October 2010
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Do you Come here? Go here instead!!!! →
The veganosity of this blog got to be too intense. Veganosity deserves it’s own venue. Go here! http://www.mywholedeal.com/
December 2009
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Mori-Nu, Me Love You
I forgot about the joys of silken tofu. Usually I buy a bunch and leave it in the back of my fridge for months and months and months (which is heartless, but cool: the stuff has an incredibly long shelf-life.) Tonight I was grouchy with the munchkins and I felt the need to atone with brownies for the boys and brownie laced breastmilk for the girl. I think everyone went to bed lovin’ me...
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Never Mix, Never Worry.
I have been a barely present presence on the Interweb this past week and a half. Turns out being one with the living has its perks too, but I think I’m done now. My half broken computer calls me hence.
What have I been up to?
I feel bad that the focus of this blog has shifted from complaining about my family to concentrate on vegan and sustainable living, so I’m starting a new...
November 2009
8 posts
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Gotta Read Fast, I Got a Fast Read--Here's Dinner!
Okay Blog. I will write you a bit, but then back to my book.
I never get the bloody Fast Reads from the bibliotheque because the only time I can read uninterrupted is in the bathroom and you can only pretend to go to the bathroom so many times a day before the family starts getting worried and then suspicious and then you have a 2 year old and a 7 year old sitting at your feet even when...
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Vinegar and Baking Soda Ain't Never Peeked at my...
For some reason it took me awhile to get on the natural cleaning bandwagon. I mean it’s not like I’m a real clean freak or anything (laundry’s cool once a month, no?), but when I do clean, I clean for keeps. Picture me 10 months pregnant bleaching the baseboards with a toothbrush—I’m that thorough. But kids lick everything, really just get right into the crevices...
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I'm All Sick and Stuff
Hiding from H1N1 has weakened our tender little immune systems and now the smallest of the people and I are wallowing in our own muccii.
Cooking sucks when you are sick. No matter how hard I try to make like a 2nd grader and hack into my elbow pit, I just know my family is getting a little bit of DNA with every bite. Not to mention that my spice to other ingredient ratio is completely out of...
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Baba Ganoush is a Funny Name
Ridiculous, really, but I forgive it because it is such a dang tasty spread, yummy on crackers, pitas, veggies, toast, in sam-iches, you name it. Not cereal though, that would be disgusting.
I wanted fat free Baba Ganoush, because that’s how I roll, so I made some. And then I learned something, which is all we can really hope for, right?
I learned that, Baba Ganoush, unlike most things,...
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Come visit me here! →
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Why I'm Not Posting Anything Particularly Useful... →
Regretsy.com ate all my good intentions today.
I’m chortling, yes, chortling, out loud over here. Why are there so many handcrafted vaginas out there? I’m crafty—why have I not been informed of this trend?
Well, I’m on it now. It’s pancakes for breakfast tomorrow and we all know how creative I can get with the tail-end of the batter. A little shellac, and I’m...
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I Dream of Curry
Single-Mom-ing-it-up for the next couple days. Kids have a lot to say, whether they can “talk” or not. Once those whipper-snappers are in bed, though, that’s when I hit productivity overdrive: I watch Days of Our Lives online and write helpful, evergreen articles about pertinent topics for numerous publications under various pseudonyms. And I wash sheets, because Pull-ups are for...
October 2009
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Thanks, Mofos
Look at this knitted masterpiece! Walking the Vegan Line is talented on a number of levels.
Well, technically I suppose this is the last day of Vegan MoFo 2009. It’s been real!
I super enjoyed reading all the other luscious vegan blogs out there and gathered many a new recipe to add to the arsenal. But, by far, the best thing I got out of this exercise was focus.
I have been passionate...
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Borscht is Weird and That's OK
Today was borscht day. Borscht is, well, weird. I mean, I don’t think so now, but I can see why everyone else in my house does.
Beets remind me of my Grandpa Mac and I love how they taste of earth and freshness and are more vibrant than any artificial crap-food I’ve ever seen. It is that vibrant colour that I hoped would draw in the 2 year-old, but while he enjoyed using the various...
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Food for Thought
Made Cornmeal Chili Bake from Everyday Vegan tonight. It was good, I suppose. Manfriend would have liked it in a taco (boys will be boys), and I agree that some sort of tweaking is definitely in order. The cornmeal stayed too darn mealy for my liking. I hate a meal that doesn’t know its place.
