We’ve now had two days in the 80s here in Portland—in a row—and I’m loving it because, unlike L.A., I know it’ll go back to the 60s and 70s for a while. Because it’s spring and we respect all four seasons ’round these parts. I always joke about the “pasty white pride day parade” on nice [...]
Archive for April, 2009
laughing planet
Posted in eatin' out/in, tagged burrito, Portland on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
gadgetry
Posted in general on April 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Found it! A year after our latest move, I found my pastry cutter. It was way, way, way in the back of my gadget cabinet, stuffed inside the pulp-catcher thing for my juicer. (Well aware of the fact that I’m admitting to not having used the juicer in a year.) I don’t have many gadgets. Or [...]
roasted tomato pasta
Posted in recipes, tagged pasta on April 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
More pasta? Yes, more pasta. Why? Because I rather like pasta. What’s not to like? You throw some vegetables on it and call it dinner. Our sometimes-super weather lately (where but in Portland can you get a tan and be beaten down by hail in the same day?) has had me looking at lighter, simpler [...]
nugs
Posted in recipes, tagged seitan on April 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Chickalike nugs and pilaf—I can’t help but picture this meal coming out of boxes. But it didn’t! These were made from scratch and it was too easy not to. The pilaf is super simple: •1 c white rice •½ c orzo •2-3 T oil/Earth Balance •2 c water w/bullion or 2 c broth •handful of [...]
i’ll say it…
Posted in general on April 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I miss Peeps. Stupid not-vegan Peeps. I used to eat them and love them, not just rip them in half and throw them at people so they get half-Peeps stuck to them and get all mad ’cause they’d have little bits of sugary marshmallow on their clothes for the rest of the day. But I [...]




