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Mid March Photo Purge {Pictorial}

{A nice day by Lake Ontario} {Dentist Views} {The best tortillas} {Why I thrift: Left–Thifted for same price of Right–One pair of pants} {Still Chili Time} {Date Night at Bar Bantam} {Tofu} {Pretty Oil} {Thrift Find} {Tofu Scramble} {Basement Organizing} {Doing Ceramics} {My Mermaid Tail} {Roller Girl} {More Thrift Finds} Read more…


February Outtakes

The shortest month, though a little longer this year, has come and gone. To follow some of the misplaced pieces of its path. The moon. This was from the driveway. I shot as long as I could before frozen fingers put me back inside. With some finally clear skies, more Read more…


I Can’t Stop Making Chili & Curry
{Pictorial}

I can’t. This is why: It’s a one pot meal. I don’t need to follow a recipe. I get to add whatever needs using up. It’s delicious. To follow, a few of my concoctions… What is your favorite ingredient to put in your chili?


Some Final Pieces of Long Island

Spending time on the North Shore of Long Island, I saw some pretty things. It was very foggy! From the shore we couldn’t even make out the land across the way… Dinner at the Onion Tree in Sea Cliff. This is the Bum tchoonth waingan (Eggplant & Apple Curry) “A Read more…


Let’s Get to Using This Pumpkin!
Pumpkin Curried Tofu

There is so much darn pumpkin puree to use! So for dinner, yet another curry. I know I am often making curry, but this one had great flavor and spice levels. I threw in some cubed baked tofu so it hit all my requirements. I also used up some stuff Read more…


Stuff Made With Pumpkin

More eats made from the pumpkin purรฉe! First, a batch of pumpkin coconut curry I winged. I got the formula down… aromatics, protein, veg, cream (coconut) and a balance of sweet, spicy, umami, acidity… So darn good… I’ll have to write down the ingredients I used next time. Next I Read more…


All-Vegan Hello Fresh ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Since beginning Hello Fresh a few weeks back, a service that had once made me scoff “Just go to the grocery store!”, I’ve come to see the value of it. Not only are the portioned kits and illustrated recipe cards are perfect for my guy’s son’s entry into the world Read more…


Lunch at the Malibu Barbie Cafe

It was a pink send-off at Malibu Barbie Cafe, a pop-up themed restaurant in Manhattan’s South Street Seaport. Though the movie was disappointingly dumb, nothing is tainting my own Barbie nostalgia. To follow, a lot of pink and some surprisingly good vegan food! Ready to be in the pink! Originally Read more…


January Pantry Turnover
Chickpeas, Pumpkin Pie Filling

January is a great time to clear out the pantry and make room for fresh stuff.ย  This first go at January’s pantry purge is all the chickpeas I had to open for making marshmallows, as well as the pumpkin pie filling I bought mistakenly.ย  It made for a fantastic slow Read more…


Lots of Vegan Food
in Rochester, NY {Part 6}

Back in Rochester means more vegan eats to try! So let’s back to it… Crave has some really great choices for vegans: vegan ramen, bun, bowls, etc. A sucker for a rice flour bun, I started with some of their tofu buns. A nice chunk of tofu, pickled daikon and Read more…


Lots of Vegan Food in Rochester, NY {Part 5}

My list of vegan eats in Rochester, New York continues to grow. So allow me to dive right into sharing some food highlights from my most recent stay. Eden Cafe & Bakeshop in Batavia is just a quick drive from Rochester. They’ve got a selection of carrot dogs on their Read more…


Carb Cycling Plan, Week 1

For this week’s eats, I’m trying some confusion… metabolic confusion. Fluctuating from high and low carb days keeps your body thinking it’s okay to keep burning fat for energy… so they say. So here is what I made! Low carb, high protein chickpea omelets with marinated tempeh Potato curry with Read more…


Winter Torpor

To follow, stockpiles of food for the long winter! I must have taken this very same picture at least 20 times. I just love a cooling batch of chocolate chip cookies… Convinced work peeps to join me for vegan sandwiches from Renegades of Sunset, Brooklyn’s best vegan option. It’s so Read more…


