Wednesday, September 7, 2011

California, get ready for Vegan Speed Dating!

Veg*n dating has moved into the next millennium - literally. On Sunday, September 24th, Millennium Restaurant in San Francisco will host Veg Speed Dating, a unique matchmaking event for the vegan, vegetarian, and veg curious. The goal of the event is to give people an opportunity to meet a large number of like-minded (veg-friendly) people - where you can "meet a new vegetarian friend or find your vegan soul mate!"

September's Veg Speed Dating event will be the second in the series, and will doubtless grow and evolve as more veg*ns in the area become involved. For more info, make sure to check out the website.

Monday, September 5, 2011

Vegan Spanish Omlette




1 medium sweet potato
1 medium white potato
piece of swede about 2 inches square
piece of butternut squash about 2 inches square
1 parsnip
1 carrot
1 onion
1 stock cube
8 tablespoons chick pea flour
5 tablespoons soya milk
3 tablespoons rice vinegar
salt and pepper to taste
shake of cayenne pepper
3 tablespoons olive oil

Wash vegetables, peel carrot, parsnip, swede, butternut squash and onion. scrub potatoes and cut off any undesirable bits on the skin. chop all the vegetables into small cubes, about 1 cm square or less.
Water in a large pan, bring to boil, add stock cube, add vegetables, and boil until soft (cooked).
Put soya milk, oil, vinegar and and 8 tablespoons of water from the cooked vegetables into a large bowl, and mix (with a hand held mixer if you have one). the consistence should be soft but not slack. add more vegetable water if needed.
Add the cooked vegetables, and mix with a large spoon, turning until all is covered and mixed.
cover a large, deep frying pan with cooking oil, and heat on a low setting. when hot, add the mix, and let it cook with the lid on, still on a low setting. Cook for about 10 minutes or until the mix looks to be solidifying, and going brown on the bottom.
Now this is the very tricky bit - loosen the omelette from the base of the pan, and turn over. Let it cook through for about 5 minutes more. When it loook firm but soft, it is ready.
Can be eaten hot or cold.

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Happy Vegan T-Shirt Day!

Happy Vegan T-Shirt day for September y'all! Here is a pic of my friend J, and her awesome vegan t-shirt. She won it in a raffle benefiting Dogs of the 9th Ward at the most recent Vegan Drinks New Orleans - and she couldn't have been more excited!

Remember, if you have any awesome pics of you and your friends proudly sporting your vegan tees, send them over! Submissions can be sent to VeganEtsyTeam -at- gmail. GO VEGANS! :D

Friday, September 2, 2011

Mushroom, Mushroom...

Mushrooms are a many splendid thing. Some are peaceful creatures...





























While some are wild and fierce PIRATES!


























And still others simply yearn to live free.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

September is National Mushroom Month!

It's true - September is the month to celebrate your favorite fungi! All month long here at the Vegan Etsy Team blog, we'll be finding ways to revere the mighty mushroom.

To start you off, check out these vegan mushroom recipes from the fascinating website mushroominfo.com.

If you have any favorite recipes, growing tips, photographs, or anything else you'd like to share, please do! Send anything you'd like to contribute to VeganEtsyTeam -at- gmail. And all hail the mushroom!

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Get ready, get set... It's VEGAN T-SHIRT DAY!!

That's right - thanks to a Facebook page set up not too long ago, vegans have a new monthly holiday. A simple way to say, "we're vegan, and we love you" to the world. What could be simpler or more straightforward? On the first Saturday of every month, just put on your favorite vegan t-shirt and celebrate Vegan T-Shirt Day!

From now on, we'll be posting pics of our teamies and friends sporting their favorite vegan tees on the first Saturday of every month. Got some great pics? Share them with us! Just send them to VeganEtsyTeam -at- gmail, and we'll share them with the world.

GO VEGANS!! :D

Saturday, July 23, 2011

School's out - let's go to the beach.

 Summer sun, and happy days at the beach. Here are some items that are seaside related from the wonderful Vegan Etsy team.
To start with is this fabulous unique dolphin string bookmark, from JFIllustrations.
 These cute, funky magnets are from Sickonsin.
 This beautiful bioluminescence fine art print is by Twosilverstars.
 This fine art print of a wonderful whale is by Myzoetrope.
And these adorable polymer clay beads are from ContinuumDesigns.

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Happy 4th of July!

Patriotic or not, we can all agree that getting together for soy dogs, fireworks, and friends is a good time for one and all. So here's to the 4th and the red, white, and blue - Vegan Etsy style. ;)