Amazingly Awesome Lettuce Wraps

I've been meaning to try these for a long time but I always chicken out! (No pun intended) But I finally tried it and it was so good I'm sorry I waited. Carrots, onions, water chestnuts, baby corn, bok choy... All sautéed in ginger and garlic and sauce made from soy sauce, white wine vinegar, peanut butter and some Sriracha. 

I didn't follow an exact recipe so all I can say is trust your instincts and go for it!

Vegan Tech

Hey everyone, Mosno here,
 I am a techie, I love gadgets and I love finding new and exciting ways to use them usefully and/or creatively.
Since I started in VLP I've read the emails being sent out and did some digging, and I have found some very helpful Phone Apps for this Vegan journey I'm taking, so lets get to it.

Here are 3 free Apps for Vegans:
Is It Vegan? (Android & iPhone)
This app takes getting used to, it allows you to search the name of a product (or even scan its bar-code) and it tells you if the product is Vegan or not..but its not THAT precise, so in a way it can tell you if its Vegan or Vegan-iesh .. still helpful though :)

HealthyOut Healthy Meal (Android & iPhone)
This one is cool, you have different ways of searching for places to eat (including Vegan), it can tell you not only the name of the restaurant, but the actual Dishes they make, which is super helpful.

Vegan Yum Yum (Android & iPhone)
Based on the popular VYY Blog, this app is great to look up Vegan recipes to try out. I'm sure this will be very handy to us newbies to the cooking field :)

If you want more apps, here is an article I found that lists 11 Must Have Apps for Vegans, but not all of them are free :)

I hope enjoyed the post.
I'll blog you soon.

Much Love
Mosno

Hello World! & Apple Chips!

I'm Joe, a friend of Mosno's, and while I'm not pledging to be completely vegan for six weeks (like Mosno), I am going to try to be as vegan as possible. I've been a vegetarian for about 4 years and I'm close to vegan now, but I'll be looking for ways to cut out the cheese, eggs, butter, etc. that I do use.

I think the hardest part for me is going to be challenging my assumptions. (Is pasta vegan? Of course... Unless it's made with eggs! Doh!) These gotchas are going to be tough. I had a bagel this morning without even thinking about it, but I was relieved to find out that most bagels are vegan (link below :)

I got this recipe for these apple chips from our first workshop/meeting/tasting/course. They were so great they are almost gone already!

1. Slice an apple. Thin for crispy, thick for chewy. 

2. Bake: 1 hour at 200 degrees. 

3. Flip!

4. Bake: another hour at 200 degrees. 

5. Turn off oven, but leave the slices in for half an hour more to finish crisping up. 

These were very good as-is but I may try sprinkling a pinch of salt for a little flavor kick. 

See ya, check back for more veg-adventures! And send your support to Mos on his hero's journey the next six weeks!

~joetime

Are bagels vegan? http://www.isitvegan.com/2012/04/12/are-bagels-vegan/