by Esther | Jan 16, 2013 | Recipes, Soups, Tools
Ok so this one’s a little fancy, but I want to give it a shout-out anyways, because I love love love my Vitamix. Seriously, I don’t know how I functioned without it. Ok, that’s not true, and I was vegan for 3 full years before I had a Vitamix so...
by Esther | Jan 14, 2013 | Vegan info
What? Yup, umami, you heard me. Maybe it’s just me, but I’m guessing a lot of you also haven’t heard this word before, so it’s the perfect way to get back to our A-Z series. Umami is the 5th of the 5 basic tastes, along with sweet, salty,...
by Esther | Jan 10, 2013 | Main dishes, Recipes
This week a client for a cooking lesson didn’t have any particular recipes she wanted to make, but suggested something with asparagus and mushrooms, so I found this recipe on epicurious (which always has wonderful recipes), and I thought we could veganize it...
by Esther | Dec 31, 2012 | Desserts, Recipes
OR: The Easiest Cookies in the World I happened to have red velvet cake mix. I was going to a Redskins-Cowboys game watching party. I realized red velvet was SO the right color for a Redskins game. But I wanted to make red velvet cookies out of the cake mix because...
by Esther | Dec 28, 2012 | Bread, Breakfast, Desserts, Recipes
Remember how I named my kale salad “Cranberry Bread Kale Salad” because in the midst of eating it non-stop for 2 weeks (it was that good) somewhere along the way I realized it tasted like cranberry bread in a bowl? Well here’s the recipe for that...