Non-Recipe

If you’ve been thinking of going vegan but have struggled with the question “What will I eat?” Erik Marcus, publisher of Vegan.com and author of The Ultimate Vegan Guide, has the answer for you. In today’s guest post, he suggests three simple foods that can make your meals quick, easy, and delicious. For anyone who [...]

I get a lot of email from people who have questions about veganism, and one of the most common things they ask is how they can make the transition from an omnivorous diet to a vegan one. I do my best to answer but, to be honest, it’s been a long time since I became [...]

Just before the holidays, I was asked to review My Sweet Vegan, the new cookbook by Hannah Kaminsky. I was warned up front that the cookbook wasn’t even close to fat-free, but since it was close to Christmas and I was looking for some decadent vegan recipes to bring to my family’s celebration, I agreed [...]

I have some great news: FatFree Vegan Kitchen is a finalist in the 2007 Food Blog Awards in the category of Best Food Blog-Theme! Thank you so much to the judges and especially to those of you who nominated FFVK. I’m up against some tough competition, so please take a minute and vote. The polls [...]

I’m putting the finishing touches on a recipe I’ll be posting very soon, but I wanted to point out a couple of additions to the blog that you might have missed, especially if you view it through a feed reader. First of all, with Thanksgiving approaching I thought it’d be helpful to have the links [...]

Most of the time I cook plain, ordinary food without a thought of writing the recipe down since it’s so ordinary that a recipe would hardly be necessary. This first meal fits into that category: This is Tempeh Bacon, Mashed Potatoes with Gravy, and Roasted Asparagus and Mushrooms. The tempeh is simply my Cajun Tempeh [...]

Update March 19, 2007: It’s back! I’m beginning to think they put this on sale every Monday! For those of you who were disappointed when the price went up on the KitchenAid Hand Blender I recommend, a reader just wrote to tell me it’s down to $24.99, after a $5.00 rebate. The price tends to [...]

My daughter E. caught me looking at this shirt on the computer a couple of weeks ago and said she just had to have one. It seems some boy at school calls her Veggie Girl—and she kind of likes it. (I’m picturing scary teenage times ahead, folks.) When she wasn’t looking, I ordered her one [...]

I’ve just added a new feature to my Blogs List that should be a big help for those of us who read a lot of vegetarian or vegan blogs. It’s a Google Custom Search Engine designed to search only veg(etari)an blogs. So, if you want to find a recipe that you noticed sometime last spring [...]

Just a photo to let you know that I’m still alive and cooking. Here’s a close-up of what I made today. Mmmm, it was so good that we ate the whole thing in one afternoon. Then D. looked at me and said, “So, are you going to make another one now?” Name that food.

Southwestern Yellow Split Pea Soup with Red Jalapeno Peppers and Scallions UPDATE: The recipe is here! I made a new soup a couple of nights ago, but I’m afraid I don’t have a recipe for you. While the whole family loved it (E. said it was her “favorite spicy food ever” and took the leftovers [...]