honey os with ricemilk. oj
cinnamon rhubarb muffins (see previous post), made with strawberry yogurt this time
leftover collard roll, home fries, cabbage
honey os with ricemilk. oj
cinnamon rhubarb muffins (see previous post), made with strawberry yogurt this time
leftover collard roll, home fries, cabbage
breakfast at Ithaca Bakery: toasted everything bagel with Tofutti cream cheese; espresso
The next day, Stacey and I asked about some specific specialty bagels, and an employee told us that none of the bagels are vegan. He didn’t know what specifically wasn’t vegan about them (he said they all had some sort of dairy… butter or milk), and he seemed a bit unsure, so Stacey and I weren’t totally convinced either way. If you live in Ithaca, you should ask!
Primal Strips spicy seitan jerky
portion of ABC lemon poppyseed cookie
vegan peppermint ice cream from ice cream shoppe in Ithaca, NY
dinner at Moosewood Restaurant (Ithaca, NY): house salad with lemon tahini dressing; Spanish Vegetable Stew (butternut squash, zucchini, bell peppers, white beans, green beans, tomatoes simmered with sherry, paprika, and thyme; served with a smoky hazelnut-red pepper Romesco sauce as well as multigrain bread); a few bites of Stacey’s polenta lasagna (polenta noodles, tomato basil sauce, seasoned tofu, fresh fennel, carrots and kale); espresso
post-dinner snacks: crackers (basil-sunflower and smoky almond) with imitation cheese spread and seitan slices; almond-cranberry biscotti baked by my mom; Ithaca Brewery beer (Cascazilla, Nut Brown, Gorges Smoky Porter, Cold Front amber ale… all vegan according to the person in the store. He said the Alfalfa beer has honey.)
breakfast: everything bagel with tofutti from Ithaca Bakery (after eating the bagels, someone at the store told us they are made with milk. I have my doubts about this, but the store was too crowded to ask more questions.)
1/4 ABC lemom poppyseed cookie (thanks Katherine!)
vegan peppermint ice cream (I can’t remember the name of the place). It was made with coconut milk.
dinner at Moosewood Restaurant (Ithaca, NY): house salad with lemon tahini dressing; polenta lasagna (polenta noodles, tomato basil sauce, seasoned tofu, fresh fennel, carrots and kale). Katherine let me try a bit of her dish: Spanish Vegetable Stew (butternut squash, zucchini, bell peppers, white beans, green beans, tomatoes simmered with sherry, paprika, and thyme; served with a smoky hazelnut-red pepper Romesco sauce as well as multigrain bread)
post-dinner snacks: crackers (Back to Nature Basil-Sunflower and Blue Diamond Natural Almond Nut Thins smokehouse flavored) with imitation cheese spread (We Can’t Say It’s Cheese Non Dairy Chedder Style Spread) and Susie’s seitan slices (locally made). None of this food was very good, except for Susie’s seitan. The seitan tasted like a healthier version of Tofurky.
drinks: Ithaca Beer Company (Cascazilla, Gorges Smoky Porter, Cold Front amber ale… all vegan according to the person in the store, except for the Alfalfa beer which has honey.)
post drink snack: almond-cranberry biscotti baked by Katherine’s mom (very good)
fiesta brand cornflakes with raisins, almond breeze unsweetened almond milk; genmai cha green tea with roasted brown rice
whole wheat tortilla with hummus, paprika, spinach; grapefruit
snacks over course of day: apple, peanut butter, whole wheat tortilla, orange slice, carrot, guava pear muffin, samples of pumpkin butter and lemon fig jam at wildseed farms market center, strawberries picked at marburger orchard
dinner at ruby’s bbq: vegetarian chili with wheat bread, side salad with honey mustard dressing, lone star; decaf lavender mocha with almond milk and a taste of a chocolate lavender vegan milkshake at toy joy
toast with peanut butter and banana on top
vietnamese sandwich with sips from a mango bubble smoothie, no milk. bite of a banana.
jones pomegranate soda, sips from an orange cream soda. splash fruity gum. i found out that a lot of gums have gelatin in them–i never really looked before because i’m not a big gum chewer, but yucko!
lots of jelly bellies from a candy store in south bend, indiana. did you know that they don’t have gelatin in them? and also that in these displays there are little doors where you can access all of the jelly bellies that other people spilled while they were using the dispensers?
