I have been a Vegetarian for quite some time.  However, due to a new Milk Allergy, I have gone straight out Vegan.  Hives are a real bummer Anyway, the only thing that kept me from being a Vegan before was CHEESE.  I love cheese- more exactly Cheesy foods like Pizza, Mac and Cheese and cheese melted on other foods. Vegan cheese is usually gross.  I think I have tried about a dozen types.  All were nasty and ended up making the food worse than it would have been w...

I am starting this thread so that people can post vegetarian/vegan or light (for the dieters) recipes.  Please start the recipe with what it is. I will try and post a new recipe of my own every day or so (I have a lot of them). Here is my first example: Portobella Wellington (VEGAN): 2 Large Portobella Mushrooms, cleaned with stems trimmed Vegan puffed pastry 4 Green onion, diced 4 Shitake Mushroom, stems removed, diced handful fresh parsley, finely chopped 6 button mus...

On February 12th, 2005 (just over a month ago) I purchased a Krups Pannini Sandwich Grill #FDE3 at Williams and Sonoma in Ann Arbor.  Not sure why I am giving you all those details, but for some reason it seems important. Anyway, to make a long story short: It worked well, then it quit.  No reason, just quit working...I guess making a sandwich causes it to quit...who knew?  The manual has the great troubleshooting advise of: "Check that the appliance is plugged in correctly." ...

My daughter reminded me of this yesterday, so I thought I would write it down. My Birthday was at the beginning of the month.  My sister had a party for me at her house.  She got a cake for me, and the kids wanted to eat it.  I told them that they had to sing "Happy Birthday" to me before they got to eat the cake. So, they started singing, and it was evident that my oldest nephew really didn't want to.  So, the song went like this: Happy Birthday to you...Happy Birth...