Why, I had quite a pepper, courgette, culinary productive & smiling vegan-filled weekend. I’m allowing this stateside use of courgette, since I assembled a Gordon Ramsay recipe using said squashes on Saturday. It’s a shame that I don’t have photos of my personal, colorful (finally!!) Saturday Farmers Market haul, or of the actual potlucks and [...]
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World’s Cutest Eggplants become Persian Eggplant Stew
Yeah, most of these striped little nightshade dream boats were smaller than my fingers. This was a multi-step roasted stew. I loosely used the recipe in Veganomicon as a guide. When doesn’t that happen? First, I trimmed the tops off the unpeeled, mini eggplant wonders and sliced them in half, length-wise. This was roasted in [...]
The Intrigue of the Pizza: balsamic beets, sweet corn & cauliflower basil ricotta
Cauliflower Basil Ricotta. Basically, I substituted semi-boiled cauliflower and a small handful of cashews for the primary component of the tofu ricotta recipe in Veganomicon. I added more basil, nutritional yeast and a bit of miso to overpower the ‘flower. The pizza had both creative toppings and very particular slicing. The dough was spread with [...]
Khao Soi Yellow Curry Noodles with Tofu
Khao Soi Yellow Curry Noodles with Tofu and assorted vegetables Adapted from the Thai-Burmese style recipe on Veggie Belly and various others, based on my available ingredients and whim. Inspired by the notion of cauliflower + curry, a field trip in deep SE Portland to the Lents International Farmers Market for produce, great pour over-style Ethiopian [...]
berry picking, subsequently followed by strawberry chocolate swirl cream pie
Blueberry Fields Forever, Sauvie Island I had my first taste of berry picking fulfillment this past weekend with a few friends. As usual, it was a berry stained dress of a blast. Getting to farms and carrying home pounds of berries is problematic without a car (or ambition to drive), so I am thrilled when [...]
dave’s killer breaded seitan
Dave’s Killer Breaded Seitan, Steamed Kale, BBQ Sauce This very American dinner was appropriately based around the seitan lite from the American Vegan Cookbook. Of course, the other star is the pride of the Pacific Northwest: Dave’s Killer Bread. The baked seitan cutlets were breaded with a mixture of toasted, pulverized Dave’s Killer Good Seed [...]
Cashew Basil Cream & Roasted Garlic Stuffed Morels
Only one thing would have these mushrooms even better – if I had foraged for them! Alas, they’re from the farmers market. That being said, my first real NW foraging adventure is in the works and these were darn affordable for fancy mushrooms that could also be mistaken for elven hats. The mushrooms were stuffed [...]
Grilled Seitan and Portobello with Pistou
Grilled Seitan and sliced Portobello with Pistou I may not have a garden with fresh basil, or a backyard to grill in, but I do have access to numerous, inviting farmers markets and my handy dandy cast iron grilling pan. I don’t completely forget about it in the winter; the desire to grill simply springs [...]
hail something.
Strawberry Season Beckons! Pint of organic strawberries from Groundwork Organics at the Shemanski Park Farmers Market. aka the Wednesday, Downtown FarMar. I had never realized those SW Park Blocks had a name. Anyway, I brought these back to work and actually shared them - that’s how sweet they were. They wanted me to share the [...]
oh, rejoice! The Portland Farmers Market is back!
It was undeniably the place to be in Portland this past weekend. and thanks to the press releases (who doesn’t read press releases about their local farmers markets?), I knew it was going to be bigger & better than ever – doubling in size in the PSU Park Blocks. I was literally sitting at my [...]
