When I was in New York, I had dinner with my friend Emma at Angelica Kitchen. We both had chili and cornbread, which came with a side of a pico de gallo/fresh salsa made with butternut squash instead of tomatoes. I loved this little side dish and have been wanting to try to recreate it […]
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Peppermint Bark
When I used to work as a barista in a coffee shop at the Pike Place Market, we sold peppermint bark as a seasonal holiday treat. As an employee, I got a significant discount on these gift-type items and so I bought some of the peppermint bark to take home to Pittsburgh for my aunt and uncle and my grandmother […]
Vanilla Extract
One of our crafting projects for holiday gifts (quick! family and friends cover your eyes!) was homemade vanilla extract. The first thing we did was locate the materials we needed for the best price possible. We found beautiful 4 oz corked bottles at Specialty Bottle for $1.89 each. We bought a reasonably priced, but good quality […]
Sidecar for Pigs Peace Bake Sale
Sidecar for Pigs Peace, in case you’re in Seattle and have not visited it, is a tiny 100% vegan grocery store in the University District. It is owned by Pigs Peace Sanctuary, which my mom and Eric and I visited for my birthday this year, and a portion of the proceeds from the store go straight […]
Cookie Mix Jars
On our crafting day last Thursday, Tish and I decided to make cookie mixes in recycled mason jars. There are lots of recipes floating around online for these and we improvised, using some recipes for guidance and creating a veganized recipe that we hope you’ll like. We used 24 oz spaghetti sauce jars. The recipe here […]
Dinner at St. Dames
Last night, my lovely friend Rain (over at Rainblissed blog) took us out for dinner to celebrate the completion of my generals. We went to St. Dames, in the Rainier Valley neighborhood of Seattle. Eric and I go to St. Dames semi-regularly when we’re in the mood for vegan/vegetarian comfort food and when we have some time to […]
Spiced Cider
I took a short hiatus (2 days) from the blog. Honestly, I’ve not had any ideas for what to post and I didn’t want to just post to post. We’ve been having lots of family time with Eric’s brother (Mike) and his wife (Marianna) and their kids (Ayanna and Alder) and Eric’s mom (Ruth) and […]
Thanksgiving Recap
This Thanksgiving was so nice. I got up early yesterday morning and started cooking and had everything prepared to go over to our friends’ (Karen, Jeremy and Oliver) by 12:30. Eric and I actually had time to sit down and watch an episode of Glee and and episode of The Big Bang Theory before we headed […]
Mulled Wine
Yesterday was another crafting day. We were not quite as productive as we had hoped. I think the magnitude of our planned projects was a bit overwhelming. But we did wrap some of the soap we made, cut out a bunch of fabric for the sewing projects we’re doing, and make mulled wine. I would […]
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving can be stressful for vegans and nonvegans alike when the the question of what to eat comes up. For many people in the U.S., Thanksgiving has been tied, for generations, to the preparation and consumption of a turkey. Becoming vegan, particularly for ethical reasons, challenges this tradition and can result in a range of discomfort. Some family […]
