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Photo Credit: StreetRoots.orgIt's about 6:30am PT as I start to type this piece. We're in the lovely city of Portland, OR to attend Vida Vegan Con, a vegan bloggers conference running from May 24th through May 26th. It'll be a great time to meet some fellow bloggers, catch up with some friends and make some new ones along the way. I love how great the sense of community is and how it's grown withi
Meet up and eat up!If you've been following us for a while, you know that we LOVE Jolo's Kitchen in New Rochelle, NY! Friday evening, we organized and hosted our first MeetUp event with the Westchester Veggie EatUp group in the 'burbs of NYC. It was a lovely evening with great food, music, people and positive vibes, held at Jolo's Kitchen upcoming "new" location on 415 North Avenue in the city of
Books + Food in NYC = Happy Boys & Girls!We love books! We love food! We love being vegan! So, we decided to roll them up into one fun day with a few friends to walk through parts of the city, exploring indie bookstores and having some vegan eats along the way! So, between the hunt for books and the hunt for good food lies what we've called "The NYC Indie Bookstore Vegan Foodie Crawl."New York
Hey guys! Artie here. Today is the May 2013 Virtual Vegan Potluck! Being the baker around these parts, Macaroon has been experimenting with what to make, choosing to share a dessert. Her results have created a sweet treat recipe she put together especially for this event. With that, I'm going to let Mac take it away...Lemon: CHECK! Rhubarb: CHECK! Strawberries: CHECK! READY TO GO!I'll start with a
We'd like to give a big thanks to Christy Moran of The Blissful Chef who has a wonderful blog! Over the next few months, she is running a feature called "Cooking by Color" with guest posts from fellow veggie bloggers with recipes featuring a specific color. For May, the colors are blue and purple. And the lady of our house, Macaroon, contributed a recipe for Roasted Walnut & Eggplant Boats!So,
The Iceberg bar: Love the crags at the top! For many people, taking a bath or shower is merely something that you just do, it's even a laborious chore to some. Macaroon and I believe that bath time is something that should be enjoyed. It's an invigorating way to start your day or a relaxing way to wind down your evening. Mac will tell you that I will literally spend over an hour soaking in ou
The first (snack box) of many!We LOVE Vegan Cuts! If you don't know about Vegan Cuts, then let us bring you out of the shadows. Of course, they are a vegan business (YAY)! They are a bit of a boutique in offering some pretty nice deals on products, ranging from food to apparel. Macaroon's ordered from them a few times, getting shoes, clothes and of course vegan treats!Despite her purchases w
"You are what you eat." How many times have you heard that old adage? Countless for me, and I'm sure for many of you too!We, as vegans, ARE what we eat. No matter the reason to go vegan may be, we have made a choice not to consume animal-based products. We look to plants to give us what we need in sustenance even if its naughty junk food, but we're being conscious about it, right? What if we took
The mission has FINALLY ended! We found it! All it took was a little trip to Whole Foods in Union Square to see it in the veggie prepared foods section! There it was. Its strips packaged nicely, just waiting for us to take them home for a delightful meal. Beyond Meat was ours!Okay, no need for me to get all melodramatic about it. But...for MONTHS...we've heard friends talk, read fellow vegan blogs
Spiced Apple Cashew DressingI don't know about you, but I love cashews. Ever since learning about how to make cashew cream from Tal Ronnen's The Conscious Cook, I have been stuck on it. It's great as a base for alfredo sauce or cream soups. It also adds a nice touch to some iced coffee and smoothies. So, I thought about trying it in a salad dressing.I had an apple and a lemon. Somehow, the idea of
Meetups with new and not-so-new friends are fun, especially when you all get to try a newly opened eatery and all its delights. Well, we did just that this past Saturday at the new Peacefood Cafe Downtown in the West Village. It's Peacefood's second location; the original located at 460 Amsterdam Avenue at W. 82nd Street in the Upper West Side.Surprisingly, as many times Peacefood has been recomme
I love our fellow vegan bloggers and getting some pretty creative and fun ideas for recipes. With that, we have to give a major SHOUT OUT to the blog Just the Food for its vegan chocolate eggs. I am so glad I came upon this recipe this weekend!Too much fun...and too good NOT to eat!The recipe was so simple and a lot of fun, because I loved playing around with the sugar dough. Artie loved the "eggs
The Easter Bunny has nothing on these treat...or does he?What you see are not cupcakes. They're cookies made into little decorative, edible Easter baskets. I'll admit, the idea was not mine. I found the steps to make the baskets which I found on Oh! Nuts' blog. I also veganized my favorite sugar cookie recipe from Dorie Greenspan.In addition to the cookie ingredients, I needed the f
