At the end of last month, Lindsay of Cooking For a Vegan Lover, organized a vegan care package swap on her blog. As soon as I saw her announce the swap, I jumped at the chance and let her know I would like to participate. Lindsay set me up with my swap partner, Lauren, and [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Thanksgiving Feast
Posted in Desserts, Dinner, Main dishes, Side dishes, Thanksgiving, Vegetables, baked goods, tagged baked goods, dessert, pumpkin, seitan, squash on November 27, 2009 | 9 Comments »
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Mine was delicious, and I am still full from it many hours later. We decided to keep it simple and eat outside since the weather was really nice today. It started to get dark right as we sat down to eat. Here’s a picture of our Thanksgiving table, [...]
What Are You Thankful For?
Posted in Life, Nature, Pets, Thanksgiving, Uncategorized on November 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Back in elementary school, I remember having to write a list of what I was thankful for every year around this time. Back then, I was thankful for family, friends, my pets, my house, food, and much more. Now that I am adult, I find myself being thankful for many of the same things I [...]
Cheesy Herb Drop Biscuits
Posted in Appetizers, Thanksgiving, baked goods, tagged bread, Breakfast, easy on November 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Yesterday, I found this biscuit recipe while searching for some rolls to make for my Thanksgiving dinner. I stumbled on these biscuits from VegWeb, and decided to try them out instead.
I actually didn’t read the recipe correctly and added too much milk, but they came out great that way. Since the dough was a bit [...]
Thanksgiving Ideas
Posted in Dinner, Main dishes, Side dishes, Thanksgiving, Vegetables on November 21, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Every since I became a vegan, I have been in charge of cooking up elaborate Thanksgiving dinners for my family each year. I usually to do most of the cooking since my family members aren’t as well-versed in vegan cooking as I am, and it has been a task that I take on with full [...]
Feels Like a Monday
Posted in Breakfast, Chocolate, Dinner, Fruit, Legumes, Lunch, Main dishes, Salads and dressings, Side dishes, Snacks, Vegetables, tagged beans, Chocolate, coffee, easy, healthy, light meals, sweet potato on November 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Since I have been on vacation for a while, getting back to work today has made it feel like a Monday, rather than a Wednesday. I guess this is good since that means the weekend is almost here! I can’t believe Thanksgiving is already next week. Where has this year gone?
Breakfast today was a simple [...]
A Day At The Beach
Posted in Legumes, Lunch, Main dishes, Nature, Restaurants, Salads and dressings, Side dishes, Tofu, Vegetables, tagged drinks, healthy, light meals, Tofu on November 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I am sad to say that my family from Boston is now back home, but I am also happy that I will finally be able to get back to my normal routine. In other words, I will be eating much healthier and working out again (it has been over a week since I had a [...]
Sushi, Spiders, and Sunshine
Posted in Dinner, Nature, Side dishes, Tofu, Vegetables, tagged Tofu on November 15, 2009 | 6 Comments »
This weekend was one of the best I have had in a very long time. Aside from perfect weather, I had family in town and we did lots of fun outdoor activities together.
We kicked the weekend off with a fun happy hour at RA Sushi in South Miami. I had bites of lots of different [...]
Wine and Cheese Night
Posted in Appetizers, Chocolate, Salads and dressings, Side dishes, Snacks, Tofu, tagged cake, crackers, easy, olives, Tofu, wine on November 12, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Last night was so much fun! My sister and her boyfriend arrived around 5 pm and shortly after that we began our vegan wine and cheese night. As far as food goes, I put together a bunch of little appetizers to have instead of an actual meal.
Two varieties of vegan cheese with stone-ground mustard:
This cheese [...]






