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The Friendly Vegetarian - Welcome :)

I am vegetarian and have been vegetarian for many years. Most of my closest friends and family are not vegetarian, yet they eat vegetarian meals more often because I am in their lives. WELCOME to my Friendly Vegetarian blog. Will you welcome me and my blog into your life? Come and read, chat & eat vegetarian with me...

Macrobiotic Food & The Kushi Institute

March 29th 2011 15:15

I am now healing with the help of macrobiotic foods.

More information can be found at the wonderful Kushi Institute:

KushiInstitute.org

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temporary post

February 1st 2011 17:13

Dealing with serious illness so this is a temporary post so my blog won't disappear.

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Vegetable Delight - one of a kind vegetarian restaurant in Chatsworth, CA

December 2nd 2010 18:26

Visit this unique restaurant where they serve natural food made without meat, poultry or fish. A guide to their expert cuisine can be found here. Vegetables, tofu, gluten, fungus, konnyaku, mushrooms & nuts are used to make up the delectable dishes offered on their extensive menu (Well over 100 items!). Explore their menu, yourself!

We adore this restaurant and we recommend the following family favorites:

Veggie Chicken Drum Stick
Orange Flavor Veggie Chicken
Veggie Lamb
Roast Veggie Duck
Sweet and Sour Veggie Chicken
Veggie Steak
Lemon Veggie Chicken
Tofu with Brown Sauce
Crispy Spring Rolls

We always order the brown rice and thoroughly enjoy the delicious, nourishing food and the calm and welcoming atmosphere.

You can keep your bill down by dropping by for their $6.95 luncheon special offered Tuesday - Friday from 11:30am. -3:00pm. You get your pick of 31 entrees served with soup or salad, steamed rice (white or brown), and spring roll or steamed wonton.

Vegetable Delight is closed on Mondays.
Open 6 days Tues-Sun 11:30 am - 9:30 pm.

Vegetable Delight
17823 Chatsworth St
Granada Hills, CA 91344
818-360-3997
vegetabledelight.com

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Wonderful Vegetarian recipe site

October 11th 2010 19:44

Here's a wonderful source for vegetarian recipes. Check it out

Click here for Vegetarian Times recipes

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Last weekend for Peach, Pear, Apple & Plum picking at Yingst Ranch in Los Angeles County

October 7th 2010 20:14

Usually, they are open from June thru September but I called this morning and the last day they will be open in 2010 will be Sunday, October 10th.

Come down and taste the difference from store bought produce. They have U-pick and already picked.

Yingst Ranch
35349 80th Street East
Littlerock, CA 93543
661-944-2425
( Los Angeles County, California, USA )

Open Tuesday - Sunday, 8am - 5pm

You can call for details on varieties available.

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Multi- Grain, half the fat, drop biscuits

August 13th 2010 19:50

Multi- Grain, half the fat, drop biscuits

4 cups flour:
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup white whole wheat flour
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
½ cup cornmeal flour
½ cup oatmeal
1 teaspoon salt
8 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
4 tablespoons sugar
2/3 cup apple sauce
1/3 olive oil
2 cups soymilk

sometimes I add:

nutritional yeast
flax seed or flax seed meal
greens or
raisins or
carob/chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 425 o F

Mix all dry ingredients thoroughly, in large bowl.
Mix last three wet ingredients in separate bowl.
Quickly ( before oil separates ), add wet ingredients to dry ingredients & mix well.

Drop several teaspoonfuls for each biscuit on an ungreased doubled baking sheet.

Bake for approximately 12 - 16 minutes.

Repeat last two steps until all biscuits are baked

Took a picture of the last 3 before they were gobbled up

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Low-fat Whole Wheat, Oats & Flax seed Bread recipe for your breadmaker

June 19th 2010 15:57

Alternate title: A whole house air freshener you can eat!

The aroma of Fresh baked bread just draws the family members into the kitchen asking, "How many minutes until fresh bread?!" Have your slicing knife, plates and butter ( or in my house: Smart Balance ) ready. Make sure you get a slice before it's gone!

Put these ingredients in your breadmaker in this order:

1 cup & 3 tbsp - Water
1 tbsp - oil or margarine or butter
2 tbsp - apple sauce
2 eggs or mix 2 tbsp soy flour & 2 tbsp water
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 1/4 tbsp sugar
2 2/3 cups bread flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 rolled oats or oat bran
1/4 flax seed or sesame seeds
2 1/2 teaspoons rapid rise yeast ( don't add quite, yet ) - first make a well/hole in the flour and add the yeast to the well ( to keep the yeast dry and unmixed with the rest of the ingredients )- see picture below

now you can add 2 1/2 teaspoons rapid rise yeast to the well

Turn on your breadmaker

Set a timer for 5 minutes and check if your dough is a nice not too dry or too wet consistency. If not add water or flour by the teaspoonfull until it's just right.

This recipe works well on my breadmaker's 2 hour setting.

When I use my breadmaker's 1 hour setting I increase the yeast to 4 1/2 tsps so it will rise in time.

If I'm using a 3 hour or longer setting I reduce the yeast to 1 1/2 tsps

If in your location & in your breadmaker; these yeast amounts don't work feel free to experiment. I had to alter my amounts when I bought a new breadmaker.

