Vegans, reborn

Most of you know (but do you care?) that the Girly Fabu-Palace is a vegetarian household, but the matriarch is getting a little tired of being f-a-t.  That, and she works with a very recipe-minded creative vegan who has been feeding her deeeeelish yummy treats

I was reminded that back in my vegan days I ate whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted, and however much I wanted… and my weight never varied more than 5 pounds for years.  Size six, painlessly.

So yesterday The Child and I decided that was the way to go again.  The weight thing is great but really no one in our families has ever died of old age.  Ever.  The Child has diabetes, heart disease, cancer – to name a few – all within 1 or 2 generations.  We have decided to play it safe.  It’s not hard – it can be YUMMY!

We filled the fridge with fruit, veg and whole grains and are looking forward to guilt-free gluttony Tomorrow night we start after-work/school exercise too.  I figure 30 minutes can’t be that hard, right? 

Oh!  I got a dishwasher!  Check it out!

Gingerbread House of Ill Repute

Possibly the most pathetic attempt at the construction of a gingerbread house kit.  It was actually supposed to be a stable but we failed to figure out the lean-to configuration.  We were successful though at making a tragic mess.

*Sigh* The final product was not much better…

 Gee. doesn’t the “pond” and “woodpile” make it all better??

The cold weather is back and so are soups!

Piping hot Udon noodles with baked garlic Hoisin tofu… delish.  I’m kind of proud of my scallion-y flourish I think tomorrow I’ll try The Noisy Plume’s butternut squash soup.

*Note to self:  buy a tripod.

What’s for dinner?

So my white trash dinner got me thinking about – well – dinner.  The hot weather combined with my embarrassment prompted me to go a little more upscale last night…  The ubiquitous Wedge Salad.  Yum…  the only time iceburg lettuce is o.k.

Tonight Haley and I watched the latest Indiana Jones movie, so I thought I’d make some super snacky snacks to eat while on the edge of our seats…  Buffalo (Un)Chicken Wings!  We roll vegetarian in this house so spicy and bitesized is our friend, faux or not

So, in the spirit of good eating I am going to start a photolog of our dinners (if you care).  It’s really more an exercise in culinary creativity on my part.

Bon Appetite!

Meat Shmeat

Who needs it when you can have this? 

Morningstar Farms “beef” strips with green beans, water chestnuts and bamboo shoots in garlic hoisin sauce.  Yum.