Mostly, though, I am thinking abut how riled up everyone is getting over this H1N1 thing. With so...
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Feeling Spicier Than Usual
Meet Mr. Sensitive. A special sort of cat-friend.
Mr. Sensitive was absent from the dinner table tonight due to outside obligations (swimming lessons), so I seized the opportunity, nixed the borscht and opted for a spicier than usual curry. Mr. Sensitive won’t eat spice. Any spice. That’s why he’s Mr. Sensitive.
I took pictures, but just on my kitchen counter, not in my new...
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FYI:FMR: Farmer's Markets Rule
We went to Michel’s farm yesterday to hand-pick our future jack-o-lanterns, because only losers buy their pumpkins from the supermarket. That’s right. I’m talking about you.
Aside from a great deal of residual manure, I also brought back and entire butt-load of locally grown vegetables. More than can possibly fit in my measly, pansy-footed crispers, my fridge now looks like it...
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Tasty Rip-off Oatmeal
Ever have three people who are completely determined to derail you from accomplishing anything at all, ever, follow you around constantly questioning your every move, soiling themselves on your floor and preventing you from getting to the Blue Fox in time for their delicious freakin’ breakfast on Saturday mornings?
ME TOO! What a coincidence!
Luckily, I cracked the code for the Blue Fox’s...
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I have a heart on today
And Atlas Sound is just...
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My Review of Fatfreevegan.com →
Read my review of fatfreevegan.com. FatFree Vegan Kitchen is my favouritest blog ever. I want to eat the photos—my results are never as pretty, but always very yummy. I bet the pictures are yummier, though.
Go. Enjoy.
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Mung?
Cooking with Mung Dahl for the first time today. The name sounds icky in my ears, but my concoction tastes tasty in my mouth, so it’s fine.
Here’s what I made:
Spicy Curried Mung Dahl
Ingredients
1 medium onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 large (at least an inch) knob of ginger, minced
1 medium eggplant, diced
2 medium carrots, diced
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 cup Mung...
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The Kitchens that Saved My Soul
Ah. Good weekend.
My parents came to hang out this weekend and it was just lovely. They bought me a sweet 4-slice toaster, which then led us to quasi-remodel my kitchen and now all I want to do is hang out in there, wipe down my counters and emit contented sighs with every swish of my tea towel.
Okay, so all we really did was lose the microwave (which I have been convinced is trying to kill me...
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About Face...And Butt..and Thighs... →
A friend posted a link to this site on Facebook today and I’ve been exploring while the monkeys are in their cages.
Aside from the bump in the highway that made me revert back to my “maiden” name, I’ve always considered myself to be more humanist than feminist. This is especially true now that I am raising two small manfriends. Peoples is peoples, my idealist little heart...
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Spread yo Beans →
Put it on your toast. Perhaps in a sammich? Come on! It’s good for you. Eat what mama made you!
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Prepping the Feast
The other adults punked out of our celebratory weekend. I only cursed once and it was into a tea towel, so I don’t think it counts. But rather than lament, I’m going to power through and be thankful that the monkeys are on the mend and elate in the fact that in exchange for missing out on the festivities tomorrow, I get a night out in my OWN TOWN next weekend to make up for it. Yay...
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I Want This Tradition Too! →
I LOVE this idea. From now on we are going to take the money we would have spent on “holiday meat” and donate it to our local BCSPCA.
Thanks for the inspiration!
(And thanks to www.eben.com for the neato turkey illustration)
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Happy Vegan Thanksgiving! →
Sick 2 year old and teething 8 month old are winning the battle for my soul, in fact, I don’t even want it anymore. Take it, you fiends!
Rather than expend any precious energy coming up with a completely original post for the night, I will share a link to the yummiest vegan comfort food ever: Vegan Shepherd’s Pie. Green lentils are the key, because they hold their shape and add an...
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Ploop Soup
Slow Cooker Soup is the gift that keeps on giving.
Monkey Boy is still supremely crusty and the rest of us have the sickness lurking in the wings, so soup was definitely in order today.
For some reason I thought it would be a good idea to teach the 2 year old with the crazy temper how to wield a knife, so he was right there with me, hacking on and hacking up the veggies and chucking them with...
