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Let’s clean out Vicster’s fridge again, shall we? A few weeks ago, I realized that I was missing having quiche on my vegan menu, so I went in search of inspiration. I found an easy one on Minimalist Baker and used that as a template for creating my own Vegan Clear The Fridge Quiche. The crust is shredded potato because...
My name is Victoria, and I’m somewhat obsessed with Chipotle’s sofritas. I first tried sofritas a year or so ago, when my (then) office had lunch catered by the neighborhood Chipotle. This was one of the first times I had something made with tofu that wasn’t cut into flavorless blocks with the texture of a kitchen sponge. I was hooked....
I had a couple of bags of spinach from (local grocery store) that I had just bought a few days before. I thought I’d use some in a recipe, but mostly I looked forward to enjoying spinach salads for several days. Then I opened one of the bags and already the spinach was turning into a slimy, disgusting mess. I...
I grew up on those big turkey Thanksgiving feasts, where grandpa and all of the uncles, aunts, and cousins came over and we stuffed ourselves silly. Well, since going veggie almost five years ago, those big turkey dinners are wasted on me. The closest I would get was picking up 1/4 pound of ground turkey from the local butcher and...
(Fall colors + cool fall weather) + stuff I need to use up = SOUP. I’ve been craving curry for a couple of weeks and needed to use up some bell peppers, cans of pumpkin, and the white beans I cooked up in the Instant Pot last week. What went in the pot: spices to taste: cumin seed, fenugreek powder,...
In today’s episode of “Aw, crap! I need to use this up before it goes bad!” I present a butternut squash and a jar of chickpeas from the batch I that cooked up in the Instant Pot. Before we go on, you should know two truths about me: I consider myself kind of a lightweight when it comes to spice....