By rika on May 23rd, 2013
In late April, I tried a rosemary lemonade for the first time at the Jaleo Las Vegas, a Spanish restaurant within The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas with the sister restaurant China Poblan. Jaleo and China Poblan are currently my favorite vegan-friendly restaurants in Las Vegas. It was a pretty interesting herbal beverage.
I came across this
By rika on May 22nd, 2013
I'm sure that many of you can admit that making a perfect vegan macaroni and "cheeze" is difficult. My ideal vegan version of macaroni and "cheeze" has to be creamy, gooey and cheesy, something that I would eat as a comfort food. I had encountered and tried few vegan mac and cheese recipes. Some of them
By rika on May 20th, 2013
When we were living abroad for a few months, potatoes became our favorite staple and comfort food: it's cheap, easy, and hearty. We would boil the cubed potatoes (skins off), fry them until all sides are browned up and season them with salt and chili powder. In South America, we would eat them with ají
By rika on May 11th, 2013
I have been experimenting with raw creamy sauces and dressings for a kale salad after my love for Lacinato Kale Salad with Dried Cranberries, Cashews, Apple & Curried Dressing. I prefer my kale salad to be creamy. I wanted to start with something simple and quick. I found a simple recipe on Whole Living
By rika on May 10th, 2013
Today is the third Virtual Vegan Potluck (May 11th, 2013), which marks one-year anniversary. This is my first time participating in the Virtual Vegan Potluck. There are about 160+ amazing bloggers participating in this event and I look forward to checking everyone's recipes out including my virtual blogger pals next-door: V is for Vegetables and
By rika on May 10th, 2013
Back in the days when we were in Berlin, we loved pan-frying store-bought potato gnocchi with some vegan German pestos from organic and local supermarkets. Gnocchi was pretty cheap for us to have around, and they cost about 1 euro or less in 2009, with only few ingredients (potato & flour). Some store-bought gnocchi products
