True North Osteria opened in Montclair, NJ about three months ago, but it took me about 2 months to get there to try the food. They have a very veg-friendly menu that consists of pizzas, bruschetta, soups, salads and small plates of vegetables. On my first visit, I had a bowl of lentil soup and…
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Slow Cooker Chickpea Cacciatore
Stay warm and cozy with a bowl of Slow Cooker Chickpea Cacciatore on a cold winter’s evening. I remember chicken cacciatore being a favorite dish of mine when I was little, but for the life of me I can’t remember actually eating it. Perhaps I heard the word “cacciatore” somewhere and really liked the sound…
Slow Cooker Seitan Stew
No time to to make dinner after a busy day at work? Just throw the ingredients for this Seitan Stew in your slow cooker before you leave for work in the morning, and dinner will be waiting for you when you get home! My slow cooker really has been earning it’s keep lately. I love using it…
Slow Cooker Curry with Tofu and Veggies
Too busy after work to make dinner? Place all of the ingredients for this Slow Cooker Curry with Tofu and Veggies in your crockpot before work, and dinner will be ready when you get home! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the slow cooker is a thing of beauty. I’ve had people…
Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Tofu
Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Tofu is the perfect meal for days when you don’t have time to cook. Simply place all of the ingredients in the slow cooker in the morning, set it, and forget it! Dinner’s ready when you are. The person who invented the slow cooker was a total genius. I’m good…
Celebrate Vegan
I love Dynise Balcavage’s The Urban Vegan, so I was super excited to hear that she was working on a new cookbook. I was even more excited when Celebrate Vegan arrived and could start cooking from it! And what better time to start celebrating than the New Year? Okay, this Tofu and Broccoli and Black Bean…
Back to V Note
As I mentioned yesterday, December 24th was Dennis’s birthday. I usually buy him theater tickets and we spend a day in New York City. This year I bought him tickets to see Alan Rickman in The Seminar. The play was excellent, and I’m really glad we got to see Alan preform live, since he’s such…
Celebrating Vegan Style
Dennis’s birthday is December 24th. Because Christmas Eve is not a good day to have a birthday party, our tradition is a nice homemade brunch, a movie, dinner at Veggie Heaven Denville and then dessert at home. As with any special day, you’ll find us celebrating vegan style! For brunch I made rosemary potatoes with…
The Triumph of the Lentil
The weeks leading up to Christmas are always super busy for me. I never shop at the mall – instead I like to make my own Christmas cards, bake, make crafty things and buy gifts from local shops, which tends to take up a little more time than one stop shopping at the mall would….
Christmas Cookie Swap
Last week Montclair Vegans had a Christmas cookie swap at my house. Cookie swaps are always a fun way to gather with friends at the holidays, and they’re a good excuse to hit the kitchen and start baking. Last year about 14 people came to my cookie swap, and I was expecting the same amount…
