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 [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘The Vegan Table’
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 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 [...]
