Recent Posts Tagged With 'comfort food'

• Top 10 Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes, Featuring Pumpkin Cheesecake with Candied Cranberries

  Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 22:11 in vegan, bread, dessert, salads, appetizers, comfort food, low-fat, beans + lentils, fast (under 30 mins), cookbook recipes, dips + spreads, veg resources

  Ah, yes, Thanksgiving... perhaps the most anxiety-filled holiday for vegans (and turkeys!) alike. It's one of those days when your vegan/vegetarian values will likely end up on display, in subtle and not-so-subtle ways. However, it's up to you to ...

• Perfect Potato Pancakes

  Posted on Friday August 14th, 2009 at 15:06 in vegan, breakfast, appetizers, comfort food, low-fat

  Potato pancakes (aka: potato latkes) have held a special place in my heart ever since I first discovered them in a book my grandma gave to me when I was around 10 years old. Oddly enough, the recipe came from a food-based science experiment book, alt...

• Cheese-Less Flatbread Pizzas: They're Re-Vegan-Diculous!

  Posted on Tuesday May 26th, 2009 at 04:09 in vegan, appetizers, comfort food, low-fat, fast (under 30 mins), pizza + pasta

  So, here's the deal: I was never a big "cheese lover" when it came to pizza (even before becoming vegan). I always hated how the melted cheese got super-stringy, like an obnoxiously long strand of gum or something.Basically (in my book) too much chee...

• Cuban Black Beans + Rice

  Posted on Saturday May 2nd, 2009 at 05:34 in vegan, comfort food, low-fat, beans + lentils, fast (under 30 mins)

  To say it's been a long time since my last post is clearly a gross understatement.However, instead of trying to catch you up on all of my shenanigans (several cooking classes, a fantastic concert, mild food poisoning, and a brutal non-Swine-Flu-relat...

• Portland: Part Deux

  Posted on Wednesday March 11th, 2009 at 04:03 in vegan, bread, breakfast, dessert, beverages, comfort food, burgers + cutlets, veg resources

  CH and I recently got back from Portland, OR (it was our second trip there in less than a year!), and I'm pretty sure that Portlanders are doing just about everything right. They have good food, delicious coffee, nice weather, beautiful scenery, laid...

• Oscar (or Any!) Night Pretzels

  Posted on Monday March 2nd, 2009 at 17:09 in vegan, bread, appetizers, comfort food

  Like many of you, CH and I spent Oscar night basking in the warm glow of the TV and consuming tons of delicious food. And, since we had seen (and loved!) most of the nominated films, we decided to celebrate our excitement regarding the ceremony by pr...

• Lively Up Yourself Lentil Soup

  Posted on Sunday February 10th, 2008 at 18:40 in vegan, comfort food, low-fat, beans + lentils, soups + stews, sat. veg blog recipes

  If there's one thing in life that I know for sure, it's that a warm bowl of lentil soup will cheer just about anyone up.Personally, I've witnessed cold weather, pessimism, and even a general disdain for lentils be overcome by this simple, yet delecta...