tjs masala burger on a bun with tomato, lettuce, avocado, sprouts. more gum.
breakfast: toasted oat cereal with soymilk; coffee
lunch at Cafe Asia: green curry with tofu; white rice; cucumber salad
I asked what items on the lunch menu had no fish sauce, and the waitress said the green curry was one of few options. Then I asked about appetizers, and she said either the cucumber salad or the tuna salad would be okay. So, yeah.
at going away party for Jamie: carrot stick; broccoli; cherry tomato; Harpoon IPA (vegan according to Barnivore)
Field Roast Italian soy sausage on multigrain bread with ketchup; chocolate cake with creamy peanut butter frosting
on car ride to Ithaca: popcorn (green apple, vanilla, and kettle) from Cornucopia/Austin (there is still so much left… it is difficult to eat more than 2 kernels at a time); Alternative Baking Company pumpkin spice cookie; banana; Twizzlers; Ruffles potato chips; espresso out of a vending machine
soy latte from starbucks (i think i have a problem, i have started getting these more frequently. it went from once a year to once a monthish). today i realized that starbuck’s soymilk is made especially for starbucks and it has a lot of sugar in it.. surprise, surprise
leftover roasted asparagus with brown rice. tamale (tofu with sunflower seeds) from Mr. Natural (I’m not sure if it had gone bad, but I ate it anyway. I liked the flavor, but it tasted a little off)
boca chicken patty in a toasted whole wheat pita with red onion and ketchup
cream soda
breakfast taco (see previous days); grapefruit
green beans with hummus & paprika, also spinach (this was meant to be a wrap, but i forgot to bring a tortilla); small navel orange; guava pear muffin
empire apple with creamy peanut butter; half a warmed tortilla with peanut butter and blueberry preserves; mochi sweetened rice cake
sol beer, which i just found out is not vegan friendly, with lime
coffee, beans from central market bulk
leftover tofu pea curry with whole wheat tortilla
surf sweets gummy swirls and sour worms, both easter candy from my mom. surf sweets are vegan, are made with organic fruit juice and natural sweeteners, and provide 100% of my vitamin c needs for the day in a single serving (calcium too, in the swirls). they are a tiny bit tougher than normal gummy candy, but did a good job of fueling a late-night paper-writing session, and i’m not going to be needing any vitamin c for a few days.
honey-os with soymilk. oj.
tjs sesame bagel with tofutti cream cheese. potato chips.
all manner of grilled things at a bbq including summer squashes, asparagus, eggplant, veggie burgers and pineapple. i also made something which was inspired by the collard wraps from a bit ago, but this time i sauteed onions, tomatoes, cous cous, and chick peas with some random herbs and wrapped them in purple cabbage leaves. the wrapping didn’t work out so well, i actually had to tie them together with string, but anyway we put them on the grill and it was good times. can’t go wrong with grilling.
‘jungle juice’ which i believe was ginger juice, lime, pineapple juice and tons and tons and tons of vodka. also a screwdriver.
breakfast: toasted oat cereal with soymilk and banana slices; coffee
lunch: vegan macaroni and cheeze with collards leftovers
a few more bites of macaroni and cheeze; more chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting and Mambas; Żywiec porter
dinner at Vinnie’s Pizzeria (new Greenpoint, Brooklyn location): partial slices of BBQ “chicken” + soy cheese and black bean + soy sausage + soy cheese + hot sauce pizza; vegan ham wheel
jazz apple
Amy’s minestrone soup
pretzels
grilled tofu with green tomatillo sauce from Whole Foods
leftover kugel from passover
carrot sticks with horseradish hummus
joe’s o’s
a lot of oj
fiesta brand cornflakes with raisins and almond breeze unsweetened almond milk
whole wheat tortilla (heb) with weird hummus, tons of paprika, spinach; carrots and green beans; small navel orange
“breakfast” taco (same as yesterday); small navel orange; dried pineapple
leftover tofu and pea curry with whole wheat tortilla
inspired by the success of my guava coconut bars (which are now in the freezer), i adapted this recipe, substituting pear sauce (i needed to use up some super overripe pears) for the applesauce, and including a slice of guava paste that melted in the middle of each muffin: guava-pear muffins! i think the guava worked really well with the warm spices
gin & tonic at barflys
honey os with a combination of soy and rice milks, which was surprisingly not weird at all. oj.
