Happy Tuesday! Yesterday, on Indigenous Day – known to many as Columbus Day, I was in the mood to bake cookies. I had had a lovely stroll and picnic at Fairchild Tropical Garden earlier with my friend and my goddaughter and thought, there’s no better way to spend the afternoon than in my little kitchen. I began peeking in the...
Happy Friday! I used to love midnight milky way bars. I’m crazy for caramel and nougat. However, once I decided to eat plant-based, I became an avid ingredient-checker and discovered that milk and eggs are hidden in everything, including my beloved milky ways. I was up to the challenge of creating my own. This homemade version is kind to the...
Happy Friday! Shortly after I moved ‘up north’ to Normandy Isle in Miami Beach two years ago, I was introduced to the small but amazing Upper East Side farmers’ market at Legion’s Park run by the Urban Oasis Project. One of the best ways to get to know a place is to visit the local farmer’s market. Vendors are generally...
Happy Friday! I hope you are enjoying the Live Vegan Vibrantly Summit (if you signed up;-). The Day One interviews with Ingrid Newkirk and Dr. Neal Barnard were great. In fact, I will listen to the Dr. Barnard one again and take notes. Such good info. Everything is recorded and available for 72 hours. If you still want to register...
Happy Friday! Feeling grateful that my niece spent her Christmas break with me. She flew back to Massachusetts yesterday. Sniffle sniffle. We started a tradition last summer to go on road trips together. On our first trip we drove up the east coast and visited Savannah and Charleston. My dear friend Elena was in St. Pete, FL last weekend and I...
Happy Friday! So I panicked last week. I threw a pre-Christmas party in Miami before heading up north to the cold and was freaking out about what to make as the guest list grew. Normally, my dinner parties are intimate and pasta with nutty ‘bolognese’ sauce, hearty mushroom with cashew cream soup, fried rice or homemade veggie hot dogs work...
Happy Friday! Only 10 more days until Christmas and 5 days left of Hanukkah. We are in full winter-mode here in Florida. We’ve had a number of ‘cold’ fronts which keep us chickens (aka me) inside with the heat on. Pathetic I know but it offers a welcome opportunity to cook lovely, warming soups to take away the chill. This...
Happy Monday! I forgot to include a wonderful – super easy – mushroom gravy recipe from Isa Chandra Moscowitz’s cookbook The Super Fun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook in my last post. I went to a pre-Thanksgiving party this past Saturday and made this gravy to go along with my mashed potatoes. I was rushing around to get everything done and made...
Happy Sunday! I’m writing this post early considering the Thanksgiving holiday this week and the fact that many of us are preparing the menu for this day of over-eating and elastic waistbands. Surprisingly, Thanksgiving is one of the best days for the veggie-inclined eaters like me. I did not realize until I stopped eating Turkey nearly 30 years ago that...
Happy Friday! My super fabulous successful sister sends me the American Lifestyle Magazine each quarter as part of her real estate marketing efforts. I can’t get over how many great recipes and articles I find in these mags! The current issue has a section entitled, ‘The Art of Simple Bites,’ which is where I found the recipe for Pickled Fig,...
