*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.
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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Hi Angela.
Love your blog (I’m on vacation in QC and still checking in daily!).
I think glass straws are a wonderful idea – I’ve made a conscious effort over the last year to reduce the amount of plastic my foods/beverage come into contact with, so these would be awesome.
Thanks for being you!
Cheers :)
would loveeeee this!
The glass straws look amazing. I can just picture it, sipping some fruity mixed drinks through those straws with my grandma on her deck in the mid-summer heat.
The straw looks amazing. Way to save the environment David. I would definitely purchase one of those babies.
PS your juices always look mouth watering to me.
Those straws look wonderful! And they are good for the environment :-). I’d love to be the proud owner of one!
My friend sent me a link to these straws a few months ago…and I have wanted to try them ever since.
I have some fun re-usable straws from Pottery Barn, but these glass straws look even more lovely.
What a cool idea!! I love that they are dishwasher safe…remember those plastic swirly straws from childhood?? Those things never seemed to get clean!! haha
I would love a glass straw!
xo
K
omgosh! i’ve wanted one of these straws for forever!!!
Oooh, I would love to win this and have a re-usable straw. I always drink my green monsters out of a straw and feel so wasteful using the plastic ones.
Would love to try some of those straws!! I wonder though how well the dishwasher gets all the way inside clean?
A glass straw would be awesome! I use straws a lot and I tend to reuse the plastic straws. A glass straw wouldn’t feel so gross!
I’m going to have to try your “cheese” recipe!
That straw looks so nice. Being dishwasher safe is wonderful and frankly drinking smoothies and stuff out of straws is just plain fun. I was thinking exactly what Jil was with those huge swirly straws! I had about 5, but were so fun.
Oh and nutritional yeast is my new favorite! haha
I LOVE drinking from a straw – and probably use about 5 per day. What a cool idea! Random number generator please, please, please, please pick me!!!
I have been wanting to get a less wasteful straw, great giveaway!
Wow, I’ve been admiring those glass straws everywhere! I use at least one plastic one a day for green monsters (horrible, I know), so I need to get on the glass straw bandwagon.
Yum that pasta looks great! What a cool straw too. Love the Glass Dharma products – they’re beautiful and eco friendly :)
Super cool straws, love to win! Enjoy the snow and comfort food.
these look so awesome! my fiancee used to make fun of me so bad for drinking everything out of a straw, but these are so fun though that i think even he would want to use them!
I don’t drink nearly as many green monsters as I should.. this straw just may be the inspiration I need!