collard roll, leftover cabbage, potatoes.
snacks at a departmental meeting: several different kinds of sparkling juices from tjs. those dark chocolate covered pretzels that i love so much. chips and salsa. peach juice. other stuff.
then i had a sugar high and crash and really just felt over this whole food thing for the day ): i’ll try again tomorrow.
breakfast: oat cereal with soymilk; a few bites of macaroni and cheeze when packing it for lunch; coffee
lunch: macaroni and cheeze with collards leftovers
dinner: last of leftovers from Bedouin Tent (pita, hummus, baba ghanoush, kalamata olives); more macaroni and cheeze with collards leftovers; sauteed collards with sea salt and olive oil; chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting; Veuve Clicquot champagne to celebrate Michael getting NYC SeedStart (the champagne is vegan according to Barnivore!)
a lot of pasta some with Earth Balance and nutritional yeast and some with bragg’s and nutritional yeast (about 5 bowls total)
1/2 piece of matzoh with horseradish hummus
oj
slightly different breakfast taco: flour tortilla (mission brand), diced potatoes browned in olive oil then sauteed with cooked black beans, minced jalapeno, green onion, cumin, salt, and pepper, topped with spinach and salsa huichol; grapefruit
leftover scraps of flatbread and tortilla with weird hummus; raw green beans and carrots; small navel orange
tortilla samples (white flour and southwest) and one medjool date at heb
paneer curry with peas from the last issue of bon appetit: i think it’s currently in their web recipe archive, but i won’t link to it because i think they only keep the last few issues’ worth of recipes on there. i substituted tofu for paneer and ate it using a whole wheat tortilla from heb as chapati. i’ve had four different kinds of tortillas today- one at every meal!
small coffee at flightpath (half medium-roast, half house decaf); dark chocolate covered assortment from my easter package (…wrapped in a tortilla?)
late night snack stop at heb (second time today!): thai curry, mequite bbq, and black pepper cashews, dried apricots, and dark chocolate toffee almonds, all from bulk aisle
honey-os with soymilk. oj.
collard roll with leftover home fries
piece of leftover corn bread with earth balance and honey
last of the leftover pancakes with maple syrup and a collard roll
look at the beautiful pattern my eating has made!
it’s almost like i planned my whole day
with this in mind
breakfast: a bit of cinnamon shredded wheat with soymilk; toasted oat cereal with soymilk; coffee
lunch: vegan spicy chili, lemon poppyseed bread, and espresso from Karen’s on Astor; peanut butter and jelly sandwich
one stolen pretzel at lab meeting
dinner: mac and cheeze with collards from Robin Robertson’s 1,000 Vegan Recipes (I’m addicted); chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting and Mambas; Samuel Smith oatmeal stout (vegan according to Barnivore; Hitachino Nest white ale (may or may not be vegan)
leftover brown rice with roasted asparagus and tomatoes
one slice of toast with Earth Balance
one slice of toast with horseraddish hummus
matzoh with horseradish hummus
oatmeal with tahini, almond milk, diced pear, cinnamon, sesame seeds
empire apple, creamy peanut butter; toasted mini everything bagel
i made sun-dried tomato hummus and tasted a little bit. it was inspired by this recipe and had a really good creamy texture (due to the secret ingredient?), but a slightly weird flavor (due to the secret ingredient? or the fact that i had no lemons so completely left out the lemon juice?). i hope that it gets less weird in the fridge overnight
handful of seed & nut mix and a medjool date from fiesta bulk
“pizza” on a flour tortilla with leftover pizza sauce (recipe originally from 101cookbooks), lots of spinach, crumbled tofu tossed in olive oil, all baked at 350 for about 15 minutes in an oiled pie tin; small navel orange
carob chunks of energy from whole foods bulk
there is a box of guava paste that has been sitting in our fridge for months, left over from tamale fest 2010. fortunately i don’t think it would ever go bad, so tonight i used it to make a variation on this. for the bottom layer i used whole wheat flour and subbed oats for about half the coconut. i spread slices of guava paste in place of the raspberry jam and it melted nicely. i plan on using the rest of the guava paste to make more of these, or possibly in other baking experiments.. any suggestions?