I am honored to have been chosen by VegNews to receive a VegBloggy award for 2008! I am so excited to see who else has gotten one (here's some I know of right now: conscious kitchen, vegan talk, urban housewife, bittersweet, veganyumyum, get sconed, fatfree vegan kitchen). The July/August issue hits newstands on July 1 (earlier for subscibers), so be sure to pick up a copy! And I really wish this was one of those awards that you could also give to five other bloggers so we could spread the love to all vegan blogs. Because really, I think we all inspire each other and are all deserving of recognition in the vegan/vegetarian community. I'm also excited that this gives me an excuse to stop in San Francisco at the end of the month (on my way to Las Vegas) for the Music Issue Launch Party. Hope to see some of yall there!
Now, back to my regularly scheduled blog post.... looking back on recent posts, there has been a lot of dessert! And I've seen several of you blogging about all the raw food and cleanses and detoxes you have been doing, and this is a great season for it! Now I'm not really on a detox, just a blog post detox (yes, just last night I had a brownie, but it was low fat!). All healthy food in this post. First, a grilled vegetable salad with corn, asparagus, and portobello mushroom over a bed of spinach with heirloom tomato and sunflower seeds.
For Memorial Day, we brought out the grill once again for more corn on the cob and some homemade burgers! This was my first attempt at a homemade burger and it was not really very successful. I spaced reading the instructions earlier, and discovered the burgers had to chill 4 hours, time that I didn't have. So our tempeh mushroom burgers (grated beet lending the red color) kinda fell apart. John showed some mad skillz with the grill by managing to get them off in one piece!
And finally, the Taco Salad from Yellow Rose Recipes. Romaine lettuce with cilantro topped with taco TVP, avocado, tomato. Joanna's spice mixes (this one for the tvp) are the best. And no oil! Okay, so there was a dallop of sour cream, but the rest of the dressing was just fresh lime juice. I've been making a few things from YRR lately for the review I submitted to our Society of PEACE newsletter.
I hope everyone has a great weekend. Tomorrow I am going blackberry picking!
48 comments:
Congratulations!!!!! I can't wait to receive my copy of the new issue of VegNews in the mail, so that I can see all 21 of the blogs that were picked - thank goodness that YOUR amazing blog was chosen!! Hooray!!
Looks like your "blog post detox" is still full of deliciousness :0)
Congratulations!!
If I had a choice, I would have chosen your blog to win, always so inspirational in all aspects of vegan life! =)
Congrats!! I hope to see you at the party, I'll be there too! :)
Wow, Congratulations! What a well-deserved award. Looking forward to the magazine as well! And hope you have fun at that party :o) !
Oh congrats!!! That's so awesome. I can't wait to see the new issue. All the blogs you mentioned are so great. They all deserve this awesome honor.
Now, onto the food...I don't know how it tasted, but your burger just fine to me...and that plate of grill food...wow! Can somebody say summer?
CONGRATS on your award!!! You definitely deserve it so much!
The salad looks great- I absolutely love grilled vegetables in the summer. Also, your homemade veggie burgers sound yummy and the color of them is gorgeous!
Congrats on the award! That's so exciting and you have a great blog!
Congratulations! You really deserve that award because your blog is always so professional and interesting.
YAY!!!! Congratulations, Amanda! How exciting for you. You SO deserve it!
Congratulations...I love reading your blog. Can you tell me where you are goihng to pick the blackberries?
sharon from sugar land
Congrats on the award!
That grilled veggie salad looks so good! I wish I had a grill!
Congratulations! I'm very happy for you, it's a well deserved award! Just look at all that grilled veggies! I have bought a grill wok this year to be able to cook small vegetables without skewers, I'll tell you how it goes (I think I'll be using it next week...)
hurray, you so deserve it! and so much fresh food in this post, eek, I want to dive into all of it!
Congratulations! We have to meet up at the launch party!
The food all looks amazing! Ryan & I were both looking at your grilled items & brainstorming for the Fathers Day BBQ we're attending.
Congratulations on your award! Such an honor from the coolest magazine ever. And well deserved - you have an awesome blog!! Have fun at the Music Launch Party - heard about that & really really wished I'd be in SF for that. Tell us ALL about it!