What the Heck, Time? {Photo Purge}

How is it November, just a couple of months away from the new year? Every year seems to go faster and faster. Here, some shots in time… things I’ve eaten within time. A beautiful morning Treat Me Thursday at my new favorite coffee shop on the way to work: Yardsale. Read more…


. . . Curry Up

Because I loved this Korma sauce recipe, I’m going to just leave these here: images of the deliciousness and the recipe link. I improvised… using green chili pepper instead of red, then cooked up with the tomatoes I had laying around, some tofu I pan fried first for texture, and Read more…


Scenes From a Summer

And just like that… August. Traveling since the end of school, it has been nice returning to my bed. Yes, I took a picture of my reunion with my bed after roughing it so much on the road. Other home goals was finally getting my craft desk built and my Read more…


End of Spring Photo Purge

Time is divided in pictures, like blondies. A 90’s day, I binged grunge documentaries and made a tofu scramble Hello, berry season Waiting for a mermaid on South Beach, Staten Island Tried these Kite Hill tortellini. Good flavor and texture… If you need to use up a lot of apples, Read more…


The Best Marinade IMHO

The marinade from this recipe is so darn scrumptious, I wanted to let it live here… on my blog… in my go-to recipe section. Along with its easy ingredients & steps, a recent dish that captured its deliciousness. Maple Balsamic Marinade For one package of tempeh or tofu 1/4ย cupย maple syrup Read more…


Scenes From a New Normal, Part 1
Inside/Outside

As the world turns, I capture it at every angle. And now that every shot has the setting of this “new normal,” I continue to archive it–tucking it neatly in its place for prosperity. Starting with a brief respite, returning to remote work briefly, and the pancake breakfasts that ensued. Read more…


Quarantine Anniversary
Scenes Outside a Quarantine

It was one year ago that New York City began a lockdown. I had just said goodbye to my classroom and, like everyone else, had to worry about stocking up for a quarantine, amongst other worry. In mourning, I captured my classroom knowing the great unknown would alter all variables. Read more…


Scenes from a Quarantine, Part 14

As we enter 2021 still within this health crisis, still within political insanity, the Scenes continue! Freshly testing out of a quarantine, to follow are Scenes from several quarantines past, in-between negative Covid tests… the ones before seeing my family for both Thanksgiving and Christmas, as well as after my Read more…


Pumpkin Endeavors:
Coconut Pumpkin Curry

With ample pumpkin puree ready to rock, this week’s lunch would be a pumpkin version of curry, my go-to lunch concoction. But it’d be Vegan Richa‘s guidance that creates this creamy vehicle for all the produce I had laying around… and the ton of pumpkin puree just processed. Creamy coconut Read more…


Autumn ๐Ÿงก, Who Loves You
Gourd Than Me?

Determined to have some down time, it’d be horror movies all day this Halloween… and a delicious autumn curry. I made a few tweaks to my Indian-Thai curry and it is now my fave. And I filled it was squash in an Autumn homage. I’m going to post the recipe Read more…


Autumn in a Bowl

Autumnal veggies are perfect for a heartwarming curry inspired by Vegan Richa. Though I probably should expand my lunch repertoire, a good curry is easy, satisfying throughout the week and such a perfect vehicle for whatever veggies I have laying around… Like a ton of kale… Withering away I had Read more…


Indian-Thai Fusion Curry ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ

I kind of made up this Indian-Thai Fusion Curry and hope it doesn’t offend either nation in any way. I just love these both cuisine’s flavor profiles so much. So this recipe has the things I love about both–thick, peanut-based sauce and a bunch of Indian spice. You can use Read more…


Scenes from a Quarantine, Part 12

I’ve learned that quarantining when you really had close contact with someone who is confirmed positive for Covid-19 is very different than sitting within a “courtesy” quarantine. This post contains scenes from my post-Utah courtesy quarantine, a brief stint of freedom after testing negative within that quarantine, returning back to Read more…