Vegan Celebrations

For Christmas, my friend Vanessa bought me Vegan Celebrations by Alicia C Simpson. The book is has sections with different occasions and menus for each. Some are appetizers, some are desserts, some are full meals. The recipes looked so good that I didn’t want to wait for a special occasion to start making them. I went through and marked off the dishes that appealed to me the most, went shopping for ingredients and started cooking!
 Tempeh Cakes with Spicy Remoulade. I think this is technically an appetizer, but I made it as a dinner dish with quinoa and kale. These were soooo good!

Huevos Rancheros. Every once in a while Dennis tells me how good the huevos rancheros he had at the now defunct VegCity Diner in NYC years ago were, so when I saw this recipe in the book, I knew I had to make it for him. He loved it!

Rosemary Chive Biscuits. I used spelt flour instead of of wheat and, and I also made drop biscuits instead of rolling them out, which the recipe suggests. They were delicious.

Broccoli Frittata. The frittatas I’ve made in the past use firm tofu, but this one uses silken, which gives it a more delicate texture.

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A Very Foodie Christmas

My friends and family all know that I love to spend time in the kitchen, so I received a lot of really nice foodie-type gifts for Christmas. Here they are:
These are the gifts I received from my coworkers. Vanessa gave me Vegan Celebrations and a nice snack dish. Liz gave me a cute tea towel and a cake plate. Kelly gave me the newest David Sedaris book, which has nothing to do with food, but it’s something I really wanted!
I’m not sure who had me in the Secret Santa gift exchange at work, but whoever it was, he or she knows that I like to cook! I got a nice oil and vinegar set.
Dennis got me a much-desired TofuXpress! I’ve wanted one of these for a while. I can see why so many people love them! It presses the water out of tofu in record time. I’ve used it for tofu several times already, and I’ve also used it to squeeze water out of thawed frozen spinach.
Dennis also bought me a nice shiny new food processor!! This will see lots of use in the very near future! Our previous food processor was very, very old and leaked when the contents where really wet. 

 Dennis also gave me Quick Fix Vegetarian and Party Vegan, both by Robin Robertson. As you can see, I immediately started marking the pages of things I want to make.
My friend Jessica gave me Clean Start by Terry Walters. I’m excited about cooking from this because I loved her first book Clean Food.
My friend Irina gave me this super cool clock! I love it! Of course, it has absolutely nothing to do with food, but I hung it in my kitchen, so I’m including it the “foodie” gift category.
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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, everyone! I started 2011 out with a broccoli frittata and rosemary chive biscuits, both from Vegan Celebrations. The recipes were in the Mother’s Day section, but They seemed like good New Year’s food to me.

Instead of making a resolution, I’ve set a few goals for myself this year. My website, VeggieGirl.com hasn’t been updated in quite a while, so I’m going to completely revamp it, and move this blog over there. I will also be combining VeggieGirl with my health counseling website. Being an organized person, I’m looking forward to having all of my websites in one place.

I’m also planning on hitting the books more this year. My cookbooks that is! I have about 65 cookbooks, and I don’t use all of them. When a new book comes out, I HAVE to have it. So I get it, flip through it and put it on the bookcase with the rest of my collection. So what I’d like to do this year is pick a book each week and make three things from it. I think three is a good number because that still allows me days to make recipes I’ve seen in magazines as well as a day or two to eat out.

Here’s to a happy and healthy 2011!


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Dr. Fuhrman