*waves hello*
I had such a ball reading your comments in my post on foods you loved as a kid. I think I added about 50 more to my list after reading yours. I can’t believe some of us ate the same things- like sugar sandwiches!?! ;) I think kids lose their teeth for a reason…
Looky who finally got some snow…
Comfort food coming right up…!
Rotini Tomato Pasta with 3 Minute Vegan Parmesan Cheese
I am not a huge pasta fan, but once in a while I do get a craving for it. One thing I have not had since going vegan is Parmesan Cheese. I was excited to find out that making a vegan version is really simple and involves just three ingredients and takes less than 5 minutes! The recipe I used is from Veg Family.
Vegan Parmesan Cheese ingredients:
- 1/2 cup toasted sesame seeds
- 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
Directions: Toast sesame seeds until lightly browned and then throw all ingredients into a blender. Process for 30-60 seconds. Enjoy your vegan parmesan cheese!
I cannot even tell you how excited I am over this!!!
It didn’t taste exactly like Parmesan cheese, but I loved it just the same. It made the pasta come alive! I can already see myself sprinkling this on soups, casseroles, lasagna, etc. YUM!
With pita wedges:
You will not regret making this…trust me on this one!
Eric LOVED it…said he liked it just as much, if not more than Parmesan.
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David Leonhardt from Glass Dharma recently sent me some of his hand-made glass straws to review. I was really excited to try out these straws given how many Green Monsters and juices that I drink each week.
Hello, my name is David Leonhardt.
I’ve been a lampworker (glassblower) for over 10 years. My wife, Gail & I recently moved from the Sacramento, CA area, to our dream of living on the Mendocino Coast.
I started doing some work for a local glass shop in town and noticed that the owner had glass drinking straws for sale. I had never heard of these before and I am always intrigued by something made out of glass that I hadn’t thought of. I was struck by the unique elegance in such a simple item.
I immediately recognized that here was a partial solution to our “plastics problem”. Now, granted, there are a lot more plastics in our world than just drinking straws, but bear with me a minute and let me put things in perspective … As of March 2008, McDonald’s serves an average of 52 million meals PER DAY! (Per their website) How many of those served do you think were given a plastic straw? I hope it is becoming obvious just how big of a problem these pesky little plastic straws can be. Remember, this is just from McDonalds!!
Crazy, eh?
Nothing makes me more happy than seeing people follow their dreams! Rock on David.
Today I would like to review the Beautiful Bend Glass Dharma Straw.
In the juice: 1 pear, 1 carrot, 1 cuke, 1 piece ginger…down (up?) the tube!
My review:
I fell in love with the straws as soon as I saw them. They give such a fun elegance to any drink and it made my juice experience really fun. The best part about the straws is that David offers a Lifetime Guarantee Against Breakage which makes the straws risk free. They are also dishwasher safe, which is nice, because we all do enough dishes! I think these straws would make a unique gift for yourself or a loved one- maybe a Green Monster lover, perhaps?
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~Jacques Plante
Those straws are beautiful, what a great idea!
Comfort food all the way! We are supposed to get snow through the night here in Boston so we are prepping early by creating a comfort dinner ourselves. Though tonight we are going sweet potato syle! Nothin like it :)
I am just loving the Size Healthy links! Thank you for passing all of the goodness on.
Love those straws and your comfort food is looking delicious :) I wish I could still get excited about snow…here in Pennsylvania we’re pretty much covered in it, and supposed to get more soon!
Well it looks like parm at least. Wish I had some sesame seeds on hand to make this tonight. It’d go perfect with what I’m making.
Those are so cool! Now I may just go make some pasta… rotini sounds divine.
A new smoothie-lover and an iced coffee fiend…I would love that straw!
(Yes- PA has had ENOUGH snow…and forecast says more for wed!)
i’m currently on a mission to find nutritional yeast and i will not back down until i do! also, those straws look awesome!
Not a huge pasta fan? Mmm I have to limit my pasta intake–love it way too much!
I’ve seen so many blogs with those straws and have been dying to get one!
ooh, i’ve been eyeing those straws, they seem like such a good idea!!
Yay hockey!!! I cannot WAIT for the showdown between Canada and the US on Thursday for women’s hockey – I grew up playing with three of the girls – the Lamoureux twins and Marvin – so it’s just that much more exciting for me =).
And the glass straw is such a unique and sustainable idea! Would love to win one =)
The glass straw looks so elegant!
I had never heard of nutritional yeast before last week, and now I keep reading about it. I feel like this is the next thing I need to try.
I would love to win! I have been wanting glass straws, I need straws badly but just can’t make myself buy the plastic ones. It feels so wasteful! I also love their story, so great!
That pasta looks delicious! I love how you come up with such creative recipes, and vegan alternatives. It makes me want to go vegan all the way, there is so much variety!
Canada better kick some serious butt tonight!
The glass straws look very chic.
You’re going to have a zillion entries for this! I have been ogling those straws for forever now, ever seen I saw them on Green + Crunchy. They are gorgeous! And, they would do wonders for preventing my ever present (kidding!) green monster mustache! :)
I love Glass Dharma straws! I have 4 of the beautiful bends for smoothies and use them every single day. It’d be amazing to add some of the regular beautiful bends to my collection though!
I really want to try glass straws, I have never been able to find any anywhere, and that would be such a good thing, and you dont throw them away after each use, eco-friendly, hello! I LOVE IT.
we got a little bit of snow a few days ago, but this week is supposed to warm up just over zero Celsius, I can’t wait! beautiful Sask weather
Hi Angela – longtime reader, first-time commenter.
Let me start by saying zomg I love your blog and your tweets. You are so unbelievably sweet and very “real” in what you tell people. Keep it up!
My thoughts on the glass straw? LOVE! I love drinking out of straws but feel so badly because most straws are made of plastic and can only be washed and re-used so many times. I always feel so guilty throwing them out so something like this would be a great addition to my budding kitchen.
Good luck to all!
Aleksandra
Oh my goodness!! I’ve seen Tina (carrot ‘n cake) using glass straws for months and wondered where I could get them. Too cool!
Those straws are awesome! I’d love to try them out (and stop wasting so much plastic).
Those straws are a fantastic idea! I drink my coffee out of a straw almost everyday and always feel like I’m wasting so much plastic. So fun!