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Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
vegancooking [ dragonbat2006 ]	6:55p	Substitute for vegan vanilla yogurt Hi all! I'm strictly kosher in Toronto—which means that it's sometimes a challenge finding certain ingredients. I found a cole slaw recipe that looks interesting: cabbage, carrot, fennel, Asian pear, craisins and scallions in a dressing made of vegan vanilla yogurt, lemon juice, 1/2 tsp sugar, salt and pepper. Problem is, I'm having a hard time finding nondairy yogurt under valid kosher certification. It occurred to me that I can probably do something with Tofutti Sour Supreme, vanilla extract, and agave/sugar, but I'm a little hazy on the proportions. Any suggestions? If there's a better substitution, I'm open, but I've been checking a few stores in the area for any kind of kosher soygurt (or other non-dairy equivalent) and come up empty. Thanks! (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, May 14th, 2012
vegancooking [ frayed_11 ]	11:54p	Warm roasted chickpea and tomato salad Recipe and more photos here :) ( Recipe ) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, May 11th, 2012
vegancooking [ arylkin ]	1:56p	frosting? My little girl is going to be 2 next month and we're having a party at a park for her little playgroup friends and their moms.  I've been going back and forth about what type of cake or whatever to serve (something easy to transport and not super messy) and was really excited when I found this picture on Pinterest- they're cupcakes with frosting scooped like ice cream on top. Does anyone know of a frosting recipe where it will be substantial and puffed up like that?  I don't have a lot of experience with frosting unfortunately.  I'm thinking I'd have to keep them in a cooler until it's time to eat or else the frosting will melt- does anyone have experience with that?  I'd rather make them all beforehand and bring them to the party so I could do the melted chocolate and sprinkles like in the picture.  Thanks! (13 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, May 10th, 2012
vegancooking [ harvestl ]	10:11p	Ideas for a dinner party I am hoping to host a dinner party this summer, and I want it to be very fancy schmancy. Everyone dressed to the nines, possibly with a murder mystery going on as well. So I want only finger foods, and ones that can possibly serve quite a few people. Here are my ideas so far: phyllo pies of some sort vegan mini quiches (is that possible?) spring rolls (are they fancy enough?) flatbreads of some sort, with different toppings savory tarts raspberry chocolate mousse So I clearly need more ideas, and actual recipes. I am good at making comfort foods, but I am terrible with fancy foods, and finger foods just completely bewilder me. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, especially if they can be prepared a day in advance or so, so that I can just put together a few things the day of and not be completely frazzled as the guests arrive! (14 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
houstontx [ light_touched ]	4:28a	Looking for a temp agency I did a Google search, but I'm uncertain as to what is legitimate and what isn't. Any suggestions for temp agencies? I'm willing to drive a bit, but of course it would be great if there were one relatively close - I'm in North Houston. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
vegancooking [ rosefox ]	1:01a	Looking for vegan frozen dessert recipes Hi all! I've been looking through reviews of cookbooks like Lick It! and The Vegan Scoop, and none of them really seem to wow their readers. Do you have recommendations for other good sources of vegan ice cream/sorbet/frozen dessert recipes? What I'd especially like is a top-notch base recipe that I can play around with. I do have an ice cream maker; part of why I'm asking is that I want to get more use out of it. I'd really appreciate any suggestions--thank you in advance! (Heh, looking through the memories I see I posted almost exactly this, almost exactly a year ago! But I didn't get many comments then, so I'm hoping for more now...) Current Mood: hopeful (10 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, May 4th, 2012
lj_maintenance [ franky ]	12:21p	Network maintenance today Hello LiveJournal users! In about 40 minutes (1:00 PM Pacific Time), we are going to make system changes. This may disrupt service for some users for only a few seconds. We do not anticipate more than 1 minute of downtime due to this maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience. Warm regards, David Newhall LiveJournal, Inc. (35 Comments |Comment on this)