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Hey everyone! My mom's birthday is monday, so we're going to make a buffet style dinner on Sunday afternoon. I am the only vegan in the family. I need to make 3 dishes for this party (I'm also in charge of the dessert). Does anybody have some great vegan ideas for a yummy dish everyone will enjoy other than salad? I scoured the recipe section and didn't see anything that would ...

ok, so I have firm tofu, and I am going to cook it in hokkein. I froze the tofu awhile back and now its defrosting... but its got alot of water in it. the fresh one i used at the time i bought both packs also had quite a bit of water in it... and this helped it to fall apart on me easily... and made it a bit hard to cook.. so is there anyway to lower the water content without...

I have 3 different colors of organic figs. Thing is, I don't know what to do with them. Does anyone have a killer recipe?

I brought some fresh coconut meat from the farmers market. I want to use it in a savory recipe, maybe stirfry Does anyone have any ideas? I also have monks ear mushrooms, enoki and straw mushrooms, peppers, and zucchini, okra and bok choi that I brought today. The usual peas, sweetcorn and spinach in the freezer, thai chillies and young ginger Not looking to use them all at ...

The derailment of the "why do you drink" thread has inspired me to start a beer appreciation thread, and it's companion thread, the wine appreciation thread. We talk a lot about food on the boards, but beverages like wine, beer and other kinds of liquor do not get the same attention. I wanted to create a safe place for us to discuss these beverages, so we can share our knowledge and ...

I've been eating more and more non-meat meals all year and finally bought my first fake meat today - Yves veggie Italian ground round. What is the texture like? Taste? Can I just substitute it in my usual ground beef, macaroni, canned tomatoes recipe? How much should I use? Same amount as ground beef? The best before is Dec/08. That is unopened, right. If don't ...

Is it weird that my family is so big (and so German) we're having our own Oktoberfest? I can count on my brothers for the homebrew beer, but I'd like to bring something that will help them appreciate veg-ness and still be in the German theme. There are a couple of complications. One is that we're several hours drive from the party, so the food has to travel well. We can bring a...

We're going to finally remodel our dismal, outdated kitchen starting next week. Basically, we are facing several (3-4?) weeks of having no kitchen to speak of. I will have a refridgerator in the garage and bathroom sinks to do washing. I will have my coffee maker, my electric teapot, and our toaster set up in the dining room. But I will not have an oven, any burners or a ...

Help! I'm going camping and while everyone I"m going with is going to be cooking up burgers, hot dogs and chicken, what can I bring? Veggie burgers are obvious, but what else?

I am trying to streamline my meal planning a little and I read an article that suggests it is a good idea to have categories for each day and then plug in a different recipe each week into each spot. I am in a bit of a rut though and am not the best cook ever, so I would love some more options. Can you please suggest for me your favourite easy dishes in each of these categories? 1...

I tried to use seitan for the first time today. While I was "kneading" it (how the heck do you knead a rubber ball, anyway?) my 7-year-old son came into the kitchen. "What's that?" he asked, pointing. "It's called seitan. It's kinda like meat." Then he very innocently said, "It looks like cat barf." I stopped and started at what was lying on the cutting board....

I started cooking about a year ago and have always used gas stoves. We're moving into a place with an electric stove and being the *very* unseasoned chef that I am, I am just wondering how different it will be cooking on an electric stove.

I do not own a non stick frying pan and i don't want to. Every time i make a pancake recipe without eggs and no matter how much oil i put in the pan they always stick to the pan like concrete and there is no way you are going to get that spatula under it without ending up with a pile of mush. I wish there was some way around this without succumbing to buying a non stick pan. And ...

Hello all, I'm a proud vegetarian and a freequent regular to the fast food chain taco bell. I'm curious as to how many other vegetarians go to taco bell and what their thoughts on it are?

We're going to finally remodel our dismal, outdated kitchen starting next week. Basically, we are facing several (3-4?) weeks of having no kitchen to speak of. I will have a refridgerator in the garage and bathroom sinks to do washing. I will have my coffee maker, my electric teapot, and our toaster set up in the dining room. But I will not have an oven, any burners or a ...

I use it when making thai food. I've also used it while making rice. Yum yum!

WHERE do you guys all get nutritional yeast? I want to get some, but I'm not sure where to look as I've never bought or seen it before. Do you get it from the bulk section of the store? Or does it come in a jar or something? I would think Trader Joe's would have it, but my local Trader Joe's doesn't seem to have everything, for example I had to drive out to Whole Foods to get ...

Between my CSA, and my own garden, I have a ton of yellow bell peppers. I'm not sure what to do with them...we're sick and tired of having stuffed peppers. Anyone have any great recipes that use up more than half a cup of peppers in one shot?

Me and my ex girlfriend and back together and i told her id make her dinner this saturday night and we are both vegan and i have no idea what to make and im a bad cook, i need something yummy, easy to make and of course vegan. Help would be extreamly appreciated.

Is it weird that my family is so big (and so German) we're having our own Oktoberfest? I can count on my brothers for the homebrew beer, but I'd like to bring something that will help them appreciate veg-ness and still be in the German theme. There are a couple of complications. One is that we're several hours drive from the party, so the food has to travel well. We can bring a...