i am not dead! + a meme.

poor blog, i'm already neglecting you.

i've been working every day this week though, so i really haven't been cooking anything fun. it's basically been soy nut butter sandwiches for dinner every day. not that i'm complaining ;)

next week will be better though, and tomorrow's post will include CAKE!

to make this post even more uninteresting, here is a meme!

1.If you have to choose between locally grown or organic, which do you usually choose?
locally grown.

2.Favorite way to prepare potatoes:
hash browns.

3. Do you press your tofu before preparing/cooking it (if you eat soy)?
i squeeze the water out and usually freeze it.

4.Name your favorite recipe that is a tradition in your family:
cajun gumbo. cajun jambalaya. cajun dirty rice.
yeah.. anything cajun.

5.Any food allergies?
nope.

6.When you want to go to a fancy dinner, where do you go?
fancy is not my style ;) i like the cosmic cafe.

7.When you have a cold, what do you crave?
the office haha

8.What kind of water do you drink?
filtered water from my fridge

9. Name a flavor of soda you'd love to see:
i don't drink soda.

10.If the recipes you ate as a child were compiled into a cookbook, what would the title be?
dad's spicy cajun fire-mouth cookbook
or something like that.

11.If you were allowed to grow one food that can't grow in your climate, what would it be?
i really don't know! i grow figs though.

12.Favorite type of mushroom?
all of them. <3

13.Most frustrating part of your kitchen?
the dishwasher. it doesn't get run often enough to keep six people's-worth of dishes from piling up all over the place.

14.Last food you burned?
grilled cheeze

15.Usual response to a veg*n's favorite question, "But where do you get your protein?"
beans, grains, and nuts.

16.If you were baking your own birthday cake today, what flavor would it be?
last time i did strawberry cream cheese. this time.. cookies n' cream!

17.Favorite brand of chocolate chips?
umm. i forgot the brand name.

18.You have $200 of your tax return reserved for Williams Sonoma- What do you buy?
ha i really don't know.

19.Do you plan your menus in advance? Any tips to share?
nah. i really just eat whatever i feel like at the time.

20.You have 3 minutes before you have to leave the house and you're starving- What do you eat?
i grab a big apple.

21. If Martha Stewart, Paula Deen, and Rachel Ray got into a fight, who would win and how?
martha stewart. come on, she's been in jail, she can kick ass.

22.If you eat oatmeal, what do you add to it before serving?
brown sugar and fiber one cereal.

23. If you got to travel to one country and learn all the traditional dishes there, where would you go (ignore commitments in your current place of residence)?
france!

24.Favorite late night snack?
popcorn.

25.Favorite springtime food?
nectarines

26.Favorite food-related magazine?
don't really read them. i guess vegetarian times.

27.Which do you prefer: shoyu, tamari, conventional soy sauce, or Bragg's Aminos?
bragg's

28.What vegetable or fruit do you dislike the most?
i can't eat steamed yellow squash by itself.. i just can't :(

29. Name a holiday food you look forward to all year long:
green bean casserole! vegan-style, of course.

30. If you could convert anyone to veganism with your magic wand, who would you convert?
ross perot... just because