Okay. It makes it sound like going vegan is an event for the history books, and we think it is! You have to admit the moment you went vegan (or vegetarian) was maybe just a wee bit significant. Was it unexpected? How about life-altering? Or, could it have been down right earth-shattering? WE WANT TO KNOW.A CALL TO ACTION: Your friends, The Food Duo, would love to share our storie
We attended our first Westchester Veggie EatUp last night at Sweet Grass Grill in Tarrytown, New York (about 30 minutes North of NYC). We had a great time, meeting new folks, including a couple of fellow veggie bloggers, The Picky Vegan and Vegan Dance If You Want To. It was a lovely evening, where we enjoyed each other's company and some pretty great food. Artichoke didn't mind being the only mal
Sunday was the Veggie Pride Parade! We had a total blast. Not only did we just show up, but we walked IN the parade. Artie was so psyched about the experience, because he never wanted in any parade of any kind before today. Mac carried signs. Artie carried our mini carrot squeaky toy and wore finger puppets that we got from Ikea in Paramus. We really got into the spirit for community!After the p
Growing up, vegetables were a MUST at the dinner table. It didn't matter the type. It just had to be there and be green as a side to the day's meat, poultry or fish. So, we often had broccoli, Brussels sprouts, string beans, etc. However, it would be a super special treat to have a heaping side or bowl of greens. Lunching green...and white...and red: Greens as my main with mashed potatoes and
BE ONE WITH THE VEGGIE COMMUNITY!SUPPORT THE ANIMALSENVIRONMENT & GET YOUR VEGGIE PRIDE ON WITH THE VIVAVEGIE SOCIETY!THIS SUNDAY!The parade starts at 12:00pm from 9th Ave. & Gansevoort St. and heads up to Union Square Plaza for fun, food and activism!SEE YOU THERE!For more info: http://www.veggieprideparade.org/
Sunday Potluck! Can we do this every weekend...PLEASE?Sorry, I'm a few days late with my "Kiss Me, I'm Irish (for 24 hours)" line! Then again, if my mom's correct, we may have some Irish blood somewhere on her side of the family, but who knows? LOLSt. Patrick's Day certainly has its religious roots, but I've always grown up with it being a celebratory day with friends (old, new and those lasting a
I have a question: By being vegan, do you automatically become activist? Here's a scenario for you:Two coworkers are having lunch together in the company’s breakroom. Mark (an omnivore) is eating a burger and fries from a popular fast food restaurant chain, while Gina, who is vegan, enjoys her falafel and tabouli salad. Mark leans over and gazes at Gina’s lunch.Mark - “What are you eati
We learned a new term today! Phoenix dactylifera, which means date-bearing palm (Phoenix = genus being palm and dactylifera = species being dates). Essentially, it's the tree from which dates are grown. Over time, we have come to appreciate the date more and more, especially for its natural sweetness and versatility. As kids of a Mediterranean background, dates are pretty common for
I had eaten vegan sushi before, which was good. However, it was often mere veganized versions of your run-of-the-mill sushi rolls. When I heard about Beyond Sushi last year, I was interested to see what their take on sushi would be. However, I never made it down to East 14th Street to check it out. THEN, at this year's NYC Vegetarian Food Festival, I saw that Beyond Sushi had a table and the brigh
Exterior of Miss Rachel's Pantry: We have family in Philly, who knew?! We’re living in an age of continuous media messaging. Many ads make outlandish, hyperbolic claims, often overselling their wares, and they come fast and frequently! This is especially true in the food and restaurant industry. There’s barely a block of commercials that doesn’t contain at least one image or mention of a food
Since we really enjoyed the Tofu Spinach Ravioli and Seitan Piccata with Lemon Caper Sauce, we had to try Candle Cafe's 2 other frozen meals: Macaroni & Vegan Cheese and Ginger Miso Stir Fry. As we did the last time, Artie and I split both meals and shared what we liked and didn't like. The Macaroni & Vegan Cheese hands down was our favorite of the 4 varieties. The combination of the
We love Candle! Yes, we do! We love Candle, because they have awesome food!And wouldn't you know, you can now get their deliciousness at your local Whole Foods! I think I first saw an ad for Candle Cafe's frozen food line a couple of weeks ago. It was cool so good to now be able to have their meals at home without slaving over a stove! However, considering the luck we've had with our nearby Whole
I have to give credit where credit is due. Prior to going vegetarian, I dug Emeril Lagasse's recipes and his show on The Food Network. I did have to tune out the overuse of "BAM!" but to see some of his New Orleans works of food art made me smile. Being part South Carolinian thanks to Momma Mac, I am always appreciative, as someone who has NEVER had Cajun or Creole food in my life.I've always want
