http://www.ommnomnom.com Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:19:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The National Animal Rights Association was officially formed one year ago, on 1st July 2007. I should qualify first, that I am not affiliated with them in anyway, but I received their yearly review. They have achieved such a great amount of positive change over the last year, that I ... http://www.ommnomnom.com/2008/spotlight-the-national-animal-rights-association/ when we sit outside with a beer or two enjoying that great bar-b-que smell. Mmm. Nick has a great marinade that we have been using for out veggi skewers. It's about one part oil to one part soy sauce with a half part sugar. Whisk it about with a fork ... http://www.ommnomnom.com/2008/its-days-like-these/ As a vegetarian, pizza was one of  our favorite take-outs, in fact I'd say that pizza was easily Nick's favorite food before we started trying to be vegan. We'd go a week vegan, have a pizza, then start over again, another couple of weeks, another pizza, until we finally went ... http://www.ommnomnom.com/2008/go-vegan-at-dominos/ NursingDegree.net have recently posted an article on their site entitled 57 Health Benefits of Going Vegan. As Billy at Vegan Talk says, it's exciting to see veganisim being discussed on a nursing website. Recently Oprah's 21 days of  'spiritually conscious' cleanse threw the vegan lifestyle into the spotlight. As probably ... http://www.ommnomnom.com/2008/57-health-benefits-of-going-vegan/ Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net http://www.ommnomnom.com/2008/just-discovered-explosmnet-_/ So why did you become vegan? Or even vegetarian? I'd like that my path from vegetarian and inevitably vegan  stemmed from a deep moral belief in saving animal lives, or other earthlings as they've been called. Even that I could  have seen the wider benefit that such a diet would ... http://www.ommnomnom.com/2008/progresively-vegan/ I love puff pastry, anything light and fluffy that you can fill with gushy food and tasty sauce is awesome. This is the second time that Nick and I made these, and unfortunately we bought the teeny wee puff pastries instead of the large ones. Still, they tasted great, and ... http://www.ommnomnom.com/2008/mushroom-and-white-wine-vol-au-vents/ Banana is a wonderful egg replacement. Every time I bake relying on oil and rising agents it scares me a little, especially as I still do a lot of guess work when it comes to the length of time that something takes to cook. This means there is an inevitable ... http://www.ommnomnom.com/2008/banana-and-apricot-muffins/ This was the first time I've made a tart, I used to just buy them and stick them in the microwave, but most tarts, even if they don't contain milk are glazed with it, or eggs. It was about time I started making my own. This is Nick's absolute favorite ... http://www.ommnomnom.com/2008/rhubarb-tart/ I haven't updated in about week, but I have made so many dinners in that amount of time that I just wish I had time to take photos of them all! For one, using the tofu ricotta recipe in Veganomicon I made a roasted toasted lasagna that went down a ... http://www.ommnomnom.com/2008/easy-vegetable-paella/