Entries Tagged as ‘The Vegan Table’

February 3, 2010

Fat Phobia & Fajita Fun Night

Like many of us, several years ago I went through a fat phobic stage.  I’d put on an extra thirty pounds after leaving college and the built-in exercise that it offered.  To fight off the creep of my ever-growing pant sizes, I moved to fat free sauces and dressings, fat free cheeses, and fat free [...]

December 4, 2009

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ah, cookies.  The great divider.  At an event last spring a fellow attendee and I were discussing cookbooks.  I was of the mind that dessert is an occasional indulgence, giving it free reign for decadence.  She chided that vegan desserts should use all whole ingredients—no white flours, no refined sugars.  They should be health food, [...]

September 15, 2009

Butternut Squash Soup: VT Tuesday

While the rest of the country is easing into crisp autumn air and changing leaves, in Los Angeles that season known as fall is more elusive.  It may be months until we’re regularly donning sweaters and scarves (and umbrellas since winter means rainy season).  Still, these past few days we’ve  been graced with weather in [...]

September 8, 2009

Lavender Tea Cookies: VT Tuesday

The smell of lavender wafting in the air takes me to the spa, sipping on warm chamomile tea or crisp water infused with lemons and cucumbers.  A lavender-packed eye mask weighs heavily against my face as quiet music fills the room and I lean into the gentle fingers of the massage therapist rubbing the tension [...]

September 4, 2009

Who Says You Can’t Go Home?

Cadry’s Kitchen has been quiet while I took to the skies and went to my hometown, Des Moines, Iowa, to visit family and unwind.  I’ve heard it said that our perceptions of a location say more about us than the place itself.  That’s certainly true when it comes to going home again.  There was a [...]

August 18, 2009

Caramelized Tempeh Shawarma: VT Tuesday

The first time I drank fresh soy milk, I was amazed.  “It tastes like edamame,” I marveled.  Of course it tasted like soybeans.  Why wouldn’t it taste like soybeans? Yet, soy milks sold commercially in the US aim to somewhat duplicate the flavor of cow’s milk.  Expectations mean a lot when it comes to a [...]

August 11, 2009

Zucchini Cakes: VT Tuesday

I am not what you’d call an organized person.  To my husband’s dismay, today’s mail is never left in the same place, receipts sometimes linger in my purse while he tries to balance the checkbook, and our neighbors must overhear me yelling to him desperately from upstairs, “Have you seen my sandals?”
So it was with [...]

August 5, 2009

Old Fashioned Lentil Loaf & Golden Mushroom Gravy: VT Tuesday

There was a cookbook trend for a while aimed at parents.  They encouraged desperate moms and dads to sneak veggies into their children’s diets.  Who are we kidding?  I think a vegan cookbook like this should be created for adults.  Studies have shown that 2/3 of Americans don’t get the recommended amounts of fruits and [...]

July 28, 2009

Disneyland & Roasted Red Pepper Wraps: VT Tuesday

 
I had a Disneyland record growing up that I would play, and friends and family would bring back trinkets for me from their trips.  However, the first time I went to a Disney park, I was in my twenties.  I think that period of waiting and wishing made it all the sweeter when I visited [...]

July 21, 2009

Tempeh Reuben Sandwich: VT Tuesday

Today I had to ask myself, “Why didn’t I think of that?”  The tempeh BLT is one of my all-time favorite sandwiches, especially on sweltering July days.  Sauerkraut is one of my favorite vegetable-based condiments, well loved but underused.  The Vegan Table Tempeh Reuben recipe combines the classic tempeh BLT with crisp sauerkraut on toasted [...]