Vegan Questionaire

1. Favorite non-dairy milk?
Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Breeze, hands down.

2. What are the top 3 dishes/recipes you are planning to cook?
The weekend is coming up, so cinnamon rolls, vegan omelette's from Vegan Brunch, and a standard lentil loaf for Sunday dinner.

3. Topping of choice for popcorn?
EB, salt and nooch, maybe some garlic powder

4. Most disastrous recipe/meal failure?
Nothing too disastrous, although last night I undercooked the peanut butter swirl brownies.

5. Favorite pickled item?
cucumbers! cabbage! green tomatoes!

6. How do you organize your recipes?
I don't, but I reaaallllyyy should! Maybe a new weekend project?

7. Compost, trash, or garbage disposal?
Trash sadly, if I didn't rent, I'd love to have a compost.

8. If you were stranded on an island and could only bring 3 foods...what would they be (don't worry about how you'll cook them)?broccoli, tofu and chocolate probably.


9. Fondest food memory from your childhood?
non-vegan of course, but green spinach noodles with cheese. but since I was vegan during a portion of my late childhood, I would say the seven layer taco dip...a huge staple in my early vegan years.

10. Favorite vegan ice cream?
TEMPT hemp icecream, absolutely the best!!! Coconut and lime!! Coffee biscotti!

11. Most loved kitchen appliance?
MY NEW KITCHENAID!!! THANKS DAVELY!!! <3333 I haven't used it yet, but that will be fixed this weekend when I make cinnamon rolls.

12. Spice/herb you would die without?
salt and cilantro.

13. Cookbook you have owned for the longest time?
One of the sarah kramer books, forgot which one.

14. Favorite flavor of jam/jelly?
strawberry.

15. Favorite vegan recipe to serve to an omni friend?
my almond chocolate chip cookies, anything i bake really.

16. Seitan, tofu, or tempeh?
seitan and tofu!! Specifically, Ray's Wheat Meat made locally in Philadelphia and the $.50 tofu from the bulk container at Fu-Wah

17. Favorite meal to cook (or time of day to cook)?
I love to bake anything but my schezuan tofu and veggies is my favorite standby to cook.

18. What is sitting on top of your refrigerator?
Some wine, liquor, (funny because I rarely drink), brita filters, container of homemade granola, what's left of 2 nights ago cornbread, nooch, my multivitamins, Dave's multivitamins that he never takes...I think that's it.

19. Name 3 items in your freezer without looking.
Ground flax, pinenuts, turkish coffee

20. What's on your grocery list?
Follow your heart cheddar, vital wheat gluten, Earth Balance from Whole Foods and from the Farmer's Market tomorrow: (organic) apples, potatoes, collards, kale, spinach, mushrooms, broccoli, string beans, carrots, zucchini, whatever else looks good!

21. Favorite grocery store?
Trader Joe's for staples, Whole Foods for hard to find staples and more variety, Essene is okay, Fu-Wah is a convenience grocery store and SUPER awesome.

22. Name a recipe you'd love to veganize, but haven't yet.
Challah bread, chocolate babkah

23. Food blog you read the most. Or maybe the top 3?
Off the top of my head, VeganYumYum, the PPK in general although it's not a blog, and all the blogs in my reader that are from Portland, so jealous of your vegan surplus!

24. Favorite vegan candy/chocolate?
Go Max Go - all of them!! Best chocolate candy bar!!

25. Most extravagant food item purchased lately?
Nothing too extravagant, although I am planning on purchasing a vegan ham log from the Vietnamese grocery store on Washington tonight!

26. Ingredients you are scared to work with?
Unfamiliar veggies such as celeriac, daikon, kohlrabi, nopal. Not scared but definitely intimidated.