Some Good, Some Not So Good

good: Tal Ronnen's EVERYTHING. Split Pea soup with Tempeh Bacon and Chipotle Cream last night; cucumber and mint salad side dish the night before... YUM! I need to give his black bean cakes a try again...

not so good: taking a regular recipe, changing 50% of the ingredients to be vegan, and expecting it to come out yummy. Martha Stewart's Dutch Apple Pancake case in point. Total Ick - had to have cereal for breakkie.

On to more experiments tonight - tofu ricotta ravioli's....

More Vegan Fun

This week has been challenging and rewarding. I traveled to Atlanta and ended up having fish for dinner both nights - not really a vegan option outside of the garden salad. But I made up for it by finding a vegan-friendly place for lunch - the Dynamic Dish. A very cool small place.

I didn't feel very well for about two days after getting back to Colorado. I'm not sure if it was the fish or just general illness. But I'm feeling better now!!

I made a couple of my old vegan recipes this week - black eyed peas with spinach and a little cayenne; tofu and broccoli stir-fry; flatbread with rice-cheese, spinach and garlic... But I bought Tal Ronnen's The Conscious Cook cookbook yesterday and have many new recipes to try. Today I tried Moby's Vegan Blueberry Pancakes, and they were better than all of the mixes I've tried. His recipe is on Epicurious.

I hope to get to VG Burger in Boulder this week - they are all vegan! I want to support that as best I can.

Here are a couple of pics from this weekend's skiing. Ash had his last day of ski school, so Sean and I hit the slopes in Breckenridge. When we got to the top of the 6-chair, we could see they were just opening the hiking above the Imperial Lift. So up we went - amazing weather and views! Then I had to get the confidence to actually ski down one of the double blacks... :) We chose Snow White and it was pretty horrible - solid frozen chunks of avy debris... It would be epic on a good day - hopefully we'll have one this year...