April 16, 2010

marcy

April 16, 2010 - .  

wow, have i really not updated in 3 days? well, things have been a bit crazy and i actually have no idea what i’ve been doing or eating since the last time i posted, so i guess i’ll just pick things up from here. weird, i swear i updated yesterday.

2am snack: vegan chocolate peanut butter milkshake and rice crispy bar from pick me up, one of my favorite vegan sites in chicago. they’re open late!

sesame bagel with tofutti cream cheese. oj.

spinach penne from wf with homemade peanut sauce (sauteed onions, peanut butter, water, lemon juice, tamari, a tiny bit of agave)

demi baguette and cup of black bean soup from whole foods. part of a chicago diner chocolate chip scone. bite of tofu from whole foods salad bar to confirm for a friend that it was in fact way too salty. bit of baba g.

April 15, 2010

katherine

April 15, 2010 - .  

breakfast: Special K with soymilk; espresso

Ricola LemonMint herb throat drops (the one variety at my corner store that did not contain honey. Seems to be vegan. It list some herbs I haven’t heard of, including “mallow,” but I assume it is something from the mallow plant family, rather than from a marshmallow. Still worth asking Ricola.)

lunch: sandwich on multigrain bread with Follow Your Heart Nacho cheese, large red kale (raw), chives, thinly sliced onion, imitation cheese spread, roasted red pepper + eggplant spread, and pickle slices

dinner at Papacitos: “wet” (or, smothered in vegan cheese, vegan sour cream, olives, jalapeños, etc.) vegan burrito with seitan asada; Tecate with lime

stacey

April 15, 2010 - .  

breakfast: chai tea with soy milk, a banana and salty peanuts

lunch: leftover udon noodle peanut pasta and a chocolate chip walnut cookies

snack: broccoli, tomatoes, carrots and snap peas

coffee: free coffee from starbucks (with soy milk) because of tax day.

drink: sapporo at Nooshi (they have a very good happy hour deal- half all all drinks)

dinner: Chick’n Piccata at Toscana Grill with green beans and pasta.  This place was pretty gross: the bread was stale, the green beans were overcooked and the pasta was from a box (at least it tasted like it).  The chick’n piccata was good- I really liked the sauce and their fake meat was excellent, but not worth the money or the trip out to Arlington.  They did give me free daiya bread to sprinkle on my pasta and the bread.

emily

April 15, 2010 - .  

grapefruit; last gingerbread pig with strawberry preserves

whole wheat tortilla with last of cedar’s original hummus and spinach; green beans; small navel orange

carrot; guava pear muffin; banana

tofu and pea curry with whole wheat tortilla

i heard through the grapevine that toy joy has new “baby shakes,” which are 9 oz and $3.50 for any flavor. nice! however, when my housemate and i went there specifically to get them, we got sidetracked by the soft serve flavor of the week, which was strawberry. i ended up getting strawberry soft serve in an organic cone. the strawberry was quite coconut-y and delicious.

April 14, 2010

katherine

April 14, 2010 - .  



 
breakfast: Special K with soymilk; coffee

lunch: peanut butter and jelly sandwich

dinner: grilled “cheese” varieties (multigrain bread, Earth Balance, some with Follow Your Heart Nacho and some with Galaxy Nutritional Foods American, thinly sliced onion and tomato); Campbell’s tomato soup prepared with soymilk; sauteed giant red kale

last of the chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting

stacey-

April 14, 2010 - .  

chai tea with soy milk and a banana

leftovers: white bean salad from Whole Foods and  peanut pasta made last night

many snacks:

1) chocolate chip walnut cookies

2) Hickory smoked primal strip.  This was my first primal strip- i thought it was pretty gross

3) Whole Foods brand organic vegan chocolate chip cookies. I emailed them to find out if these are vegan.  They had a hard time giving me a straight answer because their chocolate chips are made on equipment that uses milk.  I felt ok with that since milk was not an intentional ingredient.  Anyway, they are gross- i don’t recommend trying them

4) banana chips

dinner:  as soon as i got home from work i had a beer (dogfish head raison d’etre) and fell asleep. when i woke up i was too lazy to cook dinner, so i had more chocolate chip walnut cookies, popcorn with bragg’s and nutritional yeast and matzoh with hummus

emily

April 14, 2010 - .  

cornflakes with raisins and almond breeze unsweetened almond milk

whole wheat tortilla with cedar’s original hummus, spinach; green beans; small navel orange

apple; peanut butter mini builder’s bar

leftover tofu and pea curry, whole wheat tortilla

dried pineapple from fiesta bulk; dark chocolate toffee almonds, dark chocolate goji berries, dark chocolate banana chips, and carob chips from heb bulk

marcy

April 14, 2010 - .  

sesame bagel with cream cheese (no oj!)

amy’s samosa wrap. muffin.

take out from kikuya in celebration of andrea’s birthday: avocado/asparagus/cucumber maki and cucumber/spinach/avocado/kampyo maki. miso soup.

birthday cake i made: lemon cake (see previous post) with sliced strawberries soaked in lemon juice and sugar in the middle and on top. this would be good with some kind of coconut topping too but andrea’s not into coconut so i refrained.

gin and tonic at jimmy’s

April 13, 2010

katherine

April 13, 2010 - .  

breakfast: Special K with soymilk; coffee

lunch: sandwich with imitation cheese spread, roasted red pepper + eggplant spread, Field Roast smoked tomato deli slices, and pickle

orange

dinner: leftover corn soup with dumplings; sourdough bread; chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting; green tea

stacey

April 13, 2010 - .  