Sarah E. Brown has an awesome blog called Queer Vegan Food. It's full of great recipes and insights on adopting a plant-based diet and preventing animal cruelty. With such a cool site chock full of information, it's great to see Sarah take her blog to the next level with a great charity cookbook project whose end result was just released today called The Queer Vegan Cookbook.So many great recipes
Spencer’s Market is an online site that’s chock full of vegan products. As Mac perused the site one fine evening, she came across a product called Soy Curls made by Butler Foods. According to Butler Foods website, "Soy Curls are made from delicately textured select, non-GMO, whole soybeans," and are "all natural alternative to meat that are heart healthy, delicious and easy to use." See
Crunchy,& Lightly Sweetened: The "V" says it all!One fine night Mac and I decided to pick up a few little things at Trader Joe’s. As we were checking out, we spotted a box called Trader Joe’s Crunchy Black and White Rice Rolls. After checking the ingredients to insure that its vegan (it is and says so on the box), we decided to buy a pack since we’re both fans of rice based snacks and are tryi
Hot Dog Sushi: Veggie dogs with Italian onions, mustard and relish fill these rolls. Served up with some wasabi ketchupWinter is a funny season. The long, cold days and dark, silent nights can cause normally sane people to display some downright outré behaviors. Constructing R-rated snowmen, donning really ugly holiday sweaters and making weird sushi dishes are all byproducts of Old Man Winter’s b
Sunday Dinner: Flour City Pasta's Rasta Pasta and Gardein's Chick'n Scallopini tossed in Kale-Pecan Pesto and topped with Zima tomatoes! Well, I wouldn't be a foodie, if I didn't love cooking. One of my favorite things is to read recipes and testing them out. If the recipe isn't vegan, I'm just to the challenge for making it so!Recently, we were going through some of magazines when Artie came
Here's something that you may not know about the Macaroon clan (well, mother and daughter). They have an obsession with cheese puffs. Those crunchy little snacks with burst of cheddar-like flavor make them go ga-ga. While Momma Mac has so many options available to her and enjoys them greatly, Macaroon has only been able to partake of Pirate's Tings Original Crunchy Sticks, which are good in their
Yesterday was my birthday, and what a great birthday it was. It all started with this little image on my phone. I can only image all of these graphically tempting treats as being vegan:After a lovely morning of serenades, well-wishes, kisses from Mozzer, Figure-8 dances from Connie, other gifts and movie watching, Artichoke had planned a lovely, relaxing midday adventure with a surprise lunch
I know it's a little late, but HAPPY NEW YEAR! The media is full of "New Year. New You" blitzes they call newsworthy. Not to mention, all of the diet and dating ads (they go hand-in-hand, right?), telling folks that NOW is the time to make a change for the "better?" So, we decided to take a different approach. Why not just be our current self and let the days take us where they may. If change
I don't know about you, but every year, there seems to be a sense of guilt felt by Thanksgiving/Thanksliving cooks. We've made too much food! What to do with it all?!?! Sure, you can make sandwiches or just make extra plates for folks! But, I like when people get creative. For example, I've turned mashed potatoes in a casserole. Artie's made pasta dishes with leftover veggies. We do this, because
Artie and I have a thing for hot sauces. The spicier, the better...but it has to be FULL of flavor. Recently, I had been on this kick for Buffalo Wing sauce I've not been too happy with some vegan versions of Buffalo wings, especially with bleu cheese dressing on the side. I figured I'd try to make my own. Then, I came upon David Venable's recipes on QVC.com (LOVE David - Host of "In th
Happy Thanksgiving & Thanksliving to All!For those who celebrate, we hope you had a wonderful day with your friends, family and neighbors. Whether it was helping the homeless or just catching on missed quality time with your loved ones, today has a meaning that should be carried out the other 364(5) days of the year. To be compassionate and kind to all around us. We're all animals, despite our
You like pot pie, just admit it! You enjoyed them in your meat eating days and you enjoy vegans ones today, just the same if not more. The Rodney Dangerfield of classic eats is one of the more easy and versatile vegan meals you can make. There’s a better than average chance that you already have more than half the ingredients required to make one of America’s most beloved comfort foods. Go o
Happy Halloween, Everyone! We've been MIA between vacation and Hurricane Sandy, but we wanted to get on here just in time to wish you all the happiest of the season, even at the lowest of times. We hope all who have been impacted are safe and well and that things turn for the better really soon!Since today is the last day of October, we like to share some photos we took from our visit to the New Y
In honor of the impending hurricane coming our way...
