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Frappy Hour

Starbuck’s is promoting their new frappachino’s by selling them for half price between 3-5pm until 5/16/2010.  If you haven’t had one, you gotta go try one!  And remember, for the lactose intolerant and vegan folks…go soy (all frapps can be made dairy free except Caramel and the Light versions).  Enjoy!

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Vegan Bistek – Filipino Food

VEGAN BISTEK I was told the flavoring was “spot on” from my Filipino friend, so I was thrilled. Ingredients 2 cups of sliced seitan 2 medium size potatos, sliced 1/2 cup cooking oil 4 cloves garlic, crushed, chopped 1 big onion, sliced into rings 1/4 cup of vinegar 1/2 cup soy sauce 1 cup water …

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Seitan – the other other white meat

Seitan aka “wheat meat” For my first attempt at making a “meat” I went with Vrg.org’s recipe. It’s very chewy, and surprisingly MUCH easier to make than I thought.   I just made a few adjustments to the recipe to add my own twist by adding J&D’s Bacon Salt which has BBQ like smokey flavor …

(photo courtety of veggieboards.com)

Chipotle Vegan Chicken Burrito

Really?  Really?  A chain restaurant with faux meats that’s not flavored like Kung Pao or General Chickens?  SWEET! Yes, there are reports all around the country that Chipotle has added a new vegan chicken to their menu called Garden Blend!  I’m so excited.  Although its only been in a few locations in the East Coast …

When I get a hold of my own frapp, I'll upload MY pic then. :)

Because we give a frapp

So I’m a little excited about this because I’m a self proclaimed coffee junky.  I just heard thru the grapevine that Starbucks is going to roll out a soy-based Frappacino.  Making it a VEGAN frappacino.   YAAY!  Vegan options from anywhere is always a PLUS in my book. According to LA based vegan blogger quarrygirl.com and …

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Can I recycle this?

I love recycling or re-purposing things, it makes me feel as if I’m doing my part.  I recently donated all the leather shoes I no longer wore to a shelter, since I couldn’t (didn’t) wear them anymore, a new home made sure they didn’t go to waste.  However, what about other things…where should they go?   …

Clean lashes :)

Using Olive oil to remove waterproof mascara

Mascara is one of the staples in a girls makeup bag.   Until recently, I rarely wore any because I dreaded the end of the evening when I had to take it off.  I tried everything from eye makeup removers, cream cleansers, makeup clothes…nothing took it all off.  I’d have remnants of mascara under my eyes …