VegWeb Newsletter: Summer Soups & Salads!
- In This Issue:
- Recipe Spotlight |
- What's Hot on VegWeb |
- Cooking with Webmistress Laura |
- Superstar VegWebber |
- Weekly Giveaway!
Get fresh with salad!
Summer Soups & Salads
Some people think vegans just eat salads. Here at VegWeb, we know that's wrong. We know the people who love to eat the most are vegans. We love to experiment with new, exciting kinds of food and there is never a lack of crazy spices and seasonings in a vegan kitchen. For me, becoming vegan opened a plethora of culinary doors. I might have never known about Mesir W'et or Tom Yum if I hadn't become vegan. Not only that, vegans can be just as much meat and potatoes as the rest of them – it's just our meat is tender, flavorful Seitan Ribs. Even with all that choice, sometimes we DO want a salad. Or a soup. But we like to mix it up and make them even more delicious than your typical iceberg wedge with ranch dressing. Summer is the perfect time to explore all of the creative, delicious salads and yummy cold soups on VegWeb. Enjoy!
Check out some of our favorite soup and salad recipes:
What's Hot on VegWeb
Check out our new Monday Night Chats! Every Monday from 6–7pm PST, head to the chat room for discussions ranging from vegetarian travel to cooking tips. This week (August 17), we'll be talking summer food! From the tastiest salad dressings to the best way to bbq tofu, we'll talk everything vegans need to enjoy fantastic summer eats. Bring your questions, tips, techniques, and more to the VegWeb Chat Room.
Got a cabbage patch? Raising kids isn't easy and raising vegans kids comes with a whole other set of challenges. And rewards. I mean, how cool are vegan kids? The coolest. Talk rearing vegan youth in the Vegan Parenting Thread.
Try something new! A new recipe, that is. The Lost Recipe Club rules are simple: find a recipe on VegWeb with no reviews, ratings or pictures; make it and then post a review, rating, and picture. Help populate your beloved site with more fabulous recipes in the Lost Recipe Club.
Have you gotten your VegWeb goodies yet? We've got the greatest new logo and the greatest new Zazzle store filled with VegWeb t-shirts, aprons, and tote bags. You have to check out all the goodies immediately at The VegWeb Store.
That's-a pizza-pie!
Cooking with Webmistress Laura: Riblet Pizza!
Now that we have you excited about soups and salads, you need something to go with it! At VegWeb we have a million amazing recipes (well, okay, more like 30,000 but whose's counting!?), but at my house, the lazy days of summer call for lazy recipes. We all don't have the time or money to make extravagant feasts every night. That's why we have a section with Quick and Easy Recipes. I especially love this section. I love it a lot. I can't tell you how many times I've made Fast Tacos. And guess what? They rule. So from time to time I'll post a recipe that is, above all, easy, cheap, and creative, in addition to being delicious.
This is a recipe that I learned from my boyfriend, Jonas. It has exactly two ingredients, Amy's Cheeseless Pizza and Morningstar Riblets, and they are both pre-packaged and ready to go. Normally I would encourage you to buy local, organic, whole, etc., but this is perfect for when you're feeling budget and lazy-conscious.
1. Preheat oven according to pizza box instructions. 2. Thaw Riblet. You could put it in the microwave for a minute or so, or leave it on the counter while you do your roommate's dishes or something. 3. Cut Riblet into about eight or so chunks and place evenly around the pizza. Make sure you get all the extra barbecue sauce on the pizza too. If you were really nuts into the Riblet experience, you could try putting BOTH of them on the pizza. 4. Cook pizza according to package instructions. 5. The final step in any good recipe is "Enjoy!" –and this one is no exception.May I suggest you serve this with the uber-simple and super tasty Quick and Easy Pear, Cranberry, and Spinach Salad? These two combined have a total prep time of roughly 15 seconds! Okay, ten minutes, but still.
Superstar VegWebber!
Each week we'll highlight a member of the VegWeb community who goes above and beyond to make VegWeb a truly excellent place to spend time on the internet.
This week, "baypuppy!"
VegWebber since? June 5, 2004
What do you do when you're not on VegWeb? Getting on with life. Work on stuff for school, write my dissertation, cook for my crew, and snuggling with various creatures
#1 cooking secret/tip? Buy the best quality cooking supplies you can. It will make your life easier in the long run.
Best music to cook by? The Butchies or Placebo
French fries or ice cream? Ice cream!
Read baypuppy's entire interview and tell her how fabulous she is in the Superstar VegWebber thread!
Weekly Giveaway: Hawaiian Ruby Guava Gift Box
This week we're giving away a gift box of Ruby Guava products from Pacifica! This adorable gift box features a scrumptious soy candle, a jar of body butter, and a tub of solid perfume. It's super cute, really summery, and the smell? Amazing. I'm dreaming of burning the candle as I write this newsletter and I can hardly stand it. It pains me that I am not eligible to win our giveaways because this is enough to make me want to create a fake personality on VegWeb just to win. But I won't do that. I think. Check out our brand-new VegWeb Weekly Giveaway now and let us know your favorite road-trip song is for a chance to win.
Good luck!
Peace in your kitchen,
Webmistress Laura
VegWeb.com
San Francisco, CA
