something dutch (apparently)

joe claims this dish to be a dutch dish.  i've never heard of it, so i can't say for sure.  we put some yves ground turkey onto a baguette with some mushroom gravy.  preface it with a salad, throw it next to a side of garlic mashed potatoes and corn, and you've got yourself a true meat and potatoes meal.

vegans vote for obama

the night of the long-awaited election, a few vegans in brooklyn enjoyed some black bean burgers and beer.  we all voted yes for the burgers, but the race was on between sierra nevada pale ale (obama) and budweiser (mccain).  after florida did two counts of the ballots (no kidding), obama was the winner.

the vegans were pleased to elect a vp who won't kill game from a chopper, and they were also pleased that california passed proposal 2, banning gestation crates, battery cages, and the like.

vegans in the kitchen making difficult decisions about toppings and candidates and the like.

election center 2008.  l to r: various news sites, cnn.com live, cnn map

oops!

i guess i have turned into a bad blogger.  an entire month has elapsed without an update.  now i have a few posts built up, but not as many as you would think.  this kitchen has seen many nights of rice and beans or other simple fare.  we've also had two families come to visit, which meant a lot of vegan nights out (which were all fantastic, of course).

to whet your appetite for me perhaps blogging again, here is a picture of some fancier than normal rice and beans that were consumed quite some time ago.  (ok, you will have to excuse the strange looking guac there, but we didn't have any sort of liquid to add, except salsa.  kind of pathetic, i know)

magical mystery tacos?

according to the recipe i found, these are linda mccartney's tofu tacos. whether that's true or not, they were easy to make and tasted great.

pineapple lentils

these little lentils cooked themselves on saturday afternoon. all the more time to fold laundry!

note: i used only 2 cups of dried lentils and 5 cups of water. i kept everything else the same. i know the ingredients sound pretty bland, but this does taste quite nice. it's a great reprieve from taste bud overload.

cupcake in a pod!

i haven't even eaten this yet, but it's too cute to not love. it's such a sweet little cupcake pod. it's from 'snice in brooklyn (where we also enjoyed a triple decker club and sesame chicken wrap).

brooklyn pancakes

years ago, pancakes and i had a falling out on the side of a highway in rhode island.  we have since resolved our issues and begun loving each other again.  these pancakes come from vegan with a vengeance, which was born and bred in brooklyn.  isa always knows what she's doing, so, of course, these are fantastic.  the only problem is that joe won't let me eat them every day, even though i ask at least that often.