Vegan Dog Kibble
Try not to eat it all yourself. Remember it’s for your pup!
Pizza!
For the last day of Vegan Month of Food: Pizza! Pizza is one of my favorite foods. Probably because when I was a kid, my family nearly always celebrated with pizza. In spite of my love of bread, I like thin crust pizza best. This recipe will make a crust as thin as you can …
Vegan bowls
Along with a lot of great recipes, Appetite for Reduction by Isa Chandra Moskowitz has a great discussion about, and ideas for putting together a vegan bowl. This was my first attempt: Buckwheat noodles Steamed Cauliflower Steamed Broccoli Shelled Edamame Red beans Sesame oil Balsamic vinegar Soy sauce
Homemade energy bars
I’ve experimented with several different kinds of homemade energy bar recipes, but these are the only ones worthy of offering to others. They’re basically a mix of cereal/fruit/nut stuck together with nut butter and rice syrup. I started with this recipe from The Vegan Delicious blog. You might be able to skip the baking step, …
Friday night entertainment
If you haven’t seen Forks Over Knifes, stream it tonight. It’s available so watch instantly on Netflix.
Pan-fried plantain
This recipe was based on Madhur Jaffrey’s, “Sautéed Yellow Plantain” from World Vegetarian. I used less oil than called for in her recipe. One plantain, yellow with black spots 1/2-1 tsp olive oil salt black pepper Heat oil in pan over medium flame. Peel plantain. After cutting off the stem, it peeled pretty much like …
Sweet potato biscuits
Sweet potato biscuits from Isa Chandra Moskowitz’, Appetite for Reduction. A good breakfast drizzled with a little maple syrup. I microwave-baked the potato in a microwave potato baking bag my mom gave me years ago. It works pretty well. Potatoes don’t dry out as much when nuked in the bag.
Sauerkraut
I don’t know if it’s just the salt or something else, but often after 8 or more hours on the bike I crave Bubbie’s Sauerkraut.
Randonneur rice bars
Today a recipe for my infamous vegan rice bars. It’s based on Allen Lim’s rice cakes. I often take 1-3 of these on brevets. It’s nice to have a break from packaged energy bars and Twizzlers. Moist Vegan Rice Bars 1 c. sushi rice 3 c. water 1 Dr. McDougall’s “Chicken” Flavor Ramen 1 packet …
Cowgirl beans
These beans reminded me of beans sometimes seen on menus as “cowboy” beans. They’re almost never vegan (though they should be), because someone thought they needed a little bacon (blech!), or pork (blech!) or chicken broth (blech!). After cooking pinto beans in the pressure cooker, I simmered them for a couple hours over very low …