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Day 8: En Punta

Bienvenidos a la playa!   In spite of PLUNA Airlines’ complete disregard for flight times, we landed in Punta Del Este, Uruguay in good spirits, ready to start the second leg of our December vacation. I was so into this book, I didn’t even care that our flight was an hour behind schedule.  I also didn’t even notice Kyle take this picture with his iPad.  Now that’s a good book (Girl in Translation).  So.  A bit about why we chose Uruguay.  Everyone describes Punta Del Este as “the Saint-Tropez of South America” which basically means… Read more >

March 26, 2012 potatoes Read more >

Professional blogger

That’s a title I’m definitely not.  I blog because I like it.  If I were aiming to get hits I would have posted this “St. Patrick’s Day” recipe last week, to give you all the chance to fall in love with it before the actual holiday.    But I’m not a professional blogger, so I didn’t think to capitalize on the idea.   In any event, I made this dish, it took hardly any time, and Kyle loved it, so I figured I should share.    The use of potatoes is what makes it Irish… Read more >

March 20, 2012 crock-pot, potatoes Read more >

Potato Double Take

A long time ago I got a coupon for two Simply Potatoes products [part of the foodbuzz taste maker program]. I rarely hit up conventional supermarkets since I’m a Whole Foods snob, but I finally made it to the store to redeem the coupons.  I like free. I also like wheat free. I’m not so sure about the rest of the additives, though…so I did my research. Disodium Pyrophosphate – a food additive used to maintain the white color of the potato flesh Potassium Sorbate – a preservative that helps keep products fresh by inhibiting… Read more >

February 14, 2012 eggs, potatoes Read more >

A few days of hippie bowls

Going into the weekend I had all my meals ready to go.  Starting with Thursday night, I made a typical hippie bowl.   If I had to choose a combination of ingredients to eat forevermore it would probably be these: quinoa, carrots, corn, seitan, avocado     I recently got a question about the ratio of grain to veg to protein in my “hippie bowl” type meals.  In all honesty, I don’t consciously compose them with a specific ratio in mind, but if I had to guess I’d say it is pretty much 1:1:1.  Sometimes… Read more >

January 31, 2012 avocado, chocolate, eggs, nooch, potatoes, quinoa, seitan, spinach salad, squash, tofu, Read more >

Spicy fu

New tofu recipe!   Blackened Tofu Slabs from Bryant Terry’s Vegan Soul Kitchen.   I’ll admit I was scared by the heat, but I just went with it…   Such a success.  I’m really glad my obsession with cookbooks is good for something.  For anyone interested in buying my presents, it’s always good to go with cookbooks.  😉 The rest of dinner was as simple as it gets. Chard!   I sautéed it in olive oil and nada mas. For the record, organic produce does have it’s flaws.  You gotta scrub the bejeezus out of… Read more >

January 14, 2012 potatoes, tofu Read more >