All year I always look forward to one thing in the summer time, and it isn’t a break from the constant cloud cover. There are few pleasures as great as a fresh, local, in season strawberry. They have, in fact, ruined strawberries for me the rest of the year.[...]
Archive for the ‘Recipes’ Category
June 20th, 2010 - 9:09 pm § in Recipes
Vegan Corn Dogs
Those of you that have become regular readers may have caught on to the fact that I have a pension for deep frying. As part of my mission to make vegan food more accessible to the public at large, I like to offer a counterpoint to the typical image of the sprouts and tofu idea [...][...]
May 9th, 2010 - 1:07 am § in Recipes
Sesame Balls
After finally getting around to making mochi I decided to take on my favorite dim sum dessert (mostly because it uses pretty much the same ingredients). Sesame balls (jin deui, Jian dui, or jen dai) are traditionally popular around Chinese new years but can be found year round at Chinese bakeries an[...]
April 28th, 2010 - 12:01 am § in Recipes
Match Daifuku Mochi
For a while I worked a job in a neighborhood where the only store was a small, Japanese grocery. During that time I got hooked on daifuku mochi. Mochi, as far as I know, is a catch all term for a whole class of Japanese desserts made from glutinous rice flour. Mochi can be baked, [...][...]
March 3rd, 2010 - 12:30 am § in Recipes
Potato Skins
Ok, for my last recipe for the Teese blog challenge, I decided to go with the appetizer classic potato skins. A relatively simple endeavor, but oh so good.[...]
March 3rd, 2010 - 12:16 am § in Recipes
Poutine
Continuing with the Chicago Soy Dairy Teese blog challenge, my next creation hails from our neighbors to the north. Perhaps the greatest gift the Canadians ever gave the world, poutine is the ingenious combination of french fries, gravy, and cheese curds.[...]
February 28th, 2010 - 9:06 pm § in Recipes
Smoky Artichoke Spinach Dip
For my second creation for the Chicago Soy Dairy Teese blog challenge I decided to take on the party classic, spinach artichoke dip. I added smoked salt to give it a deeper base flavor and served it in a sourdough bread bowl. I would note that this recipe makes a lot of dip so you [...][...]
February 28th, 2010 - 8:30 pm § in Recipes
Portabella Teese Steaks
Recently the folks at Chicago Soy Dairy were kind enough to send out some samples of their tasty vegan cheese, Teese, to those of us in the vegan blogosphere to see what we could come up with outside of the usual pizza or lasagna. Here is the first of what I came up with, more [...][...]
February 23rd, 2010 - 11:31 pm § in Recipes
Lavender Cake with Raspberry Sauce
Although becoming a bit more popular recently, lavender is often overlooked as a culinary ingredient and relegated to the realm of bath products. Lavender has a lovely floral flavor that goes well with lemon, cream, and berries. Here we have a cake flavored with lavender and paired with a lemon R[...]
