It's so nice to be home! We've just returned from a near 2 week long trip to the beautiful Island Nation of Taiwan. We traveled all around the ultra modern and sparkling clean city of Taipei using their number 1 in the world rated metro system of which the country is kind enough to place English instructions everywhere. A big Thank You, Taiwan is in order! We traveled to the interior mountain ranges to visit Alishan where I would see the first sunset in my life that would, if you dare laugh at this next part..., actually bring tears to my eyes. And of course, and most importantly, we ate amazing food!
In Taiwan in whichever city we found ourselves in there were these large dining rooms with a large buffet. You could take what ever looked good and pile it onto the paper tray you picked up at the beginning. One of the hygienic aspects I noticed and appreciated was that you received your own pair of tongs to take down the food line with you so as to not rest the handle that you had just touched into someone else's fried tofu. That's right! I said tofu. The whole buffet is vegetarian- run by Buddhists! All you need do is take what tempts you and place it on a scale at the end of the line and pay per kilogram. I never spent more than 3 dollars and it wasn't from a lack of trying, believe me.
I can't gush enough about the wonderful time we had and the things we saw. The people in Taiwan were so helpful and friendly I want to write them all fan mail. If you are planning your next vacation to somewhere far far away consider heading east where air is moist, the people are great, and food is so readily vegan!
Thank you to my wonderful brother for taking us all on this journey. We will never forget it. I was so impressed by your knowledge of the language! I love you so very very much!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Monday, May 5, 2008
The earthquakes are beginning to subside! It is a time to celebrate! But, how do you celebrate when all you have left in the house is the disaster ready non-perishable food items the news convinced you to stockpile? Moreover how would you access your pantry in the event that your house collapsed? Perhaps we are not meant to contemplate such tawdry details...
There is though still the issue of how to keep on living your delicious Vegan At Home-lifestyle after Armageddon. Thankfully canned goods aren't all mushy peas and syrupy peaches and sometimes they are all you have and not necessarily because you've just experienced a natural disaster. You might find yourself in this situation in between grocery shopping trips or, because you are about to go on a long voyage and don't want to come home to a new species of mold overgrowing your vegetable crisper. This is just the predicament we found ourselves in this week as Justice and I are about to jet off to Taiwan on a tea buying vacation with my brother. I'm warning you now. The following recipe is only to be utilized in extreme situations. It is like the outfit you wear the day before a big vacation so as not to waste any of your best wardrobe. You can spot me a day before taking off in white jeans and depending on the time a year either a too short tank top that makes me look like two halves of two different women or a velour sweat shirt once matching its lost track suit counterpart. The point is this recipe is fast and will feed you, but don't go bringing it to any potlucks!
Pantry Stew with Rice
1 cup brown rice cooked and set aside
1 can chickpeas
1 can tomato sauce
1 can corn
1 can stewed tomatoes
1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
dash of pepper
Place all canned ingredients in a large sauce pan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and let simmer until the sauce has reduced. Season with cayenne and with pepper to taste. Serve over rice. Best to turn off all the lights and eat by flair gun light.
There is though still the issue of how to keep on living your delicious Vegan At Home-lifestyle after Armageddon. Thankfully canned goods aren't all mushy peas and syrupy peaches and sometimes they are all you have and not necessarily because you've just experienced a natural disaster. You might find yourself in this situation in between grocery shopping trips or, because you are about to go on a long voyage and don't want to come home to a new species of mold overgrowing your vegetable crisper. This is just the predicament we found ourselves in this week as Justice and I are about to jet off to Taiwan on a tea buying vacation with my brother. I'm warning you now. The following recipe is only to be utilized in extreme situations. It is like the outfit you wear the day before a big vacation so as not to waste any of your best wardrobe. You can spot me a day before taking off in white jeans and depending on the time a year either a too short tank top that makes me look like two halves of two different women or a velour sweat shirt once matching its lost track suit counterpart. The point is this recipe is fast and will feed you, but don't go bringing it to any potlucks!
Pantry Stew with Rice
1 cup brown rice cooked and set aside
1 can chickpeas
1 can tomato sauce
1 can corn
1 can stewed tomatoes
1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
dash of pepper
Place all canned ingredients in a large sauce pan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and let simmer until the sauce has reduced. Season with cayenne and with pepper to taste. Serve over rice. Best to turn off all the lights and eat by flair gun light.
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