Remember no loud noises while the bread is rising!

Slice while hot and enjoy this healthy comfort food!

Sometimes, I add 1/2 - 3/4 cup of chopped greens ( spinach, kale, salad greens, green onions tops - use your imagination ) to this recipe.

Adding greens results in a flecked bread with more nutrients

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Volunteer this Sunday at The Gentle Barn

May 28th 2010 17:49

If you are in the Los Angeles area why not spend this Sunday volunteering at The Gentle Barn - a safe haven for abused farm animals.

The Gentle Barn
15825 Sierra Highway
Santa Clarita, 91390
(661) 252-2440
Visit The Gentle Barn's website

photo courtesy of The Gentle Barn

Below is a copy of The Gentle Barn's email plea for volunteers needed this Sunday:

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Volunteer Sunday with Gentle Barn Animals

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We have had an incredible response from The Ellen DeGeneres Show and expect to have a record number of visitors this Sunday, May 30th.

We need up to 40 volunteers to help ensure that everyone, animals and people, has a safe and delightful time this Sunday.

So, come join your Gentle Barn family and spend some quality time with the animals.

Thank you so much for your support, we can't wait to see you!

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To sign up for volunteering this Sunday, please call the office at (661) 252-2440.

Respectfully,

Ellie, Jay, and The Gentle Barn Animals

The following is reprinted from the home page of The Gentle Barn website:

Our Mission: To rescue, rehabilitate and give sanctuary to abused animals. Through the interaction with our animals children learn reverence for all life.

The Gentle Barn Foundation is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1999 as a safe haven and place of recovery for abused farm animals and children. We are home to over 120 rescued animals and we are host to at-risk, inner-city and special needs kids.

Our unique treatment philosophy rehabilitates animals and connects their stories of survival and healing to the personal experiences of at-risk and special needs children who have suffered physical, mental or emotional trauma.
Through the interaction with our animals, the children learn forgiveness, courage, strength, leadership skills, trust, empathy and kindness. The healing that takes place is truly miraculous!

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Fresh Fruit & Flax Seed Vegan Smoothie or Frozen Dessert - Sweet & Sugar Free :)

May 27th 2010 01:44

This is a quick whip up in your blender recipe! No cooking involved

It's fruity, creamy and naturally sweet.

The key to the sweetness is the banana, vanilla soymilk and the mango. I try to use all three when I have them although you can definitely experiment and use different fruits. ( Look closely at my picture of assembled ingredients and you'll notice the banana is a paper cutout! Yes, I had no banana.

I just doubled up on the mango and the smoothie was delicious, anyway ) If you like it even sweeter you can add a little fruit juice ( white grape goes nicely ). If you want more of a sweet slushie just omit the soymilk and replace with fruit juice.

Add less or more soymilk to control the the consistency of this recipe so you can serve it as a frozen dessert with a spoon or plunk in a couple of straws and slurp up as a smoothie. ( One straw is a struggle for a thick smoothie, like this ). I try to use mostly frozen fruit which makes the smoothie cold and thick. Really great qualities in a smoothie.

If you try this and like it or have any suggestions, please let me know

Okay, here we go; get out your blender and ...

Assemble your ingredients:

2 tbsp flax seed
1 1/2 - 2 cups soymilk
1 cup frozen mango
1/2 cup frozen strawberries
1/2 cup frozen pineapple
1/4 cup frozen blueberries
1 large banana

Put flax seed in empty and dry blender. ( important, if blender is wet seeds will stick and not grind properly)

Grind seeds, making sure the blender top is on securely because the seeds will fly furiously up and around the blender like a tornado - I usually set the blender on high, stopping and starting a few times, periodically thumping the top of the blender to knock the seeds off the walls and back down into the blades.

Voila... ground flax seed - add 1 cup of the soymilk and blend so your seed mixes well and doesn't stick to the bottom of the blender jar.

Add fruit and then pour in second cup of soymilk.

Blend well, depending on your blender strength you may have to stop blender, mix a little and reblend. Taste it. If you want it thicker you can add a little more frozen fruit of your choice. If you want it thinner you can add a little more soymilk. If you want it sweeter you can add a little fruit juice.

Makes about 4 cups ( 32 ounces ) Serve & enjoy

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Restaurant Remorse

May 25th 2010 04:17

The restaurant we wanted to patronize is closed on Mondays. We know this because we read the sign as we pulled into the parking space. We had been looking forward to trying this "new to us" restaurant which is about a 40 minute drive from our home. We had to be in the area today and thought what better time to try it out. Apparently, Tuesday would have been better. Or Wednesday. Or any day other than today; take your pick.

Well, we were hungry so we didn't want to waste too much time figuring out where to go. Hey, we had a coupon for a local franchise so that was decided quickly. Looking back, I realize we decided too quickly.

Coupons are a trap. Really good restaurants don't need coupons. More hard earned wisdom. Problem is I can't afford the really good restaurants without the coupons that they don't have.

Anyway, the coupon made us order too much food so we could get the discount. So we ended up paying what we would normally pay and we left overfull. The food was nothing to write home about. Home...

Home cooked food:
It's better... It's fresh and It tastes better.
You know what's in it and it's better for you...
It's affordable.
Did I mention it's better?

Photo of half of my uninspired $7.50 Veggie Sandwich: