Archive for June, 2009

Say It With Cupcakes

June 24, 2009

 
Yesterday at my knitting group we had a little going away party for one of the ladies who is leaving us for a job in Indiana.  So of course I had to bring cupcakes!  This is probably the fourth time I’ve brought cupcakes to my knitting group and they always go over really well which [...]

So why does John hop anyway?

June 13, 2009

Way back in March,  I gave Kala a copy of the Vegan Soul Kitchen by Bryant Terry, and at long last we made something from it.  The dish of the day:  Creole Hoppin’ John and to add a little green I improvised a spicy sauteed spinach. For the uninitiated Hoppin John is spicy black-eyed peas [...]

We gotta fritatta

June 5, 2009

This week when we went about planning meals for the week I wanted  to make something from one of the new cookbooks that have been coming out.  We opted for the Fritatta  from Vegan Brunch by Isa Moskowitz.  Since I can never leave good enough alone I replaced the chard the recipe called for with [...]

Anniversary Eatin’

June 2, 2009

Yesterday was our one year wedding anniversary (yay for us!) so of course there had to be some fancy eatin’ going on.  Well, as fancy as Ecopolitan can be   For those who aren’t local, Ecopolitan is an organic, raw, vegan restaurant in Minneapolis that serves all sorts of yummy goodness.  I had the Not-Cho Cheese [...]