Yesterday was a great day to be near Cristie Pits park. The streets were full of Zombies, and if I had the wherewithal to have planned ahead, I would have dressed up in my best vegan zombie gear and shuffled along the street in search for “graaaaaains”. Unfortunately I didn’t have the wherewithal or the inclination, so I went and snapped a few photos instead.
This was one of the sights right at Christie Pits park.
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be speaking at the first ever Vida Vegan Bloggers Conference August 2011 in Portland, OR. There are so many awesome people on the speakers list, I’m so excited to get the chance to meet the people behind blogs I’ve been reading for years!
It will be a great excuse to go back to Portland, Oregon and check out some of the old haunts. I can’t wait to have brunch at Sweetpea Bakery again and check out some of the new food carts!
From the Vida Vegan Blogger Conference Website:
Mission: Uniting vegan bloggers from across the globe!
What: Workshops, Discussion Panels, Speakers, Special Events, Vegan Food, and more. This conference will celebrate, explore, and fine-tune the practice, and ever-growing community, of vegan bloggers.
Topics Include: Blogging, Vegan Parenting, Culinary Endeavors, Veganism in the Workplace, Dating & Mating Panel, Ethical Dining, Activism, and more!
Date: August 26-28th, 2011
Where: University Hotel & Conference Center at Portland State University in Downtown Portland, OR
Check the Vida Vegan website and be a fan on Facebook to keep up with updates!
I’ve been trying to think of a theme for next month’s Vegan Month of Food (aka, VeganMoFo) and I’m having a hard time narrowing it down. But I think I’ve come up with something that I’m going to have a really fun time doing, and it fits in with one of my favourite things to do! You better believe I’m being vague. Come back on November 1st for the first edition of whatever it is I’m doing. Either way, I’m so excited.
A few days ago I was talking with my mom while wandering through the grocery store and I was looking at all the nice big leafy veggies like kale, swiss chard, collard greens, and she gave me the idea of using one of those in the place of cabbage in one of my old favourites, cabbage rolls! So I bought a bunch and forgot about the collard greens in the fridge for a a week or two. Today seemed like the day to make something with it.
I didn’t follow a recipe, but there are lots of great ones for Collard Green Rolls, though I’m partial to this one. I boiled some water and steamed the collard green leaves for a few minutes. Made a filling of black rice, TVP, scallions, onions, garlic, black pepper, chopped collard greens, chili peppers and a touch of salt.
Then I poured some tomato sauce all over it, and left it simmering on the stove for about ten minutes. Total yumfest.
Next time I’m going to steam the collard greens for a bit longer and use a mallet to tenderize them because they were still a bit tough, but I liked them the way they were anyway.
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