{"id":3889,"date":"2014-09-18T10:06:31","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T14:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/?p=3889"},"modified":"2014-09-19T01:02:02","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T05:02:02","slug":"things-i-love-thursday-vegan-mofo-edition-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/things-i-love-thursday-vegan-mofo-edition-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Things I Love Thursday: Vegan Mofo Edition 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three weeks of Vegan Mofo already? Kind of, at the very least it&#8217;s the third Thursday of the month and my third time trying to do a round up of all my favourite posts from the week. A bit of a complication with veganmofo this month (cue my excuses) is that\u00a0we\u00a0are in the USA for ExpoEast this weekend, &amp;\u00a0spent yesterday in Washington, DC walking around to every museum we could find (beware: there are a lot of museums in DC).<\/p>\n<p>Lately, I feel extra terrible at blogging when I&#8217;m not at home. And I`ve only recently figured out the reason. It&#8217;s the keyboard. I really love my desk top keyboard. It&#8217;s a relatively heavy,\u00a0clicky, Razer\u00a0mechanical keyboard made for gaming, so for me, every keystroke is really satisfying. It feels good to type. And I&#8217;m not alone in this love for mechanical keyboards, there is even a whole subreddit dedicated to it, and<a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/how-to-choose-the-best-mechanical-keyboard-and-why-you-511140347\" target=\"_blank\"> this life hacker article<\/a> is a great intro to why someone might prefer such a keyboard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3890\" src=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/razer-keyboard-1024x380.jpg\" alt=\"razer keyboard\" width=\"700\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/razer-keyboard-1024x380.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/razer-keyboard-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/razer-keyboard.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The more I&#8217;m away from home, the more I realize just how much I miss my green keyboard monster. Soon though, soon we will be reunited, and that&#8217;s good. Because I have a lot more travel posts to write, and a whole bunch of work to do.<\/p>\n<p>I also just want to say &#8211; I love Washington DC. I love the Smithsonian Institution museums and galleries. I love them even more, because I can go to any or all of them for free, which means I can be gentle on myself and not feel like I have to consume the entire museum or gallery in one visit. I can savor the history and art gently. I can sleep and still enjoy. Of course, that said&#8230; we still quite literally walked for 15 hours yesterday. So I can\u00a0be gentle on myself&#8230; but that doesn&#8217;t mean I am.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/veganinyourcity\/photos\/a.346930765340488.88316.343089235724641\/871557226211170\/?type=1\" data-width=\"466\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/veganinyourcity\/photos\/a.346930765340488.88316.343089235724641\/871557226211170\/?type=1\">Post<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/veganinyourcity\">Vegan In Your City<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Anyway, we followed up the day of 15 hours of walking, with about 8 hours of walking around ExpoEast today. And I don&#8217;t care what people say about wearing vibrams outside of the gym, they made my feet feel so much better today. So I love those too darn it.<\/p>\n<h3>On with the Vegan MoFo goodness.<\/h3>\n<p>First of all &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/yupitsvegan.com\/2014\/09\/16\/samosa-soup\/\" target=\"_blank\">Samosa Soup<\/a>\u00a0from Yup it`s Vegan.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yupitsvegan\/photos\/a.1416901891910676.1073741828.1416882078579324\/1474009859533212\/?type=1\" data-width=\"466\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yupitsvegan\/photos\/a.1416901891910676.1073741828.1416882078579324\/1474009859533212\/?type=1\">Post<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yupitsvegan\">Yup, it&#8217;s Vegan<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>What brilliant magic is this? Get out of my dreams, and into my kitchen samosa soup. I have a bag of potatoes waiting for me at home, waiting to be part of this soup. I&#8217;m imagining pairing this with some onion paratha.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/veganfoodnerd.wordpress.com\/2014\/09\/14\/pickled-jalapenos\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pickled Jalapenos<\/a> from Vegan Food Nerd.<br \/>\nI love spice. I love jalapenos. I&#8217;m culturally obligated (and delighted) to eat anything pickled. Obviously, this recipe and process is right up my alley.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/instagram.com\/p\/tGPv7_L-cT\/embed\/\" width=\"612\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Also, on the jalapeno front there is this <a href=\"http:\/\/superstrengthhealth.com\/spicygreensmoothie\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jalapeno Ginger Mango Green smoothie<\/a> from Super Strength Health<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/veghotpot.wordpress.com\/2014\/09\/17\/banoffee-pie-vegan-and-gluten-free-vegan-mofo-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\">Banoffee Pie<\/a> from Veg Hot Pot.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/instagram.com\/p\/tA9pe3HYU0\/embed\/\" width=\"612\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know who first got me thinking about banoffee pie, but when I saw this it just jumped out at me, and maybe I can convince someone to make it for me&#8230; even if that someone is yours truly.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s fall, and pumpkins have appeared in grocery stores and farmers markets around Toronto. Driving down to DC we saw roadside stands filled with pie pumpkins and carving pumpkins. I also have both of those waiting for me at home, perhaps they will be turned into a tasty <a href=\"http:\/\/mydarlingvegan.com\/2014\/09\/pumpkin-peanut-curry\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pumpkin Peanut Curry<\/a> from My Darling Vegan.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/instagram.com\/p\/tGQ3IJpFgb\/embed\/\" width=\"612\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>My pal Good Good Things, posted a <a href=\"http:\/\/good-good-things.com\/2014\/09\/veganmofo-cold-brew-coffee-recipe\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cold Brew coffee how to <\/a> recently, and I agree with her process 100%, including the use of a mason jar (which also makes it super easy to filter later.)<\/p>\n<p>Vegan Sweet and Simple posted a few pictures from Poland, and talked about Warsaw&#8217;s growing vegan movement, which was exciting enough (my parent&#8217;s seemed pleasantly surprised by the vegan options on their most recent visit to Poland), but then there also is this great recipe for <a href=\"http:\/\/vegansweetandsimple.com\/?p=2309\" target=\"_blank\">Polish Sweet Rolls<\/a>. I can&#8217;t remember if I&#8217;ve ever eaten them before, but I think they must be &#8220;s\u0142odkie dro\u017cd\u017c\u00f3wki&#8221; and I must have (dear ma: pami\u0119tasz?)<\/p>\n<p>And finally, for now, this <a href=\"http:\/\/stairwaytovegan.wordpress.com\/2014\/09\/18\/butternut-pumpkin-layer-soup-with-red-pepper-crackers-veganmofo\/\" target=\"_blank\">butternut pumpkin layer soup<\/a> from Stairway to Vegan tugs on so many sentimental heartstrings, let me tell you why&#8230; Early on in our courtship my sweet JC cooked me up a lovely multicourse meal and one of those courses was a very beautiful roasted butternut squash soup with a cashew cream drizzled on top. Recipe inspired nostalgia. Yum. I love the clear bowl presentation of these too.<\/p>\n<p>There is so much amazing stuff going on for Vegan Mofo and I can&#8217;t even come close to reading it all&#8230; please feel free to share more favourites!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three weeks of Vegan Mofo already? Kind of, at the very least it&#8217;s the third Thursday of the month and my third time trying to do a round up of all my favourite posts from the week. 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