Vegan Shopping

Vegan shopping is the best! Get that check book ready!

Alternative Outfitters
Herbivore Clothing
Pangea
Secret Society of Vegans (Shhh!)
Vegan Essentials

Vegan Product Reviews

We all see them in the supermarket, and i've got the balls to try them. Some are great, some are not so great, but i try to be honest!
HIT= must have
MISS= save your $$
RISK= buyer beware

Book: La Dolce Vegan
Follow Your Heart: Original Vegenaise
Galaxy Foods: Rice Slices
Tofutti: Better Than Cream Cheese
Tofutti: Better Than Cream Cheese (Non-Hydrogenated)
Tofutti: Better Than Sour Cream
Earth Balance: Buttery Spread

Vegan Friendly Restaurants

With veggie and vegan eating on the rise, i can't possibly list them all! Use these great resources to find veggie, vegan, and vegan friendly eats!

Happy Cow
Veg Dining
Veg Guide
Vegetarian Reource Group

Vegan Recipe Site Index

These sites are non-blog, vegan recipe overload! Deeeeelicous!

Random Girl
The Cat Tea Corner
The Post Punk Kitchen
Squirrel's Vegan Kitchen
Veg Cooking Database
VegEats!
Veg Family Magazine's Recipie Index
Veg Web
Vegan Cooking
Vegan Chef
VEGAN eat
Vegan Food
Vegan Wolf
Vegan World Order
Vegalicious!
Vegetarian Women (vegan adaptable)

Vegan Blog Index

WOW! We have such an amazing vegan community, keep it coming guys!

A Decadent Conspiracy
B36 Kitchen
Beans and Greens
Bean Vegan
Bunnyfoot
Candi's Vegan Photo Journal
Cooking With Roxy
Celine Yum
Cheezy Vegan
Don't Get Mad, Get Vegan
Eat Peace Please
Eats Like A Bird
Food Snob (vegan baker)
Fueled By Popcorn
Have Cake, Will Travel
Kaji's Mom (vegan transition)
Let's Get Sconed
Live It Up Vegan
Megan the Vegan
Notes From the Vegan Feast Kitchen
Savoring the Moment
Shmooed Food
Speed Vegan
Supper and the Single Girl
The Fat Free Vegan
The Vegan Diet
Tofu N Sproutz
Tropical Vegetarian Family
Two Peas, No Pod
Veg Bitch
Vegan Cook-Along
Vegan Ice Cream
Vegan Lunch Box
Vegan Yum Yum
Vegan Vice
Veganini
Vivacious Vegan
Voluptuous Vegans
What do vegan's eat?
What the hell does a vegan eat anyway?
Yeah, that Vegan Sh*t!

Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

Our BBQ a few weeks ago was a blast, and i've had the idea for a pineapple upside down cake with buttercream frosting rolling around in my head. What a great vegan treat to top the non-vegan meats (my friends are omnis). I won't tease anymore, so the recipe follows below!

Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

1 1/4 cups flour (i used 1 cup white and 1/4 whole wheat)
1/2 cup vegan sugar (i used turbinado)
3 tbsp brown sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 bottle of maraschino cherries or 6-8 real cherries (pitted)
1 20 oz can pineapple slices in unsweetened pineapple juice
1 cup pineapple juice reserved from can of slices
1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 tbsp white vinegar
1 spring-form pan or angel food cake pan
non-stick spray (or whatever you use)

1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2) Mix together flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and set aside.
3) In separate bowl, mix pineapple juice, applesauce, and vinegar.
4) Take pan and spray with non-stick spray all the way up the sides too.
5) Lay pineapple rounds in a design on the bottom of the pan (this will be the top, so make it look pretty! Cut pineapple slices into chunks and arrange around whole slices for extra pineapple-ocity.
6) Take cherries and arrange in pineapple holes and evenly through the top so every slice gets some.
7) Sprinkle pineapple and cherries evenly with brown sugar.
8) Quickly mix the wet ingredients with the dry. Batter will foam up nicely.
9) Pour into pan immediately and bake for about 30-35 minutes or till center is firm.

And yes, my cake is in a frying pan, i forgot that i hadn't a platter large enough to serve it. Ghetto vegan AWAY!

Recipes

Appies
Roasted Garlic Hummus
Bfast
Entray
Sheppie Pie
Crispy Sweet & Sour Seitan (Vegan Yum Yum)
Pazta
'More Than Just Pasta' Salad
Noodle Casserole
Soupies
Cream of Broccoli Soup
Zuppa Toscana
Breadish
Thick and Hearty Cornbread
Dessertings
Pineapple Upside Down cake
Rice Puddin'
Misk
The Seitan O Greatness (The Post Punk Kitchen)
Creamcheese Frosting
MmmMmm Gravy