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I'm back with the last installment of my Nashville camping trip posts! My last two posts detailed how we ended up camping in Nashville (rather than at[...]

A couple weeks ago, my friend Susan texted me and said "left something in your mailbox." I was at the office, so I couldn't check it right away, but when I[...]

A couple weeks ago, I stumbled across a bag of 15 Bean Soup in the grocery store, which I hadn't had in years. I used to love this stuff as a kid! It's like a[...]

It's taper week for my 50K! And that meant Sunday's recovery run was extra short. And that meant that I finished my run in time for brunch. And that meant Tofu[...]

The reason for me to cook or bake is quite simple. Most of the time it comes from "I want". Want to eat, want to try the recipes, want to use the (new) pan, or[...]

As I mentioned at the end of my last post last week, our plans to attend Bonnaroo were crushed when Hurricane Ida decimated the Roo campsite, forcing festival[...]

In yesterday's post, I blogged about the start of our camping misadventures. Bonnaroo Music & Arts Fest was canceled, so we had to quickly pivot, and we[...]

This morning, I had to get up early and finish writing a freelance story before work, so I made some Avocado Toast to enjoy as I wrote. I recently made my own[...]

Last week, we made one of my favorite go-to quick weeknight dinners — BBQ Tempeh Tacos ! You just saute tempeh, coat with BBQ sauce, and spoon into[...]

Making bread is one of my hobbies ^^. Many times, I hand kneaded it (well, I use all of my strength to release my stress, haha). But there is time that I'm too[...]

I'm still slowly working my way through every No Meat Athlete recipe in existence! I'm trying to make every recipe in the two No Meat Athlete books (the[...]

I've been on a bit of a stir-fry kick lately because they're easy and Paul will eat them. Here's a Thai-inspired Panang Curry Tofu stir-fry I made with panang[...]

A couple weeks ago, a coworker gave me a bag of pizza dough mix that she'd made using Mark Bittman's pizza dough recipe from the New York Times . It had the[...]

I've been needing a new falafel joint for a while now, and I've finally found a place with excellent falafel and several delicious vegan options. Plus beer![...]

I think that many people love chiffon cake because of its texture. It is one of my family's favorite kinds of cake, esp. my mom really loves chiffon cake. And[...]

My best friend Sheridan had a birthday on Sunday, and she just happened to be in Jonesboro, where I was visiting my parents, the Saturday before. Sheridan and[...]

I've mentioned on the blog a few times that I've been tracking healthy habits all year with a point system. Every time I run or do yoga or eat all the colors[...]

Long ago, back at Vida Vegan Con III (a vegan blogger convention in Austin, Texas), I led a discussion on vegan dining and booze. It wasn't a talk per se, just[...]

A few weeks ago, I was picking up my usual Saturday morning sourdough and treats from the all-vegan LuLu's booth at the Cooper-Young Farmer's Market, when I[...]

Actually, my reason for posting this blog is very simple. Because I think that it will be easy for me to find my favorite recipes wherever I go, haha. Yes,[...]

I got some Purple Hull Peas in my CSA last week, and even though we had just eaten lady peas the week before, I was excited for more peas! Nothing says summer[...]

Last night, I made figure skater Meagan Duhamel's Minestrone from The Plant-Based Athlete . Minestrone is Paul's favorite soup, and he's been doing pretty good[...]

One day for lunch last week, I stopped by Global Café at Crosstown Concourse (the building where I work) for one of my favorite dishes — the Venezuelan[...]

My parents are moving away from Jonesboro, Arkansas! That's my hometown, where I lived the first 21 years of my life. It's only an hour from where I live in[...]

As I promised, today I come with the chocolate that's so chocolatey, haha Start with the flourless chocolate cake, that's made from egg, butter, chocolate, and[...]

This time, it's a project that I did with Bosch MUM2. By giving new life to leftover food ^^. And my menu is Taro bread. A bread that is made with Chinese[...]

Now that I'm back in the office at Crosstown Concourse, it's officially hot bar summer! Curb Market's hot bar always has a few vegan options, and it makes an[...]

Lammas, or Lughnasadh, is the traditional first harvest celebration on August 1 (or August 2, depending on whom you ask!). It's a time to celebrate nature's[...]

Yesterday, I blogged about what I ate on Lammas (or Lughnasadh), the traditional Gaelic harvest festival. It's typically celebrated on August 1, and that night[...]

Late last week, I discovered half a loaf of LuLu's country sourdough bread in my freezer! I must have frozen it and forgotten all about it. So on Friday[...]

Walnuts, coffee, and butter are classic combinations. There are many recipes for a coffee walnut cake, that has walnut butter cake and coffee buttercream.[...]

I picked up some Viana Baby Bratwurst at Ester's Pub in Little Rock a couple weekends ago, but I wasn't sure what to do with them. These tofu-based brats are[...]