Congrats! How awesome is this, I still can't believe my blog was chosen! All that amazing food up there just proves how much you deserve it though... Looks incredible. :)
Healthy food posts are always welcome -- that ciabatta bun and the grilled marinated portobello!!!
i am so happy for you and your big award! you are da bomb!
Congratulations!!! You truly deserve it my girl!! I'm so happy for you ^^ Hope you have a great day and can't wait to see your creation for daring bakers!!
congrats! yay! i'm so happy for you.
wish i were able to go to the launch party and we could actually meet in person, but alas, i can't hop across the country right now.
As I said in my last email, congratulations. (Although I am not surprised AT ALL that your blog was chosen.
Congratulations!!! What an honor from VegNews!
Congratulations!
Congratulations! They picked a great blog!
Congratulations! Your blog is great!
Congrats on your award! That is so exciting! I'm thrilled for you, and I must say, you do have a snazzy blog!
Congratulations!!!
You totally deserve it...you have such an awesome blog!!
Congratulations! Such lovely, fresh looking enticing food!
Oh, YUM! That taco salad looks to die for! Have fun blackberry picking - I am so jealous!
That grilled veggie salad looks awesome...
Congrats on the award!! I enjoy your blog so much.
Congratulations on your award! Very exciting. And your food looks great. I've got to delve into my copy of YRR a little more.
woot! congratulations!!!
your food is always so fresh and beautiful - you deserve the award
I go away for a week and a lot happens! First, CONGRATS on the award from such a wonderful source. It is very much deserved!
Second, when did you get this new fancy looking page. It is sweet!
Third, your pictures seem to keep getting better and better.
Congratulations on the award! You totally deserve it. And the food looks really good! I did a detox once and it didn't really do anything for me--probably because I did it wrong, but I'm good at blame shifting so I'll say it was the detox's fault. Ever since then I've been pretty uninterested in them, so I love seeing all your dessert posts!
Hey there. To answer your question on the Teese, that's actually all the same kind of Teese. I think it looks like two different colors because it oozed away some places, and the orangey-red sauce sorta blended with the thin layers....
Oh my gosh. I literally just stumbled upon this blog... but your pictures, your descriptions, your award-worth blog! How have I not been here before? Keep up the amazing work! I'll definitely be coming around here more often :)
OH CONGRATS!!!!!
Your totally deserve the recognition. Your blog is definitely one of my favorites :)
I always have tough time when I consider something a Detox or a diet... i never stick with it and feel like im breaking rules if I have something cooked or not on the detox. I say lets just eat healthy and vegan and all be happy !!!
Congratulations! That's very cool. :)
I failed on my detox diet this spring because a lot of drama came up. Not to mention, recording has been trying. I plan on doing it again when the dust settles. Though, I must add, I haven't been doing too bad overall diet-wise.
All of this food looks perfect for a summery day on the porch or in the backyard. The burgers still look delish, regardless. Ya for John and his mad skillz! ;)
All your salads look fabulous, and congrats on the award!
congrats on the bloggy!! happy grilling and traveling!
congratulations! you do more vegan outreach than a lot of people I know... oh, and your food ain't so bad, either!
Congratulations on your award, Amanda, you really deserve it. I always enjoy visiting your blog :)
Congratulations, that is so wonderful. I'm so honored to know you! :)
congratulations!
This is what I really wanted to comment on ~ Congrats on the VegNews Award! How prestigious and it could not have gone to a more deserving site. Wonderful!!!! I can't wait to see "Walking The Vegan Line" in the next edition! Wow~wee!
Congrats on the award :)
Can't say I am very good at actual detox as it makes me feel hungry all the time, I just eat raw food for a few days and hope that helps.
Love the colors of your food, bet it is real tasty as well.
What a well-deserved award! Your blog ROCKS! I'm so proud of you, not only for the blog and award, but for all your efforts & activism!
The new blog colors are cool, too! : )
hi this is Davis.Congratulations! I'm very happy for you, it's a well deserved award! Just look at all that grilled veggies! I have bought a grill wok this year to be able to cook small vegetables without skewers, I'll tell you how it goes .
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