http://notpopular.com/blogs/vegancooking Just another Notpopular.com weblog Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:53:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is my late grandma's (*pours out 40, kisses two fingers and places hand over heart*) recipe she clipped from a newspaper sometime in the late 40s or early 50s. My sister in law is from Taiwan, and when her parents tried this recipe (they had to go to an ... http://notpopular.com/blogs/vegancooking/2008/04/14/oatmeal-raisin-hell-cookies/ Hey all you out there in the interbutts! I thought my readers (all 14 of you, including my mom) would enjoy seeing some photos from a cooking competition in which I recently competed at my school (Cal State Northridge). Our chapter of SDFSA put on its second annual Iron Matador ... http://notpopular.com/blogs/vegancooking/2008/04/14/you-can-win-friends-with-salad/ So let's say you've got this date. And it's not just any date - it's the second or third, maybe even fourth - the "come over to my place and I'll cook dinner" date. And you really want to impress this hot hunk of opposite sex. What, pray tell, do ... http://notpopular.com/blogs/vegancooking/2008/03/27/good-and-polenta-y-or-hot-date-polentasagna/ hey kids, it's been a while. sorry for the wait, momma's been getting her education on. here's a little something to sate your hunger a bit - "holiday" spiced pears. it's a spin on a recipe my mom's been making for a couple of years now. actually, i think it ... http://notpopular.com/blogs/vegancooking/2007/10/28/hitting-you-with-a-blast-from-my-spice-weasel/ scrambled tofu is a beautiful thing. at least, it can be. i can't say that i've had any that rivals mine. it's so easy to make, and yet i find that most of my vegan cookbooks don't have a recipe. it's so basic! it seems complicated, but it's really not ... http://notpopular.com/blogs/vegancooking/2007/07/15/i-like-my-food-like-i-like-my-men-spicy-greasy-and-scrambled/ this dish is dedicated to a friend of mine, chewy. my mom makes the BEST enchiladas. so greasy, so delicious! whether it was green chile and chicken or red sauce and cheese, enchilada night was always a special one in our household. it's still a special night in mine these days, ... http://notpopular.com/blogs/vegancooking/2007/06/25/%c2%a1enchewladas/ i love me some pad thai. i love stir-fry and red curry in anything, but it's hard to find a thai or indian restaurant that understands what "vegan" means. no matter how much i've tried to communicate "no eggs, no fish oil," there's almost always something left in there. oh ... http://notpopular.com/blogs/vegancooking/2007/06/18/quick-and-easy-curry-stir-fry-pimpin-yo-spice-rack/ i've been really busy lately what with the end of the school semester and working more hours, so i haven't had much time to cook. here are a couple of quick and easy recipes that i've come up with through trial and error (and more error, then more trial) in ... http://notpopular.com/blogs/vegancooking/2007/06/03/uber-bonus-2-fer-special-uh-oh-spaghetti-abcs-and-meanwhile-back-at-the-ranch/ PROBLEM: An overabundance of random vegetables in the refrigerator and a very empty stomach. HYPOTHESIS: Combining said veggies with spices and dressings and encasing products in a flatbread wrap will lead to yumminess and satisfaction. MATERIALS: 1 cucumber 1/2 medium red bell pepper 2-3 stalks of celery 1/2 medium onion (hey, how about the half left ... http://notpopular.com/blogs/vegancooking/2007/05/17/blinding-you-with-science/ when you hear "collard greens," i bet the first thing that comes to mind is the traditional southern side of cooked-to-death bitter green lifeless mush that's been boiled with a smoked ham hock for hours. grossss. the scent of collards always makes my atlanta-born boyfriend salivate, but it makes me ... http://notpopular.com/blogs/vegancooking/2007/05/16/eat-your-greensdinosaur-dinner/