Recipe: Simply Seitan-ical

by | Jan 24, 2013

I ate my meal so quickly the other night that I didn’t stop to photograph it, so you’ll just have to use your imagination while you read (or look at it yourself when you make your own version). When I got my first apartment back in 1994, one of my favorite...

Recipe Remix: Chili-stuffed Sweet Potatoes

by | Jan 16, 2013

Remember this chili recipe? Well, here’s a super simple way to rejigger it: make it, but omit the sweet potato/carrot in the mix. Instead, while the chili’s cooking, roast a sweet potato1 in the oven, then stuff each half of the potato with the chili and...

Cold cuts

by | Jan 11, 2013

I’m sick.  I’ve been pretending like I wasn’t, but, finally, this morning, I gave in and canceled all my plans for the day, lied down on the sofa, and spent the entire day sipping hot tea with honey, knocking back meds, and blowing my nose. I...

Recipe: Open-faced BBQ Tempeh Sandwich & Sides

by | Jan 9, 2013

This photo does no justice to tonight’s meal [note to self: learn how to take better photos of food] which was a vegan feast of barbecue-style tempeh, potato salad*, and the usual string bean side dish.  In the world of processed vegan protein foods, the bf and...
Recipe: Leftovers Salad

Recipe: Leftovers Salad

by | Jan 5, 2013

The East Village is not exactly known for its spacious apartments. As a matter of fact, my building, much like many of the surrounding ones, is a renovated tenement, which once contained large, shared areas, often housing hundreds of residents at a time from the late...