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Idk, but now I seriously want one. Maybe you layer different flavors? Mmm cool ranch Doritos are my fav.

Or maybe you make a cake from small bags of chips? Like those diaper "cakes" at baby showers.

Yum! Maybe I'll snag some of the toddler's watermelon this week for me. Mwahaha!

My Aunt gave me a whole book of slow cooker recipes I have yet to use.mI will try to make a few when we get back from vacation. I need more beans and protein in my dairy-free semi-vegan life right now too.

Maybe I will find some good ones!

nutella wrote:Last night was spaghetti carbonara, and a green salad with hazelnuts, goat cheese, craisins and balsamic vinaigrette. Oh man that was so delicious.

This makes me hungry and I just ate.

We had sweet potato and black bean quesadillas tonight. It's a combo recipe of leftover bean dip and mashed sweet potatoes and cheese. yUm! Except no cheese for me

bea wrote:

Hedgeowl wrote:
Killing me!! Pizza is my favorite. This looks delicious! We love (d) making pizza and then we can have veggies and meat split.

Week 1 of no dairy and soy is ok so far. I still have goat cheese it turns out. Husband made a delicious skillet tamale pie with corn, beans, red pepper, onions, spices, with a tasty cornbread topping.

It turns out not eating cheese is the hardest part. I love it so much.

My poor sweet hedgey. I don't know how you are still alive. Cheese is one of my most beloved food groups. It's right up there with pasta, potatoes and booze.

I dated a vegetarian for 7 years so I got very used to the diet. I really, by the end of it only ate meat at work or at family gatherings. But cheese. No fracking way. I could never give up cheese.

I'm glad you still have goat's cheese. It's very awesome rolled in like almonds or pecans or walnuts and in a salad with fresh fruit and stuffs.

Thanks bea!! Thank god I can still eat gluten. But cheese...we have a local goat cheesemaker, so I may start spending all our money there. Also, takeout, wow so much harder now. This Mediterranean place we like does lots of dairy free and even checked for soybean oil. the things we do for baybehs.

Anyone have big food plans this weekend?

Elohcin wrote:

This is how we roll in the Brown house. No need to order in when you can make everything from scratch Yummmm! I also made stuffed mushrooms this week and a ricotta mushroom sauce. We put it over fresh pasta that Rob made. It was delicious too, just didn't get a picture.

Killing me!! Pizza is my favorite. This looks delicious! We love (d) making pizza and then we can have veggies and meat split.

Week 1 of no dairy and soy is ok so far. I still have goat cheese it turns out. Husband made a delicious skillet tamale pie with corn, beans, red pepper, onions, spices, with a tasty cornbread topping.

It turns out not eating cheese is the hardest part. I love it so much.

It turns out my baby has food issues with dairy, soy, and fruit combined with sugar as per some recent testing.

This means for the next 8 weeks, this veggie mama, cant eat dairy or soy at all, or sugar within 4 hours of fruit.

Yeah...i am dying a little. I'm becoming...vegan.

Mongoose wrote:Today I made vegetarian English breakfast. It's so easy to come by and I can't find one place in Tampa Bay that does it.

It's:

* Hashbrowns
* Fried Bread
* Sauteed Mushrooms
* Sauteed Tomato Halves
* Baked Beans
* Eggs or Tofu Scramble
* Soysage Links


Tofurky just put out a new kind of links that are almost as good as the homemade and Quorn brand I can only find in England. I spent two hours preparing the feast and even got a "Not bad" from James. Woo.

My hashbrowns won't crisp up. Why won't they crisp up! Epi?

You makin' me hungry! I would eat all of this except mushrooms. And a corn allergy?? Seriously, corn is in everything. Hmm, what fat did you use to cook potatoes? Butter, oil? Maybe you need more or maybe it's your heat level?

I love chowder! Specifically corn chowder is my favorite. I decided to make it while living in Germany. Turns out it's really hard to find fresh corn there. Finally found a slightly old dryish ear and yeah it wasnt very good.

Glad your fish chowder was a success!

^pretty! And sounds delicious!

Mongoose wrote:Today before I left home I put tofu bahn mi filling in the slow cooker. I already have the pickles made up as well as cilantro aioli (which is cilantro stirred into greek yogurt and lime juice) and I'll pick up a whole grain baguette tonight.

Basically it's tofu, lemongrass, liquid aminos, etc. But you could use any meat or protein.

This is the recipe I used, but there's many variations. I will often carmelize some onions for the topper as well.

http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-bnh-m-w ... ss-t-97407

Yum!

Now I really wish we could all have a dinner club.

bea wrote:everything is finally assembled and baking - my sweetie dropped off hours ago - I'll have to wake him in an hour to eat awesome.

Sounds delicious! At least its homemade and took forever. We still talk about the party my husband threw years ago, right after I met him. He didn't check the cook time on the frozen Lasagna before people started arriving. It was 2 hours! So we had 9pm lasagna and will never let him live it down.

