Archive for November, 2010
‘Shrooms With a Brew: Sustainably Grow Your Own Gourmet Mushrooms
It was Spring ’09 and we were fourth years at UC Berkeley. Both of us had offers in corporate America. Investment banking and consulting seemed to be the futures waiting for us after graduation. All that changed one day after listening to a lecture in one of our business ethics courses when we first heard about the idea that gourmet mushrooms can be grown entirely on recycled coffee grounds. Read More→
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I find that the smooth, sweet butternut puree tastes just as good as sugar pumpkin in the classic pumpkin pie (vegan style)—perhaps even better! Once you’ve got the squash or pumpkin baked, which I do ahead of time, making this nourishing pie is a snap. It contains no eggs or dairy, of course, but no one will notice the difference.
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Here’s a recipe I’ve made many times over the years as a Thanksgiving main dish. It’s one of my family’s favorites, so I brought it forward from Vegetarian Celebrations into Vegan Holiday Kitchen. This layered casserole of cooked cornmeal topping a tasty bean chili is adapted from a Native American recipe. Photo by Rebbeca Crump of Ezra Poundcake. Go to her site to see her original post on this recipe. Read More→
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You can get all the ingredients for this fast, fresh-tasting noodle dish in the Asian foods section of any well-stocked supermarket or natural foods store. Adapted from Vegan Express. Photo courtesy of the blog My Electric Ride. You can serve this, as suggested here, with some steamed broccolini and red cabbage for a dazzling effect. Read More→
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Though this uses only a half-pound of pasta, it’s so chockfull of vegetables that it makes quite a heaping helping. Serve with a salad of fresh greens with chickpeas for a complete and hearty meal. Read More→
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Here’s a summer pasta dish that’s perfect for using all those ripe, juicy tomatoes. Read More→
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Juice Power (from your blender) by Teoorah B.N. Shaleakh is a compact little book that immediately appealed to me, because though I like the idea of juicing, I don’t like juicers. The recipes in this book use the whole fruit (except in the case of citrus, of course) or vegetable, and often in unexpected combinations. So in a way they are more like smoothies or blended beverages.
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Here’s a vegan version of the slightly sweet, traditional Southern biscuits. Read More→
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