Archive for 2010
Oowy Gooey 1 Minute Vegan Chocolate Mug Cake
I had a hankering for chocolate cake and found a quick and dirty one here. I made a few tweaks, and its yummy! One Minute Microwave Chocolate Mug Cake Ingredients: 4 Tablespoons Flour 4 Tablespoons Sugar 2 Tablespoons Cocoa powder (if you use hot cocoa mix, adjust your sugar) 1/2 Teaspoon of instant coffee (for more »
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!
New Soychick Design – I Love Cupcakes
And the cupcake craze continues. This design was inspired by a yummy vegan cupcake I recently had. So sweet, it’s sure to please any cupcake fan!
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 more »
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 more »
New Design! – Calling all cupcake lovers
Love cupcakes? You’ll love this Available now in shirts, sweatshirts, pins, mugs and more! check it out here – Cupcake Lovers
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 more »
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 more »
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? more »
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 more »
