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Archive for July, 2010

With it being summer in the US, there is stone fruit abound. Sometimes too much abound. A couple weeks ago I ate ten stone fruits in one day, then had a peach cobbler for dessert. The next day I woke up with a headache. I thought maybe a fruit smoothie would be good but what [...]

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Cooking With Dog is THE best thing on the internet, ever. My friend Ashley from Nerdy Foodie (who incidentally I currently live with and incidentally happens to be doing a vegan month) and I made tempura the other night with the help of this video. The tempura turned out really good! The only trouble is [...]

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Don’t be intimidated by fancy ingredients or tools like a sushi mat, sushi is a healthy and easy meal or snack to put together at home. I won’t list my ingredients here because they were an only just bearably average combo but I can forgive it that for its nutritional value. Not to say that [...]

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My friend Aurora’s been warning me against Sodium Benzoate since I arrived in the States. It’s a common preservative, and while often used in miniscule amounts, it’s still probably best to be avoided, as with most additives*. When Sodium Benzoate and vitamin C come together in the body, they make Benzene, a carcinogen (cancer-causer) and [...]

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Vege stock is super easy to make but if you’re like me and tend not to read/follow recipes you end up forgetting essentials like peppercorns, garlic, and a bayleaf. If you have an aversion to salt you don’t season it either. Regardless, once you have these unforgettables in your pot, you can put whatever scraps [...]

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One of the best homemade things I’ve eaten here so far is bbq’d spring onion. It’s so easy, all you do is throw it on the grill and let it burn. You don’t need a bbq either, you can do it in a fry pan (although a grill pan is even better). So charred, so [...]

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Who’s reading?

Just wondering. Would anyone care to comment? Doesn’t matter what, I’m just interested as stats don’t tell you much, they just give numbers.

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For my friend Geneva’s bday I had the idea of a vanilla cake with a whipped cream-like topping and berries. What I ended up with was nowhere near as stiff as I’d have liked or required (the cake was a little sloppy as you can see in the pic) but it was still tasty and [...]

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Oh boy I just love making Good puns. Here is my first post for Good.net.nz as The Vegan Baker. Basically I’m an amateur home baker, trying to bring vegan to the people through sweets. My first item is chocolate chip cookies, American style. Enjoy!

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