KimmyKokonut

I’ll be living on the coast of Peru for the next month, volunteering at Otra Cosa, a vegetarian restaurant (and international volunteer agency). All of the tips of the restaurant go to different charities within the community. I’m currently learning the menu, which is a mix of Peruvian and Meditteranean foods. With all the cooking […]

Peru, like most countries in the world, are pretty heavy on the carnivorous side and not very understanding of why someone would choose to be vegetarian.  At least that was my impression entering Peru.  That has been blown out of the water.  Meat eaters will have their fill, don’t be mistaken, but there are lots […]

I’m always looking this information up. Here it is all in one place. 1 tsp sea salt = 2 Tbl tamari/soysauce/bragg’s = 1 Tbl dark miso = 1.5 Tbl light miso 1:1 wonders Yogurt: Sour Cream; Arrowroot: Cornstarch: Kudzu 1 tsp dried herbs = 1 Tbl fresh herb 1 lemon = 1 fl oz juice […]

When using processed white granulated sugar doesn’t cut it, try these helpful substitutions: 1 cup of white sugar= 1 cup turbinado/demera/rapidura sugar 6 fl oz maple syrup (reduce a liquid in the recipe by 1.5 fl oz and add 1/4 tsp baking soda) 6 fl oz barley malt syrup (reduce a liquid by 2 fl […]

Buttermilk: 8 fl oz of buttermilk can be easily replaced by your favorite soy/rice/nut milk plus 1 Tbl acid of choice (lemon juice, apple cider vinegar etc). Milk: Um, just use your favorite non-dairy milk. My favorite is my homemade cashew milk. It’s creamy, fatty and delicious. Butter : 1 stick of butter is the […]

I’ll be travelling/volunteering/cooking in South America for the next few months and can’t really carry around my cookbooks and reference materials with me. But I will be sad if I can’t access the essentials, so I will post them here for you as well, hoping it becomes a valuable resource. I have gleaned this info […]

Visiting friends and family in Connecticut, I was able to squeeze in a dinner at one of my favorite places to eat in CT. It’s located just past WestFarms mall, in the Borders Books plaza, tucked in the back. A rite of passage for the vegan hardcore kids, China Pan pleases all. They have food […]

Recently, I got to visit the #1 most enlightened town in America (UTNE), the #1 emerging city in the US, #2 green city in the us, and a vegetarian friendly town, yet to be on a top 10 listing, but perhaps it should be since it is home to the famous Moosewood Restaurant and lesser […]

I’m totally on a nut milk kick.  I have been drinking soy milk constantly for at least the last 11 years and the past few years we’ve been ordering dried soy milk powder from Sammi’s Best.  By buying it dehydrated, one 4 lb jug of the powder is equivalent to 22 quarts of soy milk.  […]

I had some overripe apricots crying in the fridge from neglect. I don’t like to eat them when they get overripe, and this recipe popped into my head. I made this two years ago, but with eggs. Today it has been veganized and I think the world is better because of it’s goodness. Try it […]