June 27th, 2008 | by Athena | published in East, Eastern Savory, Vancouver, Vegetarian & Vegan
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Spring is the season for many things: asparagus for the West, bamboo for the East, and Vancouver’s China town today had an amazingly fresh (and cheap!) wave of asparagus. The bunches were inconsistently pencil thin to trunk-like sticks, but the bottoms were all vividly green and moist - fresher than the [...]
November 21st, 2007 | by Athena | published in Vegetarian & Vegan, West, Western Savory
You might not like this. And never the idea.
Aragula
Spinach
Boiled Beets
Boiled Zucchini’s
Corn
Raw Almonds
Cremini (Brown) Mushrooms sauteed in olive oil and milk
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Corn
Baked Zucchini lightly covered with olive oil
Diced red peppers
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Corn
Diced Spinach
Diced Mushrooms
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All inspired with the sole purpose of emptying the fridge
They’re easy - but not that quick. And depending on you, it might taste good.
They’re the closest [...]
November 6th, 2007 | by Athena | published in Vegetarian & Vegan, West, Western Sweets
1.5 cups of milk (leave out about 1/4 in another saucepan)
1/8 cup of Japanese congee rice (turns into about 1/2 after being cooked)
2 tbsp cinnamon
~3 tbsp white sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
Lemon Zest
1/2 medium-big apple
1 tsp corn starch
1 egg yolk
1) Milk in saucepan and simmer in low heat until bubbles start to form. Add in the [...]