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Quickie Lunch: Vegan Tostadas

By On August 26, 2010 · 2 Comments · In Recipes and Food

This week has been crazy insane. Between getting ready for Grant Park Summer Shade and my writing obligations, there hasn’t been time for elaborate cooking. Luckily, I discovered this super fast method for making tostadas that doesn’t heat up the whole house with the oven.

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Vegan Southern Style Grits

By On August 19, 2010 · 5 Comments · In Recipes and Food

Shrimp and grits is sort of a Southern brunchy staple, and I have to admit it’s something I miss. I tried making tofu and grits, using tofu seasoned with some Old Bay, and it was good but wasn’t quite hitting the spot.

I decided that rather than try to approximate this dish I’d take [...]

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Ten Quick Vegan Lunch Ideas

By On July 8, 2010 · 4 Comments · In Recipes and Food

I’m in a little bit of a lunch rut these days. I think it might have something to do with all the traveling I did in the past month. Now that I’m home and cooking again, I’m having trouble getting back into the swing! Lunch seems to be the toughest for me, because I [...]

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Curried PBJ Sandwich. No, Really.

By On June 28, 2010 · 6 Comments · In Recipes and Food

So a couple of weeks ago, a friend on Facebook made a joke about having way too much cilantro on hand:

I have an abundance of cilantro right now so everything from my salsa to my PB&J is getting it (okay, not the PB&J…kidding)

He may have been kidding, but I was totally taken [...]

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DIY Convenience Food: Chewy Baked Tofu

By On May 3, 2010 · 2 Comments · In Recipes and Food

Some friends and I made a trip out to the Super H Mart to pick up some Asian treats last week. One of the awesome things about this place is that they make their own tofu. I knew that I had to do something special with this super fresh block of extra firm bean [...]

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