Noodles, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways… … Okay, so if I actually sat here and counted how many different ways I love noodles, I’d never get another blog post done. Because really…noodles! Rice is great, quinoa is great, but there’s something about a big bowl of noodles with savory sauce [...]
When I first got a copy of Happy Herbivore Abroad, I spent a little time going through it for recipes that looked like something I wanted to try. By the time I finished, the book was bristling with bits of paper marking page after page of beautiful, tasty-looking food. Among them was migas, a dish [...]
I’m continually inspired by the things that show up in my monthly Tasterie box. In April one thing in particular caught my eye: a gluten-free waffle mix that uses oats and walnuts as its base. Of course my first thought was, “Breakfast for dinner!”, but tofu scramble didn’t sound quite right as a companion to [...]
In the kitchen as with elsewhere in life, you live and learn. Very quickly, in fact, if you’re trying to toast pine nuts in a pan instead of in the oven like you’re supposed to. Thanks to the Penne with Broccoli Rabe recipe from the Forks Over Knives cookbook, I now know what completely charcoaled [...]
This may *look* like a regular bowl of oatmeal, but it’s actually a magical combination of whole grain and cinnamon goodness. (I think I channel Chocolate Covered Katie when I eat oats.) Every once and a while, the co-op where I shop has a decent sale on Eden Foods cereal flakes. There are have several [...]
May 18th, 2013 
Sam 
Noodles, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways… … Okay, so if I actually sat here and counted how many different ways I love noodles, I’d never get another blog post done. Because really…noodles! Rice is great, quinoa is great, but there’s something about a big bowl of noodles with savory sauce [...]
May 12th, 2013 Sam 
When I first got a copy of Happy Herbivore Abroad, I spent a little time going through it for recipes that looked like something I wanted to try. By the time I finished, the book was bristling with bits of paper marking page after page of beautiful, tasty-looking food. Among them was migas, a dish [...]
May 8th, 2013 Sam 
I’m continually inspired by the things that show up in my monthly Tasterie box. In April one thing in particular caught my eye: a gluten-free waffle mix that uses oats and walnuts as its base. Of course my first thought was, “Breakfast for dinner!”, but tofu scramble didn’t sound quite right as a companion to [...]
April 29th, 2013 Sam 
In the kitchen as with elsewhere in life, you live and learn. Very quickly, in fact, if you’re trying to toast pine nuts in a pan instead of in the oven like you’re supposed to. Thanks to the Penne with Broccoli Rabe recipe from the Forks Over Knives cookbook, I now know what completely charcoaled [...]
April 23rd, 2013 Sam 
This may *look* like a regular bowl of oatmeal, but it’s actually a magical combination of whole grain and cinnamon goodness. (I think I channel Chocolate Covered Katie when I eat oats.) Every once and a while, the co-op where I shop has a decent sale on Eden Foods cereal flakes. There are have several [...]
April 19th, 2013 Sam 
{Don’t forget to enter to win a copy of Happy Herbivore Abroad! Contest is open until tomorrow–Saturday–evening at 8pm EST!) Polenta! I love it so. I love it enough to babysit a pot of boiling cornmeal and water for half an hour to get a creamy, tasty finished product, a finished product that’s hard not [...]
April 13th, 2013 Sam 
It’s no secret that I love recipes from the Happy Herbivore cookbooks, so when I had an opportunity to review the latest, Happy Herbivore Abroad, I jumped at the chance! More than just a cookbook, this latest installment in the HH series contains stunning photographs of author Lindsay S. Nixon’s travels around Europe along with [...]
April 6th, 2013 Sam 
With the exception of Christmas Eve, holidays in the QV house are usually times when the flexitarians and omnis in the family revert to their meat-eating ways. Christmas Eve has been my “domain,” so to speak, ever since I went vegan, while my mom has stuck to omni traditions on other special occasions. This Easter, [...]
March 31st, 2013 Sam 
Happy Easter, everyone! Hope you had a blessed and relaxing day complete with tasty vegan food. Ever have one of those weeks where you don’t have 5 minutes to yourself? Yeah, it’s been like that leading up to the holiday. Not all in a bad way–I got to spend some seriously fun time in the [...]
March 23rd, 2013 Sam 
My favorite recipes from Lindsay Nixon’s Happy Herbivore cookbooks tend to be those that re-create classic non-vegan foods. Take, for example, her chickpea tuna. As a former eater of tuna sandwiches, I have to say that I like Lindsay’s version much better. She has some great “cheese” sauce recipes as well, including one that’s remarkably [...]
