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Vegan Bunny
 
Living In: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Member Since: Dec. 2006
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Frying, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Asian, Mexican, Indian, Italian, Middle Eastern, Healthy, Vegetarian
Hobbies: Scrapbooking, Gardening, Hiking/Camping, Biking, Photography, Reading Books, Music, Painting/Drawing, Charity Work
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On the road home from the farm
About this Cook
I'm allergic to gluten and soy, so I have been forced to learn how to cook nearly everything, since almost all our foods are prepared with these ingredients now. I'm a food activist - for organic, local, and sustainable foods. I also wish to remove genetically-modified foods from nearly everything we eat to protect the diversity of foods that will end up dying off if we keep breeding only 1 variety of each type of food. Remember Ireland's potato famine? There used to be 8000 varieties of potatoes, now there are 4. When disease strikes, we are going to be in big trouble.
My favorite things to cook
Chana Masala; Artichoke Risotto; Stir-fry veggies with rice & beans, cheese & eggs; homemade corn tortillas, gluten-free corn muffins
My favorite family cooking traditions
Unfortunately I can no longer eat most of my favorite family recipes because they all have gluten - swedish pancakes, swedish meatballs, banana bread, crab rolls (nummy!!!), etc.
My cooking triumphs
Borscht, Sizzling Black Bean Soup, creating my own healthy version of "A-1" sauce without any of the traditional ingredients to marinate buffalo steaks! nummy!
My cooking tragedies
I honestly can't think of any. I am very observant & I don't leave the kitchen, so no fires. And I taste as I go & I've figured out how to compensate for flavors, so nothing's ever tasted horrible. Of course, I've never TRIED making souffle, so maybe when I do that might be one. ;)
Recipe Reviews 1 review
Pasta with Chicken Mushroom Cream Sauce
This wouldn't have been as good if I hadn't made some modifications. I mixed others suggestions with my own ideas, since I'm feeding a 20 mos old with this. He loved it! I added frozen peas, minced garlic, fresh basil, and some grated Parmesan, and some diced tomatoes that I threw on top after it was on the plate. Delicious! (Note: I used frozen shitake mushrooms that were presliced). This was quite fast for the flavor! I wish I would have made more for leftovers!

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Feb. 27, 2009
 
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