is abundant in our area of the world and needlessly feared by wimpy palates everywhere. Yes, we all learned quickly to avoid getting tangled in the stuff whilst frolicking in the waves as wee [...]
St. Patty’s Day Ravioli
On March - 22 - 2011
Oh St. Patty’s Day, or, as I used to call it in my youth-ier days, Night-Before-Me-Throwing-Up-and-Weeping-Most-of-the-Next-Day Day. Now that I am oodles more mature (read: saddled with three children), I thought why not make a Irish-type recipe in lieu of making a fool of myself in a public, jig-attempting forum? (Did I mention I’m not [...]
Locally Vegan, Day 7
On March - 7 - 2011
Well, well, well. Week one down. What have I learned so far? Eating 100% local requires an adjustment of expectations. Also, as my husband so helpfully pointed out around day 5, there is a reason people risked their lives over the spice trade all those years ago. Don’t get me wrong. The food I have [...]
Garden Beet Soup
On March - 6 - 2011
Beets are great. My Grandpa Mac grew them in his garden and I was always very excited when he felt like sharing. The colour of beets never ceases to amaze me: technocolour vegetables, they are definitely one of the most beautiful things we’ll ever get the pleasure to eat. And if bright colours equal healthfulness, [...]
