I’m a little sad that Whip It Up is ending. I’ve had a great time finding new vegan recipes, cooking them, photographing them, and then running to the coffee shop to post the results. And eating them hasn’t been bad, either. Also, there’s nothing like knowing I have at least one post a week that’s [...]
Archive for August, 2008
22 Aug
Whip It Up #7: Couscous Salad with Fresh Mango
The idea of this week’s WIU was salads, and I was in a distinctively Mediterranean mood, so I pulled out an old copy of Vegetarian Times and made this concoction: Couscous Salad With Fresh Mango Serves one, five or six times INGREDIENTS: 1 box couscous 2 Tbsp. Orange Juice 1 Tbsp. Tahini 1 cup plain [...]
18 Aug
The top 10 things I learned this weekend
Two days is not enough time to be considered “time off.” If you’re planning on going out of town for a weekend in the month of August, just take Friday off. Everyone else is doing it, so it’s not like you can reach anyone you need to anyway. SisterAlyson has definite ideas about music that [...]
15 Aug
Whip It Up #6: Black Bean, Mushroom, and Quinoa-Stuffed Peppers
I think I’m really clever. That’s why in all my previous Whip It Up posts, instead of saying “serves 4,” I’ve been saying “serves one, four times.” That’s because most days I live and eat alone. Actually, one of my pie-in-the-sky dreams is to write a cookbook for all the single people of the world. [...]
14 Aug
I gots the fever
I really should have signed up to get cable before these Olympics. But instead I’ve been visiting friends, or trying to watch videos online here and there. I love all the events, particularly the obscure ones like badminton and judo. But swimming is by far and away my favorite, especially since I’ve been swimming competitively [...]
13 Aug
There was something so pleasant about that place
Nice to see the world kept spinning yesterday when I decided I just didn’t want to write a blog post. No particular reason for that, really. I started one, I didn’t like it, so I just stopped. It was nice to be free from the anxiety I have all day long when I’m constantly checking [...]
11 Aug
Cat in a box
There’s got to be some phrase, probably in French, to describe what happens when one learns a new word, phrase, or concept and then sees said word, phrase or concept everywhere one goes. For instance, my mother learned the alternate definition of the word “cougar” and then she heard it everywhere, and subsequently found a [...]
7 Aug
Whip It Up #5: RAW Italian-Style Zucchini Pasta Pesto
I must be cruising for a bruising. I’m already doing all my WIU recipes as vegan, despite the fact that I’m the cheesiest cheese eater this side of ‘Sconnie. But this week, the challenge topic was “fresh produce” and I decided to pull out the raw food cookbook I bought during the week my friend [...]
