Ramblings of a Vegan Man

MoFo: Down with the Sickness

jeffrey — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:37:01 +0000

Why hello there! October hasn’t exactly given me the winningest hand. I’ve been busy as heck up until a few days ago, when I got sick. I’ve been aggressively resting since Monday evening in hopes that I can cut it off before the “weeks and weeks of lingering illness” stage, and I might be succeeding. It feels a bit luxurious to be lounging around in bed reading and sleeping, though I know it’s what’s needed.

Sick time is not the time for fancy meals. There are three things my mom gave me when I was sick: Sprite, saltines, and Lipton cup-o-noodles (I think the amount of chicken involved would need to be measured by chemists, but still not vegan). To this day, it’s still what I want. Amy’s has a nice “no-chicken” noodle soup that hits the salty broth spot, not to mention a vegetable bouillon cube dissolved in water. For dinner I branched out to some tater tots and a Chick’n patty. Not exactly adventuresome eating, but nourishing and comforting.

What do y’all want to eat when you get sick? Share with me, so that the next time I get felled by germs I can kick it up a notch or three.

MoFo: Brownie => Waffle => Cake

jeffrey — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:44:45 +0000

Here are Isa’s chocolate chip brownie waffles made as a cake. I’m curious as to how far this can go. If I take the cake and crumble it up and put it into cookies, I can have brownie waffle cake cookies. And then if I take those cookies and put them into some brownies, I can complete the cycle with brownie waffle cake cookie brownies.

This is definitely a waffle-y cake. Perfect for election season?

MoFo: Engaged!

jeffrey — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:13:10 +0000

It’s that time of year, the Vegan Month of Food (a.k.a VeganMoFo)! It’s time to celebrate veganism and cooking and vegan cooking – in Blog Form! This is a fun event that has bloggers from all over the place sharing their stuff and fostering a real sense of community, even across the Internets.

I’ve got a list of things to write about, and another list of things to cook. Let’s enjoy this MoFo!

Chocolate Raspberry Mini Cakes

jeffrey — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:25:51 +0000

Chocolate raspberry mini bundt cakes with a raspberry glaze, topped with a raspberry. To be eaten with a Raspberry Beret.

Pizzamentation

jeffrey — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:40:38 +0000

A delicious pizza experiment:

Make your favorite pizza crust, cover liberally with puttanesca sauce, and bake. When the pizza’s out of the oven, swirl on some chilled pesto. Serve. Be prepared to be amazed.

Ranchero

jeffrey — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:55:57 +0000

I tried out Vegan Express’ tofu ranchero. A poor choice of salsa on my part left the sauce a bit chunky, and it doesn’t hold a candle to a real ranchero sauce, but the end product was savory, spicy, and infinitely comforting. I used to love huevos ranchero before Veganization, and this tickled me in the right place.

Looking at this picture and others, I seem to be infatuated with sprinkling cilantro on my food:

On a Roll

jeffrey — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:37:35 +0000

If I could, I’d make cinnamon rolls every day. I think that it would be pretty much the best job in the world to bake yeasted breads.

NoodleQuest

jeffrey — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:07:37 +0000

I am on a noodle kick! Tonight’s dinner was whole wheat noodles with veggies and a spicy peanut sauce. So comforting.

More Pad Thai

jeffrey — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:41:00 +0000

I made the Asian Vegan Kitchen Pad Thai again tonight, this time with bean sprouts and chives. The prep is a bit on the time consuming side, but worth every morsel. It also uses a crazy number of prep bowls.

One Five Oh

jeffrey — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:22:50 +0000

I weighed in at 150 pounds this morning, which is up 9 pounds from the end of April. My body fat percentage remains low, but not too low. 150 was also my initial goal for weight gain, and now I’m there. Achievement Unlocked!

My ideal weight is 160, but I know there’s a lot of work and time (and a lot of vegan eats) to get there in the right way. I believe now that it can actually happen.