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Sesame Noodles with Edamame

By theveganasana | September 28, 2013 - 4:04 pm | September 28, 2013 Vegan MoFo '13, Vegan Recipes, Veganism

Guest chef and photographer – Miss E.

1/4 cup toasted sesame seeds (optional)
1 lb thin spaghetti noodles
3 cups edamame beans
1 tsp olive oil
1/4 cup soy sauce or Bragg’s
1/4 cup toasted sesame oil
3 T hot chili oil
3 T balsamic vinegar
3 T brown sugar

Boil water for pasta with olive oil. Cook pasta and edamame per directions until al dente. Drain. While pasta is cooking, mix all remaining ingredients except sesame seeds and beans, and wisk together. After pasta is ready, toss the noodles and beans in the sauce mix. Chill if desired. Add sesame seeds just before serving.

Elvis-Style Vegan Pancakes

By theveganasana | September 26, 2013 - 12:00 pm | September 25, 2013 Vegan MoFo '13, Vegan Recipes, Veganism

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Mmmm… fluffy pancakes with peanut butter, bananas, and syrup.

Ingredients

1 cup unbleached white flour
1 cup wheat pastry flour
2 tablespoons raw sugar
2 tablespoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups soy milk (or almond/rice milk)
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

Process

Mix dry ingredients. Add wet ingredients and mix with a fork (don’t use electric beaters). Cook as usual.

Note that it is baking powder, not baking soda.

Take Your Food to Work Day

By theveganasana | September 25, 2013 - 11:45 am | September 25, 2013 Nutrition, Vegan MoFo '13, Veganism

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Working out of the house, it’s an ongoing challenge for me to figure out how to keep my food intake balanced across the day, so that I don’t get home from work at 6:00 and shove everything that isn’t breathing down my gullet.

I rarely lunch out of the office. Sometimes I’ll bring a lunch (today it is a bed of romaine and arugula topped with red peppers, sundried tomatoes, and tunaught croquettes), but it’s not unusual for me to miss lunch entirely. So, then it’s snacks if I don’t want to be ravenous by quitting time.

Here is a sampling of what my “snack drawer” looks like right now:

As you can see, there is quite a bit of coffee (and espresso pods are just off to the left), some miso soup, pistachios, rice cakes, grits, chocolate, and tea. It’s not the most inspired collection of snacks.

Help me out, readers! What’s in your work snack drawer and why?