Saturday, January 20, 2007

Who writes this blog?


It was always a priority for me to have our family of five sit down to a home-cooked meal every night. I enjoyed cooking and seldomly used recipes or cooked the same thing in the same way, twice. Somewhere along the way I started to burn out and convinced my water-boiling, peanut butter-spreading husband that he would have to cook on the weekends if he wanted me to keep cooking during the week.

We used that system until a few years ago when a shoulder injury prevented me from cooking. It was too painful. After the injury healed, I just didn't want to start cooking again so the husband took over for good. My interest in cooking never went away - it just became more theoretical. I still bought and read cookbooks for inspiration, poured over cooking magazines and Web sites and imagined tastes and recipes. I even bought a few new pieces of coveted cookwear.

Maybe it's okay to spend more time in the kitchen again -a little at a time. I've been testing the new pots and I like eating the results. As I cook, I'll add to this blog with the hope of inspiring other reluctant cooks. I don't always supply exact recipes, but rather ideas that may be useful in deciding what and how to make an easy and delicious meal.

I've been a vegetarian for a long time and have gone through many dietary variations from lacto-ovo to low-heated to Macrobiotic to vegan. I've been influenced by all and my cooking may call for ingredients from umeboshi paste to yeast flakes. Usually I prefer simple cooking that enhances the taste of food rather than changes it. It may be as simple as grinding peppercorns over a wok-seared vegetable.

I use organic food whenever possible and whole grains. I won't always mention this in the blog entries but wanted to note it.

Please leave comments on the posts or e-mail me at cookeasyvegan@gmail.com if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. Thanks for reading.

-Andrea

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Monday, January 1, 2007

Categorized recipe list


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BREAKFAST

SOUPS AND STEWS, incl. MAIN DISH SOUPS and STEWS

SALADS

MAIN DISHES

SIDES and SNACKS

DESSERTS

DIPS, SPREADS and SANDWICHES

BREADS (YEAST and QUICK BREADS incl. MUFFINS), CRACKERS, PIZZA

BEVERAGES

Alphabetical recipe list


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