Slim & Husky's , a Black-owned, hip-hop-themed, Nashville-based pizza chain, opened a Memphis location in December 2020, and they have a vegan sausage and[...]

A while back, Like Meat and Fry's Family Foods sent me a bunch of vegan plant meats to try, and I've been slowly working my way through them. This review will[...]

Last Saturday, LuLu's vegan bakery at the Cooper-Young Farmer's Market was selling three kinds of vegan focaccia! I can't remember all three, but I had a tough[...]

My friend Barb over at That Was Vegan is cranking out books like nobody's business! Her new cookbook, Vegan Cookbook for Teens , features 100 easy and[...]

Finally, I can make it!!!! Well, last week I tried to make this cake because I wanted to create this lovely cake that's a combination of delicious almond[...]

My best friend Sheridan and her partner Drew are both teachers, and they're off for the summer. So I decided to take last Friday off and drive down to Little[...]

I'm a big believer in the power of CBD for sleep, minor aches and pains, anxiety, pretty much anything! And CBD Living makes lots of vegan products, like[...]

Here are a few things I've been eating lately! I bought some burrito-sized tortillas recently, and I can't stop making wraps! Maybe it's the heat, but I want[...]

One of the menus that I make very often is sandwich bread. Actually, it came from the fact that I bought new sandwich bread pans from Japan. It took a lot of[...]

One of the baked goods that my family really loves is a cookie. As I said that we always have a jar (or 2) of cookies on the kitchen counter ^^, and the flavor[...]

I love summer!! And to me, 4th of July is the epitome of summer fun. Grilling, beer, fireworks. I'm here for all of that. Since the 4th fell on a Sunday, I[...]

Anyone who reads this blog knows I'm a No Meat Athlete super-fan. I credit NMA podcast hosts Matt Frazier and Doug Hay for inspiring me to dream beyond the[...]

This tart is one of my all-time favorite desserts. As it's not only sweet but comes with the tanginess from the lemon curd, sweet and caramel taste from[...]

I'm growing basil in my garden, and I had quite a bit that needed to be used last week, so I made the Vegan Basil Pesto from The No Meat Athlete Cookbook and[...]

Y'all, Memphis has a NEW BLACK-OWNED VEGAN RESTAURANT! For the longest time, Imagine Vegan Cafe and Raw Girls were the only fully vegan restaurants in town.[...]

Monday, June 28 was mine and Paul's 17-year anniversary! Hard to believe it's been that long, and that number makes me feel really old. But hey, time flies[...]

Here are a few bowls I've been eating lately! Last night, I had this Fried Rice Bowl with brown rice, marinated and airfried tofu, Just Egg, summer squash,[...]

Well, I rarely follow the trends, or you can say that I'm a bit out of trends, haha. Because when someone talked about the Molten chocolate cake, all I can[...]

Y'all know I like it hot! The spicier, the better! We grow hot peppers (ghosts, trinidad scorpions, carolina reapers), and I've been known to sneak those into[...]

I went to Arkansas on Sunday to hang out with my dad for Father's Day! My dad is a badass biker dude with a heart of gold. He's also quite the cook! In the[...]

Sunday was the Summer Solstice, but since it was also Father's Day, I decided to hold off on celebrating until Monday, June 21. In some traditions, the 21st is[...]

At the beginning of 2021, I started a point system to track healthy habits. For every goal habit I do (running, yoga, eating the colors of the rainbow, etc.),[...]

I think that for my family, a cookie is the most favorite baked goods. Most of the cookies are easy to make, eat and keep. I always have a jar of cookies on my[...]

Here's an assortment of vegan breakfasts I've been eating lately! We'll start with this sexy Vegan Omelet made from Just Egg and stuffed with Daiya cheddar,[...]

As a vegan food blogger, I often get cool free products to test out and feature on the blog. Sometimes a company will send one box of something or maybe two,[...]

Yesterday, I posted a review of some Fry's Family Foods and Like Meat plant meats. Both companies sent me a bunch of products to review, and I'm slowly working[...]

One day last week, I stopped by Global Café in Crosstown Concourse for lunch before going into the office. I've been working from home some and in the office[...]

I love spices ^^. That's the reason why I love to eat Indian food and one of my favorite kinds of food is curry. The taste and fragrance of a curry that's[...]

When most of us have to stay at home, the best activity is making delicious things to eat, haha. Today, the menu is Brioche Burger buns. For me, a burger is[...]

After a long weekend with my friend Greg, who visited Memphis and stayed at my house a couple weeks back, I needed a cleanse! We ate so much takeout, and I had[...]

Memphis is about to get a new vegan-friendly ice cream and bubble tea shop! Sugar Ghost is opening on Broad Avenue later this summer, but you can get a taste[...]

