The Vegan MoFo Questionairre

1. Favorite non-dairy milk?
fresh almond milk with a hint of vanilla bean. mmm.

2. What are the top 3 dishes/recipes you are planning to cook?
artichoke and caper pasta sauce, sweet potato pancakes, thai pumpkin croquettes

3. Topping of choice for popcorn?
pink salt, earth balance, olive oil

4. Most disastrous recipe/meal failure?
brown rice noodles that get too soggy

5. Favorite pickled item?
un-dyed pickled ginger, macrobiotic pickled cucumbers from M Café

6. How do you organize your recipes?
on my computer

7. Compost, trash, or garbage disposal?
i dream of 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)?
i believe in using what's on hand so i'm hoping it's an island with coconuts, tiny bananas and papayas ;)

9. Fondest food memory from your childhood?
my grandma's miso soup

10. Favorite vegan ice cream?
green tea, ginger, raw gratitude

11. Most loved kitchen appliance?
what would i do without my stove? blender? coffee grinder? i was so excited to get a mandoline, but i've rarely used it since we got it!

12. Spice/herb you would die without?
cinnamon, kafir lime leaves

13. Cookbook you have owned for the longest time?
laurel's kitchen cookbook

14. Favorite flavor of jam/jelly?
seedless black raspberry

15. Favorite vegan recipe to serve to an omni friend?
my husband's cookies!

16. Seitan, tofu, or tempeh?
tofu seitan

17. Favorite meal to cook (or time of day to cook)?
if i don't have work, a luxurious brunch

18. What is sitting on top of your refrigerator?
lunchbox, jars.

19. Name 3 items in your freezer without looking.
ice, frozen berries, acai

20. What's on your grocery list?
whatever looks fresh; sometimes i dream of camping in the produce aisle.

21. Favorite grocery store?
erewhon on beverly, la

22. Name a recipe you'd love to veganize, but haven't yet.
cat food. meatloaf.

23. Food blog you read the most (besides Isa's because I know you check it everyday). Or maybe the top 3?
fat-free vegan kitchen, fran's house of ayurveda

24. Favorite vegan candy/chocolate?
raw cacao powder mixed with coconut butter and agave nectar, "i am joy" at gratitude

25. Most extravagant food item purchased lately?
hmm... udo's choice: pet essentials for dogs (vegetarian)

26. If you could eat dinner at a vegan cookbook author's home, who would it be?
sarma melngailis, eric lechasseur