Category: Vegetarian Diary
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Stay at home breakfast: spicy mushroom gravy
Spicy Mushroom Gravy 2 T butter 2 T flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 2 cups milk 1/4 pound of mushrooms 1 T red pepper flakes Heat the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in the flour until smooth. Cook and stir over medium heat until browned, about 5 minutes.…
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Substantial Salad: It’s a crowd pleaser!
I’ve been neglecting the farmer’s market lately…March just came and went without any trips to the market at all! When April arrived, I got my act together (the thought of morrels had me going to the market at 7 am!) This is one of my favorite times of the year for fresh veggies: beets, potatoes,…
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Forks Over Knives Documentary
A friend recently recommended this documentary, Forks Over Knives. [I’d heard of the Fork It diet, which basically means eating only with a fork and therefore eliminating finger foods, most meat products and a lot of dairy items. It seems to be a clever way to remind yourself to make healthy choices.] This documentary is a…
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Japanese Style Salad Dressing
This salad dressing makes me want to lick my plate clean! The recipe is exactly like the hibachi restaurant style dressing. I have made a double batch of this every week for the past month, and we love it just much now. I’m a fan of making homemade salad dressing (never understood why the row…
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Whole Foods Superfood Salad
Ingredients: Kale, chopped Napa cabbage, shredded Carrots, shredded Grape tomatoes, sliced in half Sunflower seeds Blueberries Cashews, chopped Red onion, sliced (& optional: not if I’m making it for lunch at work!) Dressing 1/4 C Apple cider vinegar 1/2 C Olive oil 1 cup Acai berry juice Cayenne Salt Pepper Garlic, optional I picked up…
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Thai Yellow Pumpkin and Seafood Curry
I love seafood. I love tuna steaks, tuna sandwiches, tuna salads, you name it. Crab is my filet mignon. Scallops are the ultimate treat. When I decided to become a vegetarian, giving up seafood was my biggest challenge. I didn’t want to half-ass it, and be one of those “I’m a vegetarian, but I still…
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Big Cat Week on National Geographic Wild
Did you all catch Big Cat Week on NGW? It had to be the best week of television and definitely beat out shark week in my opinion. Like most everyone, I’ve always loved lions and tigers, but I was really drawn to the Big Cat initiative through Cause An Uproar. The program taught me that…
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A veggie sandwich, hold the hummus please.
One delicious, exciting, happy veggie sandwich. Could I please find one restaurant that has a veggie option sans hummus? I want something more exciting. Yes, I said I want my sandwich to be EXCITING! I will never order a tortilla wrap with hummus, lettuce and whatever other veggie is on hand to throw in. Gross…
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I love this video.
I saw this video tonight at the movies. Love the song. Love the message. Love Chipotle & Willie Nelson. Hope you can take a minute to watch.
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The Best Bloody Mary in Kansas City
I hope you didn’t miss my addition [Happy Gillis] to the list of KC restaurants that support local farmers. This is one of the first restaurants we tried because it’s in walking distance of our loft. Urbanspoon reviewers suggest that Happy Gillis has the best bloody marys in town…I soon learned that many KC brunch…
the happy veggie 