Hey there! It's Macaroonie. Artichoke's going to take the reigns of the blog over the next couple of days. I've got a take-home final exam to finish by next Monday. If you didn't know I'm in grad school, and my program track sets my courses into 6-week intensives. Crazy, I know! So, I already am at the end of one course and about to start the next in 2 weeks. So, I'll be off trying to remember for
Credit: Pink Frosting BakeryUpdate: We've updated this post to reflect the business' name change.Veganism is growing in NJ! Folks, if you haven't heard, there's a new vegan bakery on the scene, joining the ranks of Sweet Avenue Bake Shop and Papa Ganache. Cupcraze Bakery Pink Frosting Bakery has opened in Verona, New Jersey.Owned and operated by Hiral Udawat, Cupcraze Bakery Pi
We're taking a mini-break from our VeganMoFo Pumpkin Craziness to share this bit with you!Vegan and vegetarian good eats from The Lucky Cow makes up the Lucky Duo!After carting off our booty of pumpkins, veggies and apples from Lawrence Farms Orchards, we were hungry. Sadly, we didn't know of any vegan or veg-friendly spots around Newburgh, New York. Thankfully, Mac was armed with her trusty mobil
Today, we've decided to do much except make a chick'n pot pie this evening for dinner. So, while we prepare to make our first vegan pot pie, here are some photos from our pumpkin picking trip yesterday at Lawrence Farms Orchards in Newburgh, NY. We made a cool new friend (tee hee)!
Today, Artie and I will be off to do some pumpkin picking in Newburgh, NY. We love fresh pumpkins. You can do so many things with them, food wise. You've seen a couple of recipes we've put together so far, but we really hope to branch out more. What's also great is that pumpkins are good for you! They have a number of health benefits to them:They're a great source of Vitamin A and fiberBecause of
I like finding cool scientific tips and tricks, like this one. Look at what can be done to make your Jack-o-Lantern become a foamy spitfire mess!Pretty cool, eh?
Yeah, we're putting a freeze on the Pumpkin Craziness today. Well, actually, we're being lazy. We went to see Morrissey last night at Radio City Music Hall (Brilliant Show!), and were too tired to whip up anything starring pumpkin to share with you. Instead, we'll share a couple of photos Mac took at the show with her phone.Until tomorrow...
Watch out Peanut Butter! Pumpkin's making moves on Chocolate!I've decided not to write much on this mousse dessert I made. I'll just say that I didn't know that pumpkin and chocolate could go together so nicely. Try it out and let us know what you think? Better yet, what are your favorite foods to have with chocolate. Let us know!Pumpkin+Chocolate MousseSource: Macaroon with Too Much Pumpkin Puree
The Food Duo household is made up of 1.5 Italian persons. We've eaten so many kinds of pasta with so many different sauces and toppings, it's crazy. While we often go for a traditional homemade tomato sauce, we have a thing for getting in as many veggies we can into a pasta dish. One of our favorites is squash, usually zucchini or yellow/pattypan squash. Since we're on our month-long pumpkin kick,
Macaroon's not feeling well today. I'm going to take the reigns on today's late posting.We live in walking distance of the New York Botanical Garden. I've really grown to enjoy and appreciate it. In fact, we ALMOST got married there.While looking into Halloween-themed events we would like to attend this year, we found out that NYBG is hosting a "Giant Pumpkin Carving Weekend" on October
