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Changing the Seasons - Take One

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Spring has sprung and summer is fast approaching.  Not only am I trying to Spring clean, but I’m also trying to Spring/Summer our meals.  It’s gets pretty hot in a small apartment when you’re always using the stove and oven to prepare food. If you’re like me, you have some favorite seasonal dishes, like soups in the Fall/Winter and salads in the Spring/Summer.  I love macaroni, potato and egg salads.  My grandmother made the best salads and I’m always trying to replicate those tasty dishes because she didn’t leave any written recipes for them.  Not only do I want to match her flavors, but I now want these dishes to be Vegan.  From LeafyGreensandMe.com Macaroni and potato salad are simple to replicate and make Vegan, I just use Vegan mayo and other Vegan ingredients.  However, when it comes to egg salad, one ingredient, integral to the dish, is NOT Vegan.  I wondered and worried if I would ever have my favorite salad again.  Well, as you can imagine from my previous blo
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Remaking an Old Favorite

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For Mother’s Day, my daughter had a lovely, quiet day planned with a few favorite things.  Lunch at a favorite Vegan restaurant, watching a movie together and making popcorn chicken.  Everything was fine with our plans until we couldn’t find an essential ingredient in the popcorn chicken.  The recipe she found required TVP (Textured Vegetable Protein) chunks.  All we could find were granules.  Since we didn’t have this ingredient by Mother’s Day we made a different meal for a somewhat disappointing dinner.  Undeterred, Julia kept searching and found a delicious, simple recipe yesterday.  We tried it right away. Picture with recipe from  HappyHealing.com This time, the recipe called for extra firm tofu that you first press, then break up and dredge in a batter before pan frying.  While our first effort was not as aesthetically appealing as the picture from the recipe, the flavor was outstanding and the texture was very nice.  We served it simply with some cut up raw veggies
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One Year Gone

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It was about a year ago that my daughter asked me if we could be Vegan.  As a pragmatic single mother, I told her we should look into it.  As a highly intelligent teen, my daughter, Julia, told me she already had.  She then proceeded to show me some websites and started telling me all about what Vegan is and why she wants us to do it.  She was very prepared with her arguments and evidence to back it all up.  It became clear right away that this is something she is passionate about and I've learned never to ignore someones passion for something they believe in. Almost convinced, I started to look into different foods, recipes, meals and menus that we could incorporate into our lives.  I also researched the dietary needs for a Vegan to be sure we would be getting enough proper nutrition.  As a Diabetic with high blood pressure and stomach trouble I had to be double sure this was a good way for us to go.  It wasn't an easy or quick decision. The decision was made, though, and
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