coffee with soy milk and salty oatmeal

lunch from Whole Foods: garlicky green beans; quinoa with green beans and kale, vegan general tso’s chicken

grapes

white bean salad with lemon and red onion from Whole Foods

cardamon cinnamon tea

udon noodles with peanut sauce based on this recipe I added broccoli, green onions, a lot more garlic than the recipe called for, sriracha. I omitted the red pepper, snow peas, carrots

dogfish head raison d’etre

chocolate chip and walnut cookies Click for the recipe.

dessert

  • 2 1/4 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4-1 cup earth balance
  • 3/4- 1 cup sugar
  • 3/4- 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1- 2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/4 cup of silken tofu
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

directions

  1. preheat oven to 375°.
  2. stir flour with baking soda and salt; set aside.
  3. beat butter with sugar and brown sugar until creamy.
  4. add vanilla and tofu to wet mixture.
  5. blend dry mixture into creamed mixture.
  6. Stir in chocolate chips and walnuts.
  7. add cookie dough to a cookie sheet (about 1 tbsp heaps). bake for about 9 minutes, until golden brown

emily

April 13, 2010 - .  

breakfast taco with flour tortilla, potatoes/black beans, roasted tomato salsa, spinach; small navel orange

leftover tofu and pea curry with whole wheat tortilla

leftover anderson’s coffee; marranito with strawberry preserves

pre-class dinner: whole wheat tortilla (a different brand), cedar’s original hummus, carrots, green beans; apple

post-class dinner: creamy peanut butter and strawberry preserves on warm whole wheat tortilla

marcy

April 13, 2010 - .  

sesame bagel with tofutti cream cheese. oj.

muffin

cedar’s veggie hummus pita–i just found out they sell them separately at a coffee shop on campus! dangerous.

libations at departmental wine and cheese event: one tiny piece of tjs dark chocolate covered pretzels because i got there late and the bastards ate them all already, crackers, chips and guac, etc. peach lambic (yum), peach juice, red wine.

muffin

April 12, 2010

katherine

April 12, 2010 - .  

breakfast: Special K with soymilk; almond-cranberry biscotti; coffee

lunch: raw kale salad with cashew chunks; peanut butter and jelly sandwich

more biscotti; a pink orange

dinner: Trinidadian corn soup with dumplings (recipe here)

stacey

April 12, 2010 - .  

coffee with soy milk from work

Siam salad with tofu from Mixt Greens (note: the bread and croutons are not vegan)

Sapporo beer and vegetarian mandu (steamed and fried) at Mandu

a lot of biscotti thanks to Katherine’s mom

emily

April 12, 2010 - .  

grapefruit; marranito (gingerbread pig) from fiesta bakery with strawberry preserves

whole wheat tortilla with cedar’s creamy original hummus; carrots and green beans; small navel orange; guava pear muffin

apple; one handful of really old trail mix

burrito vegetal from el chilito; fruit salad with mango, strawberries, banana; paulaner hefeweizen (vegan according to barnivore, but a lot of hefeweizens have honey, so i’m not totally sure); marcus james malbec

decaf coffee with a shot of hazelnut at the alamo drafthouse

marcy

April 12, 2010 - .  

sesame bagel with tofutti cream cheese. oj.

muffins

banana

muffin

(dinner got derailed due to a near-death biking experience!)

large glass shiraz for calming down

April 11, 2010

oysters

April 11, 2010 - .  

what do we think about this? i am kind of convinced but also fairly sure i don’t want to eat oysters anyway?

katherine

April 11, 2010 - .  

homemade almond-cranberry biscotti made with orange oil

brunch: The Fusion (lemon-teriyaki seitan with caramelized onions, fresh spinach, and banana peppers on toasted oatmeal wheat bread) from Ithaca Bakery; pickle; quad espresso (two double shots)

on bus: leftover crackers (both types)

dinner: sourdough bread (also from Ithaca Bakery) with imitation cheese spread, a couple slices of Susie’s seitan, and an okara burger; raw kale salad with cashew chunks; chocolate cake with creamy peanut butter frosting (there is so much left of this! Hurray!)

stacey- Ithaca day 2: vegan FAIL

April 11, 2010 - .  

cranberry orange biscotti with orange oil by katherine’s mom

brunch at Ithaca Bakery: The Fusion (lemon teriyaki seitan with caramelized onions, fresh spinach and banana peppers on toasted oatmeal wheat bread) and a pickle

sunflower seeds, animal cookies (I read the ingredients, but somehow overlooked whey), grapes, matzah with “cheese spread,” more biscotti

cream soda and oj

emily

April 11, 2010 - .  

grapefruit

perfect pancakes from ‘vegan brunch’ (i added ginger and allspice as well as cinnamon) topped with strawberries we picked yesterday and blackberries that were 87 cents a container at heb; small amount of coffee (flores bajawa beans from anderson’s -> katherine, which beans did you get and how were they?)

cedar’s original hummus, whole wheat tortillas, carrots, green beans, small navel orange, sip of young coconut juice

dinner at friends’: homemade quinoa tabouleh; salad with mixed greens, roma tomatoes, moroccan olives, roasted sunflower seeds and walnuts, crumbled tofu “feta” with olive oil, garlic, oregano, fresh rosemary, fresh thyme; stuffed grape leaves that come in a can at fiesta; haagen dazs raspberry sorbet and mori-nu chocolate pudding mix; marcus james malbec, three different homebrews

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