Mongoose wrote:I say marscapone like this: MAAARscaPOOOOHN because it's so good. I actually had a dream once that scientists figured out how to make 0 calories.

I would eat the crap out of that penne dish as I adore olives in all shapes, sizes, colors, permutations, and national creeds.

I looove olives, but my husband haaates them, so they rarely make an appearance at our house. They make so many pasta dishes so much better though.

Ottolenghi in his veg cookbook Plenty uses greek yogurt all the time for all the dipping sauces. He loves frying things and creating delicious sauces, but I find it a bit tricky getting all the ingredients sometimes. I dont really like the perfumey taste of Orange Blossom water it turns out either.

We made some delicious fresh corn fritters this week. Perfect recipe for tasty summer corn. Now I have my sights on a summer corn chowder.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_10033513

Mongoose wrote:

Hedgeowl wrote:A family member tried to make crepes for everyone over Thanksgiving last year. The french exchange student there swore they always made them with beer in her family. So they searched every for a pale beer with no luck. Finally added a dark beer and the next morning we all tried to eat beer flavored crepes. Not a success when paired with fruit, sugar, and syrup. Glad to hear the Shiner Bock worked so well!

I wonder if a Chocolate Stout would work with something like that. Hey, what about this -- you know Sea Dog Brewery? We have one of those here, but you can get it on tap at a lot of places. Hear me out, what if you put the Blueberry Sea Dog into ...pancake batter! You could roll up sausages or other breakfast meat into it.

Oh what a great idea! I had Sea Dog at a bar where they put blueberries in the beer. I don't remember whether it made the beer better, but it was fun to try. Do they do this where you are?

A Person- If I liked Bleu Cheese more than this would be aok in my book. I eat it with things cause its too much for me otherwise. Do you eat it with crackers or on its own? We've become big fans of the cheese before dinner course because we are always so hungry at the end of the day. There's a mustard and ale cheese called Red Dragon i think, that we found at Whole Foods and its our current favorite.

A family member tried to make crepes for everyone over Thanksgiving last year. The french exchange student there swore they always made them with beer in her family. So they searched every for a pale beer with no luck. Finally added a dark beer and the next morning we all tried to eat beer flavored crepes. Not a success when paired with fruit, sugar, and syrup. Glad to hear the Shiner Bock worked so well!

Quinoa-Beet Burgers! Our new burger bar has those and they are delicious! Too bad they make the regular burgers too salty so you'll buy more beer. Otherwise, we'd eat there more often. Also, that Tofu curry sounds tasty. My husband will eat tofu with a nice curry sauce. Easy to make the base with curry and veggies and then throw in chicken in one version and tofu in another too. We just had beef and veggie burgers tonight. There's a local company making lentil veggie burgers now. They are not as delicious as I would hope however. I would like to introduce them to a salt shaker to start.

Ooo veggie blogs! My fav veggie cookbook Author is Deborah Madison. Some of her stuff seems a little tricky at first read, but almost everything I make comes out great the first time. Can't say that about a lot of cookbooks.

Eggplant Parm is so good when its homemade. I still have bad memories of college cafeteria parm. Amazing how they could ruin so many dishes. As for tofu I grew up with it and love most kinds, but have never liked tempeh. I have had some good dishes with it, but its usually too strong for me. My husband is not vegetarian, which mostly works out, but I always ask before I add tofu cause it depends on the dish.
He really likes the Tamale Pie recipe in Joy of Cooking. Top and bottom layer of almost cornbread with middle layer of ground beef and spices for friends and then will do a veggie version with beans, corn, and peppers for me. It is delicious.

I found a store demo espresso machine on sale for my husbands birthday. Since coffee turns me into a crazy person, he figured out to make one of my favorites today, steamed milk. Yeah, that's right I feel 5 years old, but with a little honey it's amazing.

Red velvet shake? How? Want!

Mongoose wrote:

Hedgeowl wrote:Clearly bea's! Bacon is almost like food cheating. It makes everything taste better. This coming from a lifelong vegetarian too. In my meat-tasting days, bacon was definitely my favorite. Also risotto with bacon might be what the green peppers need to taste better.

<---- Also a non-judgmental vegetarian

Clearly bea's! Bacon is almost like food cheating. It makes everything taste better. This coming from a lifelong vegetarian too. In my meat-tasting days, bacon was definitely my favorite. Also risotto with bacon might be what the green peppers need to taste better.

Have people tried bacon wrapped dates? These are pretty popular here right now.

My husband makes tasty cheesy risotto, but last week we tried a lemon, scallion, basil risotto recipe. Yum! Then we used the leftovers to stuff peppers. Still good, but not quite the right flavors with green peppers, maybe stuffed tomatoes next time.

I thought the same thing bea! We were givng you so much credit Mongoose!