Sometimes I like playing with recipes from Fool a Carnivore to create something different. This is a new version of my Fifteen Bean Soup recipe that I’m calling Fourteen Bean Soup, because that was the number of beans in the organic mix I used today. For the record the beans were red kidney beans, ...
Vegan
Is a Vegan Pot Roast Possible?
What current or former carnivore doesn’t fondly remember pot roast? My mom didn’t have a slow cooker (they weren’t invented it back in the 1960’s) but she made a darn good pot roast for Sunday dinner, cooking it slowly in her gas oven. I think my vegan pot roast is pretty darn close to the real ...
Does Fig Food Co. Make the Best Organic Black Beans?
Cold winter days leave me hankering for warm, nourishing soups and stews - especially ones I can create effortlessly in my slow cooker. Although it is always better (and cheaper) to make your own beans from dried beans, my busy schedule means that I am always looking for shortcuts that don't ...
High Praise from a Butcher’s Daughter
My recent blog on Sweet Earth Chipotle Style Seitan inspired a fellow foodie friend and unabashed meat eater (the daughter of a butcher, no less!) to try one of my recipes from Fool a Carnivore. Check out Deborah Quok's review here. Deborah is a long time friend from the commercial real world, ...
A Different Way of Welcoming 2014
Our home was hoppin’ last night – our friends and neighbors feasted on three different types of Hoppin’ John, collards, and cornbread. My guess is that all of them are meat eaters, and yet no one complained about the lack of animal protein in my dishes. My Hoppin’ John recipe for a crowd has ...
Sweet Earth – My New Favorite Chipotle?
I simply adore finding new products that improve on my recipes in Fool a Carnivore. I recently stumbled on a new product at Whole Foods by Sweet Earth Natural Foods, a brand that wasn’t available locally when I wrote Fool a Carnivore. Sweet Earth makes a dynamite Chipotle Style Seitan that puts ...
Pad Thai – Vegan Style!
Pad Thai is one of my favorite Thai dishes. My recent visit to Drunken Poet in Sarasota reminded me how much I enjoy it. Unfortunately, more recipes still use fish sauce, eggs, and other non-vegan ingredients. Although those ingredients may not bother me or my family, I wanted to create a ...
