By Leighann on May 11, 2008 in Vegetarian Cooking, What's Cooking? | 0 Comments
Ice Cream – The Natural AlternativeThere are hundreds of ice cream flavors on the market. And many of them taste very good. Unfortunately, most ice cream is full of fake stuff… high fructose corn syrup, artificial flavors, preservatives, etc. Yuck. I have found a great alternative. No, not some fancy expensive alternative. Just Breyer’s Natural [...]
By Leighann on Apr 28, 2008 in Uncategorized | 0 Comments
That’s One…A farmer just got married and was driving his new wife home in his open buggy. Their mule stopped at one point, and refused to go on. The farmer quietly said, “That’s one.” and whipped the mule, who kept going. A few minutes later, the mule stopped again, refusing to go on. The farmer [...]
By Leighann on Apr 26, 2008 in Healthy Living, Nothing Like a Good Book, Vegetarian Cooking, What's Cooking? | 1 Comment
20 Minutes to Dinner by Bryanna Clark GroganThe subtitle for this book is Quick, Low-fat, Low-Calorie, Vegetarian Meals. And it should be noted that they are also vegan: no eggs, no milk, cheese, butter, or other dairy, and of course, no other animal products. Most of her recipes include some kind of tofu, or other [...]
By Leighann on Apr 21, 2008 in Gripes | 1 Comment
Warning about Tesas Tea MailsOk, I hate writing negative posts, but this is just ridiculous. Tesasteamails is known as a “really good” PTR (paid to read e-mail site). One that actually pays, etc. So I signed up for them, hoping at least to redeem for ads (as you have to do with most of these [...]
By Leighann on Apr 13, 2008 in Healthy Living, Nothing Like a Good Book, Vegetarian Cooking, What's Cooking? | 0 Comments
Laurel’s Kitchen by Laurel Robertson, Carol Flinders, and Brian RuppenthalI’ve seen that there is a “The New Laurel’s Kitchen” now, but I’m not familiar with it. This is for the original. Having spent time with a vegetarian family (we were provided food, but no meat, and I had to cook), I got a lot of [...]
By Leighann on Apr 13, 2008 in Green Stuff, Healthy Living, Vegetarian Cooking, What's Cooking? | 0 Comments
Groats to Oats – Why roll your own oats?Probably most of you reading this have never heard of a groat (huh? Is that some kind of exotic goat? or just a typo?). But I was recently introduced to groats and the concept of hand-rolling them into oatmeal. It seems like a lot of work, but [...]
By Leighann on Apr 7, 2008 in Healthy Living, Vegetarian Cooking, What's Cooking? | 0 Comments
Totally Vegan Mud Pie CakeMmmm… chocolate cake! No eggs, no butter, no milk. Completely delicious, and easy! I found this recipe at a cabin I stayed at recently in Canada. Our hosts were vegetarian, and I did have a bit of milk and eggs, but we were pretty limited. On this particular night, I was [...]