They say with running, you need to find your "why" — that reason that keeps you motivate to train and strive for faster paces or longer distances. I have[...]

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Yesterday, I blogged about my best friend Greg's visit to Memphis last weekend. He lived in Memphis for years, and we met when we were just babies (at age 24![...]

I'll admit it: Before writing this post, I had to google "salami" because I wasn't quite sure what qualifies as salami. I haven't eaten meat since November[...]

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I always have apples in the fridge. For me, it's one of the best fruits ^^. As it lasts very long in the fridge, easy to eat and you can turn it into many[...]

According the Numlock News (it's a substack that I read), sales of baking ingredients rose last year. Last year, interest in baking exploded on a level never[...]

Sorry for the lack of posts last week! My friend Greg came to Memphis for a week-long stay, and we've just been having non-stop fun. But I'm going to catch up[...]

My best friend Greg (not to be confused with my BFF Sheridan ... I have two best friends!) moved to Kentucky several years ago, and we typically see each other[...]

Last Saturday, Paul texted me a few hours before he was to get off work to ask if I wanted to go out to eat that night. I'm a meal planner, and I typically[...]

I really love this kind of cookies It's a butter cookie filled with strawberry buttercream. Well, butter is my life, haha, so the cookie that has a load of it[...]

Memphis has a new sandwich shop, The Backlot Sandwich Shop , and they're working on some exciting vegan specials (a reuben made with roasted celeriac root!),[...]

I've been a little obsessed with Cheap Lazy Vegan e-books lately, mostly because the recipes are super-simple and don't call for too many ingredients. But also[...]

My mama turned 67 years old on May 4! She won't mind me telling you her age because she looks amazing (and she knows it!). Since her birthday fell mid-week[...]

Cinco de Mayo is one of my favorite holidays! I love how Americans will find any reason to create a drinking holiday, even when that day is not really[...]

When talking about churros, we will think about the fried choux pastry. That's dipped in cinnamon sugar and served with chocolate sauce. But this time churros[...]

Now that most of my friends and I are fully vaccinated, we're having more and more get-togethers, and it's been amazing! My friend Susan invited me over for[...]

Saturday was Beltane, but I had a busy, fun day with friends — an outdoor birthday gathering for my friend Jen's birthday and Beltane celebration on Zoom[...]

Juan, the bartender at Global Café in Crosstown Concourse, is making these awesome cocktails using fresh fruit in crazy ways! A couple weeks ago, they came out[...]

I think I need something sweet. Well, there is so much bad news (now in Thailand ^^"), and I don't know how long we have to live with it. We can only hope and[...]

Paul turned 41 on Monday, so we took a camping trip to Chattanooga, TN, to celebrate! Last year, Paul bought a tiny RV, and we enjoyed taking it out last[...]

Paul and I went to Chattanooga for a camping trip a couple weekends ago to celebrate his 41st birthday! We took our RV and stayed at the Lookout Mountain KOA[...]

Tonight I've got the last in my Chattanooga camping series! Paul and I took our tiny RV to Chattanooga, Tennessee, for his 41st birthday, and we spent four[...]

Since we've returned from camping, I've been trying to get back into my healthy eating habits, so most of my meals have been giant salads and grain/green/bean[...]

Lately, I love to use Houjicha for baking. I added it into many kinds of baked goods, and find that it goes very well with dairy products. It can come from the[...]

When I was very young, my family always got this kind of cookie as a gift. It came with the wedding, whenever some of my relatives getting married. When I was[...]

I've missed you, blog friends! Last Thursday, Paul and I set out for a camping trip in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for his 41st birthday. I'll be sharing lots[...]

I made English Muffins today. Well, the reason is so simple, I just wanted to use my new English muffin pan. Pleas note that, I bough it by myself, no[...]

I've been blogging since 2007, and along the way, I've made a bunch of awesome vegan internet friends, mostly other bloggers and cookbook authors. Dianne Wenz[...]

I've been having fun creating new recipes for a cookbook project that may never see the light of day! Ha! I needed a reason to get creative in the kitchen, so[...]

When I set my New Year's goals — yoga streak, train for a 50K race, eat the rainbow of foods as often as possible, take an online class every two months,[...]

Most of the time, I love to try new recipes or making new kinds of sweets, but I still have my favorite kinds of cake that I can make it again and again.[...]

Last week, Rose Lee of Cheap Lazy Vegan was a guest on the No Meat Athlete podcast . I have two of her e-cookbooks, but I hadn't yet tried anything from them.[...]

My dad turned 67 this past Saturday, April 3, and for the first time in over a year, I was able to visit them without doing a two-week quarantine. And Paul was[...]

I don't celebrate Easter in a religious way, but y'all know I love every holiday! To me, Easter means Spring is well underway and the Earth is super-fertile.[...]