From the monthly archives:

November 2008

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 27, 2008 by hollie Deep and Meaningful Commentary

I’m doing the holiday a little late this year, because it turned out my step Dad had to work today. We decided to put the whole day off until Sunday. I’m purposefully avoiding all my vegan blog friends until then, because I don’t want anyone to tell me what a Tofurkey tastes like. Nobody spill [...]

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A n00b mistake

November 25, 2008 by hollie Going Vegan

I took the kids to get some fast food, and I went to Taco Bell and got a bean burrito. Not until I was through 2/3rds of it did I realize it contained cheese. ARGH.
I’m less irritated at the un-vegan-ness of it than I am at breaking my own ban on dairy to help my [...]

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What do people look like when they’ve lived on raw foods for a few decades?

November 25, 2008 by hollie In The News

Joan Pick lives in England, is 67 years old, a former scientist and member of Mensa, and runs wherever she needs to go. She hasn’t been in a car in years. She’s been living on raw food for ages, which I’m guessing accounts for her energy and her glow. Look at those rosy cheeks, and [...]

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Look! I’m a soy curl!

November 25, 2008 by hollie Questions for the Audience

They’re called BUTLER SOY CURLS, which I’m enjoying, as my last name is Butler. Yep, it’s the day of cheap thrills around here. I know two vegans in town, who happen to be married to each other, and they’ve been very helpful with all this transition stuff. They suggested these Butler soy curls, which I [...]

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Veganomicon: Caesar Salad Dressing

November 25, 2008 by hollie Food and Recipe Reviews

So This is one of the recipes I was looking forward to the most. I really wanted to laminate this sucker. Maybe I still can, but I’ll have to adjust things.
This is what it looked like when I was done with it:

It wasn’t runny, like I’d think a dressing should be. HOWEVER, I didn’t follow [...]

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From Bacurkey to Tofurkey in a single year

November 24, 2008 by hollie Going Vegan

Last year I was eating this for Thanksgiving:

This Thanksgiving I’ll be trying this:

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Lamination lamentations

November 23, 2008 by hollie Deep and Meaningful Commentary

I got a laminator. She says quietly, so that no one can hear her. It’s noteworthy that one of my favorite blogs focuses on the dangers of plastic, and yet what did I buy? Something with which to PLASTICIZE EVERYTHING. A tool to create things that will never biodegrade.
I promise I will only use it [...]

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Bad experience with TVP? (I can hear people already, “Is there a GOOD experience with TVP?”)

November 23, 2008 by hollie Deep and Meaningful Commentary

I bought some TVP (texturized vegetable protein) at the store a month or so ago. It’s the Bob’s Red Mill brand, and I checked to make sure the package hadn’t expired (can you tell I’m going somewhere not so great with this post?). The other night I made the enchiladas in the photo, by preparing [...]

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Carob Chip Cookies, making me happier than any cookie has a right to

November 23, 2008 by hollie Food and Recipe Reviews

Isa, over at the Post Punk Kitchen Blog, has done it again. She recently posted this amazing cookie recipe, and everyone in the PPK Forums has been going bonkers over it.
“But it has CHOCOLATE,” I would wail to myself, everytime I read another post talking about the recipe’s greatness. I’m off chocolate right now.
Then, just [...]

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Talk about animal rights

November 23, 2008 by hollie Deep and Meaningful Commentary

I don’t care if he thinks this is a violation of his welfare, I totally have a right to put my corgi in this outfit. He has no right to complain.
I put up with his barking, his poop, his surly attitude, and for god’s sake, his snoring. Fifteen blissful years I’ve lived with my husband, [...]

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