http://vegancaliente.wordpress.com two vegans, one kitchen Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:44:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As I said  in my previous post Sunday was my birthday, one of the gifts Kala gave me was the book Authentic Chinese Cuisine: for the Contemporary Kitchen By Bryanna Clark Grogan. The first recipe we made from it was Stir-Fried Vegetarian "Duck" with Chili, Bell Pepper, and Black Beans.  ... http://vegancaliente.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/stir-fried-vegetarian-duck-with-chili-bell-pepper-and-black-beans/ Sunday was my birthday, and one of my gifts was a bag of Fairhaven Candy Crumblz, the chocolate peanut butter to be specific. Kala ordered them from Food Fight Grocery, they are amazing.  They taste like the innards of a Butterfinger on steroids. They are in smaller chunks of course, ... http://vegancaliente.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/birthday-candy-fairhaven-candy-crumblz/ We stopped by Izzys Ice cream shop today, we knew going in that they were a little on the sloppy side with dairy traces on the equipment, so Kala would be feeling very sick and very sad if she sampled some, but with her urgings I had a cone and ... http://vegancaliente.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/vegan-icecream-madness-and-sadness/   I don't even know how to start this post.  You know how you bring home something new from the store with all sorts of hopes and dreams of yummy delight and then you try it and it tastes like a potting soil smoothie?  Yeah, that about sums it up.  The ... http://vegancaliente.wordpress.com/2008/06/21/hemp-shake-of-doom-and-sorrow/   I've been on such a stir fry kick lately, and today for lunch I had the urge for the yumminess yet again.  I love it because it's one of those things you don't really need a recipe for, you can use whatever you have in the fridge or pantry.  Today ... http://vegancaliente.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/lunchy-mcstir-fry/   Do you have foods that are your "go-to" fast meals that you make when you are either out of food or don't really feel like cooking?  I do, and mine are tacos.  Soft tacos, crunchy tacos, tacos made with corn tortillas, those made with flour, I love them all!  Tonight I ... http://vegancaliente.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/when-in-doubt-make-tacos/   Hey, Shane and I got married last week!  There will be lots of pictures of wedding food later when I get them from the various people who were taking pictures that day.  But for now I thought I'd share some of the honeymoon food from our trip to Duluth. First up, ... http://vegancaliente.wordpress.com/2008/06/08/honeymoon-in-duluth/ The other day Kala and I were in the uptown area of Minneapolis doing wedding stuff, and stopped at the Wedge Co-Op.  Kala had pointed out the Tree Huggin' Treats Crispy Cat candy bar specifically the dark chocolate and peanut variety. Kala could not try it her self due to ... http://vegancaliente.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/the-not-so-crispy-cat/   Today was kind of a long day so Shane and I decided to pick up something frozen from The Wedge for dinner.  He also got a peanut butter cup shake that I stole some sips off of, soooo goooood.  And I got an oatmeal pecan cookie.  Ok, back to the burrito.  This was the first time ... http://vegancaliente.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/the-lazy-vegan-frozen-burrito/   Tofu scramble, what's not to love?  I adore tofu scramble but I'm usually not awake enough in the morning to make it, I'm sooooo not a morning person.  So it's usually a lunch or dinner item around here.  But I slept in a nice long time today so I had the ... http://vegancaliente.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/scramble-licious/