Mix ‘n Match Cake (Healthy AND Low-Calorie)

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A Veggie Sandwich to Make Hardcore Carnivores Convert

When I first became a vegetarian (way back before it was cool), I had a really hard time finding animal-friendly lunches (especially sandwiches). Dinner was easy because I could cook anything I wanted. But, lunch…lunch had to packable and, preferably, not something that needed to be served hot. (I was never the kind of person [...]

My friend went to Korea and all I got was pictures of food

Ok, well, that’s not entirely true. But aren’t there T-shirts that say something like that? All of the pictures and descriptions in the slideshow were taken by my good friend, Susannah Hope. All I did was “enhance” them in iPhoto and crop some of them to remove background. Since this is a vegetarian blog, I [...]

Curried Lentil Loaf with Chatpata Butternut Sabzi

It’s been so long since I’ve written. I wish I could say it’s because I haven’t felt much like cooking; because I haven’t been able to find the words; because I’m lost in other (more fascinating) endeavors. If only that were the case. If only… I actually made this loaf awhile ago but its posting [...]

Indian-Spiced Quinoa Edamame Cutlets (and some ramblings on life)

I went and saw my advisor today. I think I was hoping for him to give me the answers–tell me what to do with the rest of my life. The bureaucratic nightmare that was the posting of my transfer credits is finally over, which means I did indeed graduate this past semester. Yay, yipee, right? [...]

Chocolate Whoopie Pie

Good news: after watching me spend a painstaking amount of time photographing these (Michigan winters do not make for good photography), my friend/sous chef/taste tester that happened to be over at the time decided they were quite delectable. (She did agree with me on the point that they were more like cookie-shaped cakes, but was [...]

The Ghosts of Christmas Present

Yes, I realize it’s no longer Christmas, but inventing entirely new recipes from scratch takes time!! And I’ve been out of practice Anyway, enough with the excuses… So far, we have… Carrot Squash Pudding                               Edamame Cookies: Version 1 (yes, I’m serious) [...]

A Christmas Carol: The Foodie Version

I had a whole thing planned out. Each ghost would show a tale more morbid than the last (just like the in the story), but, instead of ending happily, the lesson at the end would be that nothing changes. It was really all quite poignant. Unfortunately, it was also quite depressing (in the most existential [...]

Who is that?

More often than not these days I find myself staring into the mirror wondering who that is I see. There must be a human there somewhere: a human with real thoughts, real emotions, real dreams, a human with a modicum of talent. As the weather gets colder, the smell of dying leaves in the wind [...]

Veggie…Stuff

Did you know the police can ticket you for being one inch out of a metered parking space? I had to go downtown today for an interview and this meant that I also had to park along the street. Now, since I don’t really DO parallel parking (I’m barely coordinated enough to do regular parking!), [...]