Quasi-recipe: Aw, sugar, sugar.

by | Feb 2, 2013

For a reason that is of no business to you, yesterday, I had a major craving for a chocolate-layered hunk of chocolate sprinkled with chocolate-covered chocolate.  So, naturally, I plugged in my panini press and made this: If you would like to make one of these, but...

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...

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...

Quasi-recipe: Lovely lentils

by | Dec 22, 2012

Inspired by one of my favorite side dishes at LIC Market, I set off to incorporate lentils into my salad yesterday.  There are so many good things about lentils and they’re so simple to make, dressing them up or down as you like.  As a kid, I remember having...