For the love of Seitan

Spicy Mole Poblano sauce

Man, I love me a good mole sauce. It’s been a hard transition, becoming vegan, with most of the traditional mole sauces made with lard and / or chicken stock. But having found a couple of restaurants that make vegan mole, I’m convinced that you don’t need lard or chicken stock to make it. And [...]

NOLA Red Beans and Rice (without the rice)

My high school friend, Maggie, commented a while back on her facebook that her boyfriend’s Red Beans & Rice was so good she couldn’t stop eating it. I begged her for the recipe and she gave it quite willingly…but it was loaded with bacon and sausage. Apparently it is an old New Orleans family recipe, [...]

Seitan street tacos

We’re trying to follow a starchy carb-free, sugar-free diet right now. It’s been brutal, especially while maintaining our vegan standards. But I think that restrictions make me more creative, which brought me to seitan street tacos. Takes maybe 10 minutes to prepare, and about 2 minutes to comsume. No sugar, no bready floury crap that [...]

Quick Salad: Heirloom tomato & avocado

Oh man. My mother-in-law made this for me after we got back from 4 days of camping in Yosemite. I was filthy and itchy from millions of mosquito bites. The summer evening was idyllic – 75 degrees, a slight cool breeze, sunset, heaven. And then she brings out this salad and I almost died, it [...]

Yuba Arame salad

My husband has begged me to post this recipe, mainly because it’s not written down and he wants to make it for his lunches. It’s loaded with protien and all the goodness of sea vegetables, plus super-healthy sesame seeds. Ingredients: About a pound of yuba, fresh and sliced into 1/2″ thick ribbons 1 or 2 [...]

No-Bake Strawberry Pie with Pecan/Almond crust

Yesterday I went to a BBQ. The last time I had gone to a BBQ, although there were lots of vegetarian options, there was no vegan dessert, which made me cranky, as I wanted to indulge in some serious sugar. So this time I brought my own. And all I got was a small slice; [...]

Tempuevos Rancheros

I had a mean craving for huevos rancheros brunch this morning. This is what I whipped up. Yum. Ingredients: 4 tbsp olive oil 1 small red onion, diced 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 medium yukon gold potato, diced 1 serrano chile, diced 1.5 tbsp fresh oregano, minced 1 yellow bell pepper, diced 2 roma tomatoes, [...]

Broccoli white bean maple soup

I’m just getting into experimenting a bit with cooking. For most of my cooking life, I have been a strict recipe follower. But having taken a cooking class and having paid attention in the kitchen with my mother in-law, I am slowly learning the fun of no-recipe cooking. I was craving soup the other day [...]

Yuba rolls with squash and wild mushrooms

I was waiting to post this recipe until I had a good photo of the dish, but my friend has some extra yuba in his fridge and needs a good recipe. I’ll post one the next time I make this recipe. It’s not to be missed: easy to make, pretty fast, and tastes delicious. Also, [...]

Red Velvet vegan cupcakes with Cream Cheese frosting

Who doesn’t love cupcakes? At work we used to get them every time someone had a birthday. Then I went vegan, and all I could do was stare at the lovely red velvet cupcakes everyone else was eating and dream of cupcakes past. Enough of that, I said to myself. Here’s an awesome vegan red [...]