Archive for May, 2009
Waffle Party!
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009Did you know today is an international waffle party day? Well, it is. Created by Dave and Jen of WaffleParty.com, I first heard about it through a random ad on Facebook. There it was, a photo of a waffle with something like “Vegan Waffle Parties” written underneath — who wouldn’t click on that!? After checking [...]
Hungry, anyone?
Saturday, May 16th, 2009I’ve been on a baking frenzy, which means a fridge full of sweets and an ever-expanding waist line. This week’s menu included a lemon tart, pumpkin cheesecake, mushroom pasta, asparagus with sweet tomato dressing and strawberry shortcake.
I like my lemon tarts tart! I adapted the lemon bar recipe from The Joy of Vegan Baking to [...]
Rugelach
Friday, May 8th, 2009Rugelach is a tasty Jewish pastry that consists of rolled up dough containing fillings such as raisins, chocolate, cinnamon, fruit preserves and ground nuts. My hairdresser and I often talk about my vegan baking and she mentioned her love of rugelach so I decided to make some for her. After researching numerous recipes online and [...]
“Be the change you wish to see in the world”
Friday, May 1st, 2009I love this quote by Gandhi. It’s this very notion that we as individuals must be the driving force for change and progress that first inspired me to become vegan. I’ve been thinking lately though that there is a lot more work that I could and would like to do around vegan activism. I’ve sometimes [...]