People piss me off. There is this adorable cat that I see hanging around our apartment building and I can't figure out if anyone owns her. The cat doesn't have a collar and it doesn't have an ear tattoo so one would assume no one owns her, but I can't find that anyone is looking for her. People are so irresponsible. All they have to do is put a collar on it so you can see that someone owns her... jeesh... ok. Rant over. Let's talk food :)

I spent a few days at my sister in Oslo this weekend. I had to go down for a job interview, and I got the job! Yay! It's a summer job and I'm working as a chemical engineer for one of Norway's largest engineering companies. I'm a little scared but totally psyched.

I decided to take the train down to get some work done, so I made tortilla wraps to bring. I spread the tortilla with refried beans, then filled them with the rice salad I love so much from GoV, added a little fried tofu and some salsa. Very easy and super yummy.

I like that the wraps have the portability of a sandwich, but they taste so much better, probably because I haven't been eating them every day since I was born.


I caught a cold while in Oslo... that's what I get for not getting enough sleep. I have finals coming up on Friday and Saturday so I have no time to be sick. To aid my return to health I busted out the miso and ginger, and I actually took a picture for a change.

It is very good and it makes me feel better. Lots of people post recipes on blogger. I don't because I never use measurements. I just add stuff and taste, but I'll explaine how to make this because it's perfect for winter.

First I grab the ramen noodles from the store. Make sure to get the veggie kind, use the amount of water that the package asks for, probably around 2 c. Throw the spices that come in the bag in the trash. Get some fresh ginger, peel and cut into large chunks (so you can remove them later) or grate if you want to eat it, I never do. Add scallions and soy sauce to water and bring to a boil.

When water boils add noodles, seaweed of your choice. I love wakame and kombu. You can also add fresh leafy greens if you want. I didn't today because I didn't have any on hand. I also love adding dried shitake mushrooms. Boil till noodles and seaweed are soft.

Remove from heat. Add miso, a couple of teaspoons. Start with a little and add more till the flavor is right. You can also add some flax or hemp oil if you want for your fatty acids. Pour into large bowl and eat. I eat my noodles with chopsticks and the broth with a spoon. :) Try this it will fix you right up. For miso soup, use tofu instead of noodles.

I needed tofu today, so I went to town to get some and came across some breaded tofu sticks. They are vegan and I had never seen them before so I decided to try them. I can get about 3 meals from a box and they remind me of chicken strips, minus the chicken. I was actually surprised at how good they were.

It made a great bbq dinner, with the tofusticks, bbq sauce, corn on the cob, broccoli and mashed potatoes. The broccoli and mashed potatoes were leftovers from yesterdays dinner, so the whole thing was very fast. I'm all for fast dinners. After taking the picture I put it through photoshop, and I couldn't be bothered to change it back :)

I also decided today while in town that I'm starting a soy milk campaign in the coffee shops here. Trondheim is a rather small city, so we don't have soy milk in coffee shops like they do in Oslo (the capital). As there is only on decent chain of coffee shops here, no Starbucks, I'm going to start going in, asking for soy milk and not buying anything unless they have it... We'll see what happenes. They will probably try to give me milk without lactose, and I'll have none of it. It might work though.

I came home from school today and checked my mail and there was my very own copy of Vegan Lunch Box waiting for me! I was so excited. Kevin laughed at me... but I don't care. The only way it could be better would be if there were pictures of every lunch box, but obviously that isn't feasible... I haven't made anything out of it yet, but I'm very excited to start cooking.

I made a huge dinner today. I made seitan, with my own recipe for the broth you cook it in. It's a mix of the "meat" broths in LDV, and it gives the seitan a good all-round flavor so I can use it for anything. I also made mashed potatoes, broccoli and miso-good gravy from Everyday Vegan. It was very good, so good in fact that I forgot to take a picture... I did however take a picture of dinner a couple nights ago when I made the mock clam chowder from LDV. Very good too. I'm loving food lately :) I've made the chowder before, but then I used firm tofu. This time I used firm silken tofu which I felt gave a better imitation of clams.


I firmly believe that peanut butter was created to be combined with chocolate, so I made some peanut butter cups from HIAV . These might be one of my favorite recipes in this cookbook. The peanut butter cups are so creamy and delicious, but for some reason they didn't turn out as well this time as they usually do... I must have added to much butter, or the graham crackers were ground finer then usual. It doesn't matter they still taste amazing.

Very yummy :) Thank you Sarah & Tanya.

A horrible thing happened yesterday. Rex, my cat, loves to sneak out every now and then, so yesterday he went tearing out the door and down past the other apartments (we live in an apartment building). He loves it when you chase him, so I took off after him. He turned around and went to run past me and back inside, unfortunately we both stepped to the same side and I stepped on his paw with my big clunky boots. I felt sooo bad. I hurt him pretty bad, but fortunately nothing broke. I was sure I had crushed his paw. Today he seems almost all better, though I think his paw is sore. I still feel horrible, but at least everything ended well.

I'm back and I've made cookies!

These are the chocolate chip cookies from Vegan with a Vengance. These are one of my fav. cookies. I think the only other ones that come close (that I've tried) are the revenge cookies from La Dolce Vegan, these are also slightly healthier.

I substituted about one third of the flour with whole wheat. My boyfriend, Kevin, doesn't like it so I try to sneak it in whenever I can.



For dinner today I made quinoa with mexican seasoning, fresh tomatoes and avocado drizzled with lime juice with refried beans on the side. I love Mexican flavors and this meal was super quick and so yummy. I used quinoa instead of white basmati rice because quinoa makes me feel better, I love the flavor and it's a whole grain.

The refried beans are from a can because I just can't seem to find a recipe I like. If anyone has one they'd like to share please let me know. I love refried beans.

And because he's my baby, here's a picture of my cat. He loves the box. He's so cute.

I'm sick... Usually I swear by miso soup and ginger tea when I'm sick, but this time I don't have a fever or anything I'm just really sick to my stomach and I have aching muscles... So I'm eating rice, relaxing and trying to get better. I'm not going to bother putting up a picture of the rice, because it is quite boring, but it works wonders for my stomach. Will start posting amazing pictureas as soon as I get over this bug.