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Why I Stopped Eating Only Buns and Apple Jacks →
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away there was a girl who didn’t like meat. Her parents tried in vain to get her to enjoy it and when that didn’t work they settled for making her simply eat it. Her father referred to the offending matter on her plate as simply “protein source” and, with the utmost of sincerity, insisted all the animals served in their home had died of...
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Foiled Again!
So my quest to discover local vegan protein sources today was thwarted by the most unbelievably snotty nose you ever did see. Not mine, mine is just cute as a button. The two-year-old was drowning in his own fluids today. I’m sure the rest of the house will be fine though; it’s not like he was hand feeding his baby sister peas, sticking his fingers in his big brother’s nose,...
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Shop the Wild 2009-- Ech, Not-So-Much
We are back from Shop the Wild 2009 and I got to say it wasn’t really what I was hoping for. If there is some way to subsist entirely on lavender hand salves and pickled crimini mushrooms, then I guess I learned a lot, but other than some sweet face painting and the sweet memory of “Happy Birthday” being played on a cello, we didn’t walk away with much. Oh, except for...
A Little Palate Cleanser
There. This cute little bugger cancels out the bad vibes from last night and puts us back on the track to fun and frolic.
Deep breath. Onward and upward!
A Public Letter
So, there has been bile seeping into my heart for a good long while now.
There was an email that I swore I’d never read.
I responded blind and let my best friends read and gauge my response. They swore I did great and then I caved and read it tonight. I suck. I’m weak.
BUT I FREAKIN’ ATE THE DAMN SUSHI! (maybe not the pieces with mayo, mayo is icky.)
I love my husband....
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Shop the Wild 2009---DO IT!!!! →
I am so excited to take the kids to this tomorrow.
What better way to create fabulous vegan concoctions than with fresh, local and natural ingredients?
I have been dying to try the 100 Mile Diet for ages now, but the vegan-osity of our existence has held me back. Brown rice is such a staple in our house; we eat it at least three or four times a week. Does brown rice even grow on Vancouver...
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Fat Free Brownies Make Adulthood Fine
I am making these for breakfast.
I deserve chocolate for breakfast because this week has been such a beastard (both beast and bastard, of course. Ok, it was initially a typo, but I like how it looks).
In spite of it all, I’ve done a ton of cooking and made some lovely sweet smelling vegan delights that I will share in the coming days. But probably on suite101, cuz you people aren’t...
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Vegan Mofo 2009--Ack! I'm on it
But I am also so very sleepy. As a cop out, go visit the site that got me eating stuff other than bread.
Or go make some of my recipes!
And go find out more about Vegan Mofo, you mofo.
This counts, right? I’ll do better tomorrow,
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September 2009
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Thank you, Husband
My husband has already shared so much with me in this life: our home, the upbringing of our three lovely children, laughter and love.
And now this: People of Walmart.
How is it that I was not informed of this gem months ago? I feel so behind the times!
We have lived across the street from Walmart for over three years now and try as I might to resist, I find myself spending more and more time...
10 Weird and Gross Ingredients in Processed Food →
ick! Good to know!
vegansaurus:
Hey vegans! Who already knew all seven of the animal ingredients? Who didn’t? The anal glands business was (disgusting, awful) news to me. Also, natural L-cysteine/cystine. Nastier living through chemistry!
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Good Friends Make it All Better
What a week!
Just got home from meeting the most beautiful baby that didn’t come out of me. Did I ever need to be surrounded by the relaxed, unconditional love that is the Core.
The Core is five of us lovely ladies that have been best friends since elementary school. We call ourselves “the Core” because we are all very different and we’ve all branched off and made friends...
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Gender Roles in the Family
I’m researching an article on gender roles in the family right now, but events in my real world have me considering the topic on an acutely personal level.
I have two amazing sons with very different dispositions. That there is a slight variance in their gene pools is irrelevant: my husband is the polar opposite of his older brother and they possess identical genetic make-up and...
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Thicker Skin, where are you?
I don’t take criticism well. At all. Now that I am really focusing on the freelance stuff, I am submitting to tonnes of publications and finding my work scrutinized by various editors from various backgrounds. Leo that I am, I bask in the accolades and spit venom at those who dare question me. I know that if I’m going to put myself out there, I have to learn suck it up, but some days...
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Later, Swayze. →
You know you loved it.