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My best friend's mom has a little dog named Studley. Whenever it's time for Studley to eat, she asks him Does Studley want his yum-yum?. This quickly became an inside joke between my best friend and me, and so now if we want some vegan food, we simply say, It's time for some vegan yum-yum!. This category contains recipes for vegan dishes that are mainly main entrees or appetizers.

Vegan Parsnip Potato Soup

Monday, January 26th, 2009 – 8:25 pm

It's definitely the season for soup in Chicago with temperatures hanging around 10°F (-12°C). Yesterday, I found some parsnips at the local grocery store and decided to try a nice soup made from them. Parsnips look like carrots and are related to them, but they have a much stronger carroty read more …

Vegan Ginger Carrot Soup

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 – 10:42 pm

As winter starts bearing down around this time of year, I like to retreat to my set of comfort foods that bring me warmth. Ginger carrot soup happens to be one of those foods I like to run to. The fresh ginger infused into the soup adds a little kick, read more …

Homemade BBQ Seitan

Thursday, December 11th, 2008 – 9:12 pm

I know there is a contigent of vegetarians and vegans out there who aren't crazy about meat analogs, but I think one of the most versatile analogs is seitan. The name itself sounds like satan, so right there it has some crazy appeal factor. In any event, one of my read more …

Vegan whole wheat gnocchi

Monday, October 20th, 2008 – 10:44 pm

I've just started doing more serious bike training in hopes of improving my endurance and stamina, maybe for an amateur race in the future. Anyway, I've had to carb it up a bit, and I've been finding new ways of adding more nutrient-rich high carb foods (unlike all of the read more …

Vegan channa masala

Friday, August 15th, 2008 – 9:37 pm

I love Indian food because many dishes are already vegetarian and quite easily veganizable by substituting the ghee or clarified butter for a plant-based oil. I would venture to say that nearly 99% of Indian vegetarian dishes are reasonably high in protein because they are based around pulses like lentils read more …

Vegan barley risotto

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 – 7:25 pm

I'm a big fan of regular risotto made with arborio rice, but I'd read that risotto can be made with other grains as well. I actually had a delicious vegan barley risotto once at Kendall College's Dining Room. I decided to give barley a whirl and see what happened. Risotto read more …

Want cheaper crepes? Go vegan!

Saturday, March 29th, 2008 – 8:52 pm

I inevitably had to laugh to myself when I read that the price of eggs has gone up, and of course it being near Easter, every article about the increase made the wise-crack the Easter Bunny shelled out a lot more green for eggs this year. I was surprised (or read more …

Vegan seitan piccata

Monday, March 24th, 2008 – 10:38 pm

One of my favorite shows, Top Chef, started playing airing its 4th season 2 weeks ago. One of the challenges was a head-to-head competition where two competitors prepared their versions of classic dishes, one of which was a chicken piccata. It turned out that both interpretations really didn't work well. read more …

Vegan pumpkin pancakes

Sunday, November 11th, 2007 – 9:15 pm

Every fall a number of restaurants put pumpkin pancakes on the brunch menu to celebrate the seasonal availability of pumpkin. My boyfriend and I visited a local place this morning for brunch where he tried the pumpkin pancakes (non-vegan) and was terribly disappointed because the pancakes essentially turned out to read more …

Homemade focaccia bread

Sunday, October 14th, 2007 – 12:31 pm

I got hooked on focaccia bread when I ordered the vegan sandwich from Specialty's Bakery. The bread was crusty, savory, and moist from the olive oil they use. I actually order that sandwich habitually, and I never get sick of it. Focaccia is great because you can vary it by read more …

Homemade vegan pancakes

Saturday, June 2nd, 2007 – 11:46 am

As a kid my favorite food was pancakes, and I still love them today; I just try to cut down on how many I have. A couple of restaurants in Chicago have vegan pancakes, but it definitely is a rare find. This recipe is for a batch of quick and read more …

Spicy Ethiopian Lentils

Friday, May 4th, 2007 – 11:37 am

This recipe is my interpretation of an Ethiopian recipe for a spicy lentil dish. Ethiopian dishes (called wat) are eaten traditionally with a slightly sour, spongy unleavened bread called injera made from teff grain. The traditional spice for this dish is called berberé, but if you can't find it, then read more …

Homemade Vegan Breakfast Sausage (Low-Sodium)

Monday, February 19th, 2007 – 9:27 pm

I try as hard as possible to balance my meals among the three macronutrients, protein, carbs, and fat. Balancing at breakfast is always a challenge because most vegan breakfast food tends to be on the carb side. I quickly fell in love with the few brands of vegan breakfast sausage read more …

Vegan Stuffed Artichokes

Friday, February 9th, 2007 – 10:30 pm

Every Friday at my software programming job, the company buys pizza for the entire office (not any vegan options in there of course besides an occasional nasty salad with oily dressing). One such Friday, the pizza place delivered a stuffed artichoke in addition to the pizzas as sort of a read more …

Hummus Bi Tahini (حُمّص بطحينية)

Thursday, January 11th, 2007 – 11:27 am

Hummus, well it's called technically hummus bi tahini. Hummus in Arabic means chickpea, so the result here is chickpeas with tahini (sesame seed paste). Hummus sits regally at the top of the list of my favorite foods, and I love it because it offers up a complex flavor profile read more …

Roasted Garlic

Thursday, January 11th, 2007 – 11:15 am

I love garlic – it's as simple as that. Whether it's adding that special note to a stir-fry to adding depth to a batch of freshly-made hummus to a piece of crunchy garlic toast, you can't beat garlic. Raw garlic though has a real bite that a lot of folks, read more …