Our neighborhood in Queens has an incredible selection of ethnic foods, ranging from Chinese, Korean, Thai, Japanese, to Colombian, Mexican, Tibetan and more. Inspired by the delicious food we’ve been able to sample during the past year, I’ve been trying to experiment more with flavor and ingredients in my home cooking. Our flavor standards have…
Category: Dinner
Pulled Pork Sandwiches
One of my favorite comfort foods ever in my pre-vegan days was a good pulled pork sandwich. There was nothing like the smokey flavor and the fall apart texture of this delicious festival food. When I became a vegan two years ago, I was on the hunt for something that could satiate my barbecue cravings….
Saturday is for PIZZUH ZUH
It’s Saturday, which means we’re having PIZZA! In my home growing up, we had takeout pizza nearly once a week, always on a Friday or Saturday when Mom didn’t feel like cooking. Even though the pizza featured above was not delivery and therefore required cooking, it was so simple, it almost doesn’t count! With frozen…
French Green Beans with Couscous
The past two days were really fantastic. Besides being a rare warm March weekend, my parents came to visit us to celebrate Easter and my mom’s birthday! While they were here, we walked all over the city, enjoyed the rare opportunity to be outside, and ate a lot of delicious food together. Even though we…
Zucchini Pancakes with Salad
Today I had an absurdly enormous lunch at work because I participated in a tasting for the upcoming fundraiser I’m planning. I do not exaggerate when I tell you that I ate six hors d’oeuvres, two salads, two main courses, and four petit fours desserts, along with two glasses of wine. Needless to say, a…
Mushroom and Spinach Risotto
Today it was hubby’s turn to handle dinner, but he very nicely asked if I could help him make risotto since he wasn’t sure how to cook it and he had a yen. I also liked the sound of risotto for dinner, so I agreed to help. Plus, it would be great for him to…
Vegan-ish Lasagna
About a week ago, I was rummaging around in our food cabinet and saw that we had a box of oven ready lasagna noodles buried in the back – a rare find! When I ordered my groceries for this week (grocery delivery is the life hack of the century), I included extra red sauce and…
Soba noodles with veggies and marinated tofu
One of my biggest faults is that I cannot say no. If someone I know asks me to help them out with something, I can never refuse. Recently a coworker asked if I would volunteer to help with a special project she was initiating; as you might have already predicted, I said yes. The volunteering…
An Imperfect Vegan 