http://blog.vegkitchen.com Thu, 15 May 2008 00:05:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Check in on Thursday, May 15, for the podcast interview I did with Erik Marcus on [vegan.com][vc]. We discussed how my family transitioned from vegetarian to vegan, recipes from [Vegan Express][VE], and a fond look forward to fresh spring produce. We also talked about how Erik's many non-veg listeners might ... http://blog.vegkitchen.com/2008/05/vegancom-podcast The minute spring arrives, I'm completely in the mood for main dish salads. Here's one I'm making tonight. The delicious twist is the addition of a prepared chutney, which you can find in the international aisle of well-stocked supermarkets as well as natural foods stores. It's simple to prepare and ... http://blog.vegkitchen.com/2008/04/recipe-of-the-week-tropical-tofu-salad Erik Marcus of [Vegan.com][VC] recently ran a nifty feature on the top 10 vegan recipes of 2008. He contacted the authors of the top recent vegan cookbooks, in which he included [Vegan Express][VE], and asked each author to pick a favorite recipe from the book. I chose one that I ... http://blog.vegkitchen.com/2008/04/top-10-vegan-recipes-of-2008 Though this is listed as the first fall soup in my book, [Vegetarian Soups for All Seasons][VS], I was craving this soup this week. I haven't made it in ages! It's still a good soup for a chilly spring evening, particularly on a rainy day; but it's definitely not a ... http://blog.vegkitchen.com/2008/04/recipe-of-the-week-vegan-french-onion-soup Over the years, one of the recipes readers have asked me for most often is a lighter, dairy-free version of pasta with Alfredo sauce, that creamy concoction that in its original form must have a zillion calories. Doing a quick search on Google, I see that there are many recipes ... http://blog.vegkitchen.com/2008/03/recipe-of-the-week-pasta-with-enlightened-alfredo-sauce I'm so lucky! An Associated Press article on seitan, featuring my recipe for Jerk-Spiced Seitan from [Vegan Express][VE], is making its way across the web as well as the wires to newspapers and all kinds of media outlets. An AP photograph accompanies some of these stories, which appear differently depending ... http://blog.vegkitchen.com/2008/03/more-vegan-express-on-the-web-and-on-the-wires With Easter coming up this weekend, this nice Jewish girl (me) thought I'd look into some of the dishes I recommended as part of a veg Easter meal in one of my earlier books, [Vegetarian Celebrations][VC]. The dish that still most appeals to me is the one that follows. There's ... http://blog.vegkitchen.com/2008/03/recipe-of-the-week-lemony-bulgur-with-green-beans-and-walnuts Since I am too lazy to take photos of the recipes I post, you might enjoy, as I do, browsing the photos that other bloggers have taken of the recipes they've made from [Vegan Express][VE]. Here is a small sampling. Oh, and I might add, I'm really very touched and ... http://blog.vegkitchen.com/2008/03/vegan-express-on-the-web It's just a couple of short weeks away from spring, but it still seems like an eternity. This winter has been a hard slog all around the U.S., not sure how it has been around the world. In my corner of the world, the Hudson Valley region of NY State, ... http://blog.vegkitchen.com/2008/03/recipe-of-the-week-potage-polenta I am such a space cadet! I do mean to post Recipe of the Week on Sundays, and then, before I know it, it's Wednesday. Maybe if I try to do this on Wednesday, the post will be up on Sunday. One of my least-known books is [Pasta East to West][PETW]. ... http://blog.vegkitchen.com/2008/02/recipe-of-the-week-seitan-peppersteak-with-bean-thread-noodles