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 [...]
Archive for July, 2010
Freezing fruit in times of abundance
Posted in prep, tagged eco amico, food blog, freezing fruit, how to freeze fruit, vegan, vegan blog on July 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Cooking With Dog: tempura
Posted in Cooking With Dog, dinner, Japanese, vegan, tagged cooking with dog, Cooking with dog: tempura, eco amico, tempura, tempura veges, vegan, vegan blog, vegan food on July 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Sushi is easy!
Posted in dinner, Japanese, snacks, vegan, tagged eco amico, sushi, vegan, vegan blog, vegan food on July 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Vege stock
Posted in food, prep, vegan, tagged eco amico, vegan, vegan blog, vege stock, vegetable stock, what to do with vegetable scraps on July 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Who’s reading?
Posted in Uncategorized on July 10, 2010 | 4 Comments »
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.
Coconut whipped “cream”
Posted in dessert, vegan, tagged coconut whipped cream, eco amico, vegan, vegan blog, vegan whipped cream on July 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]