Hey! You know what I forgot? I forgot that since it is Vegan Mofo, I am suposed to be theming it up with my posts. My original intention was to do something centered on kid friendly recipes and teaching children healthy eating habits for life, but my first two posts have been kind of pity-party-complainy-narcissistic [...]
Ginger Miso Quinoa, 2 Ways
On May - 12 - 2011
I tend to cook a lot of one pot meals: stews, soups, curries and casseroles are my go-to dinners. I enjoy the simplicity of having everything you need in just one dish. Also, I’m pretty busy most of the time. How can I possibly be expected to think of more than one thing to make [...]
Fat Free Quinoa Tabouleh
On January - 30 - 2011
This is another “I made so much quinoa, now what?” recipe. But isn’t tabouleh just the best? Everyone loves tabouleh and cute and curly quinoa is a mighty fine stand-in for bulgar. It’s gluten-free to boot. INGREDIENTS: – 2 1/2 cups cooked quinoa, cooled – 1 bunch curly parsley, about 1 cup chopped – 1/2 [...]
“Tuscan” Tomato-Lentil Quinoa Stew
On January - 13 - 2011
This is a stew born out of leftover quinoa and a dream. And perusing yet another one of the thoughtful X-mas gifts my badass husband gave me. He loves words like badass. And appies. And guac. And he loves when I falsify information about him in a public forum. He’s so weird. The gift part [...]
Vegan Quinoa “Meat” Loaf
On January - 11 - 2011
Loaves were not big in my house growing up. The legend of the “Two-Meat-Loaves-in-One-Day-While-on-Vacation-And-One-Was-Smothered-in-Canned-Mushroom-Soup-Ew!” was oft told and the moral (loaves are gross) always heeded, so I actually have no idea where my appreciation for a nice loaf originated. But loaves ARE nice! Especially on a supposedly snowy day (I’m looking at you, Environment Canada! [...]
