http://umamigirl.com A food blog by Carolyn Cope Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:33:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/from-the-archives-brown-rice-and-french-lentil-salad.html http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/from-the-archives-brown-rice-and-french-lentil-salad.html#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:59:44 +0000 Carolyn http://umamigirl.com/?p=7767 Pin it From the archives for the quickly dwindling World Vegan Month, a brown rice and French lentil salad and a little TMI about some self-help thing I did for like three days. Why god why am I reposting this one? Story and recipe here.]]> http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/from-the-archives-brown-rice-and-french-lentil-salad.html/feed 0 http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/from-the-archives-5-principles-of-homemade-vegetable-stock.html http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/from-the-archives-5-principles-of-homemade-vegetable-stock.html#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:58:13 +0000 Carolyn http://umamigirl.com/?p=7756 Pin it From the archives for World Vegan Month, key tips for making good vegetable stock at home. (Hint: don’t forget the potato peelings.) Find the story here on Serious Eats.]]> http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/from-the-archives-5-principles-of-homemade-vegetable-stock.html/feed 0 http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/best-vegetarian-gravy-recipe.html http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/best-vegetarian-gravy-recipe.html#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 03:59:33 +0000 Carolyn http://umamigirl.com/?p=7730 Pin it I am a gravy drinker. WOW, that feels good to get off my chest. On my hips, maybe — but off my chest. I should probably be a little bit sorry, but I’m not. Remember in elementary school, how some of the kids who went on to peak in high school used to [...]]]> http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/best-vegetarian-gravy-recipe.html/feed 10 http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/from-the-archives-go-stuff-a-squash-why-dont-you.html http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/from-the-archives-go-stuff-a-squash-why-dont-you.html#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 03:59:13 +0000 Carolyn http://umamigirl.com/?p=7713 Pin it From the archives for both Thanksgiving and World Vegan Month (take that, uni-tasking!), hop on over to Serious Eats for a chat about stuffed squash. It makes vegetarians feel loved on Thanksgiving. Turkeys, too.]]> http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/from-the-archives-go-stuff-a-squash-why-dont-you.html/feed 0 http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/spiced-tomato-soup-with-red-lentils.html http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/spiced-tomato-soup-with-red-lentils.html#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:59:40 +0000 Carolyn http://umamigirl.com/?p=7641 Pin it In all the time I’ve been sharing little pieces of my world with you, I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned how much I like to sing. How from sixth grade through college, I was always in at least two choirs at a time, and it was always my favorite part of the day. [...]]]> http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/spiced-tomato-soup-with-red-lentils.html/feed 5 http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/potage-aux-legumes-french-vegetable-soup-recipe.html http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/potage-aux-legumes-french-vegetable-soup-recipe.html#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:29:32 +0000 Carolyn http://umamigirl.com/?p=7173 Pin it I’d love to pretend that I once had a meaningful relationship with Paris. Hemingway had one. Woody Allen had one. Carrie Bradshaw managed to have one, and she’s not even a real person. I think we’re all meant to feel hopelessly dull if we haven’t shone brightly in the City of Light. But [...]]]> http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/potage-aux-legumes-french-vegetable-soup-recipe.html/feed 2 http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/from-the-archives-alotta-falafel.html http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/from-the-archives-alotta-falafel.html#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:47:04 +0000 Carolyn http://umamigirl.com/?p=7571 Pin it From the archives for World Vegan Month: Let’s face it. Without falafel, the world would suck. Get the recipe here.]]> http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/from-the-archives-alotta-falafel.html/feed 0 http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/from-the-archives-farro-with-broccoli.html http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/from-the-archives-farro-with-broccoli.html#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:33:35 +0000 Carolyn http://umamigirl.com/?p=7429 Pin it From the archives, farro with broccoli and shiitakes makes an outstanding vegetarian main dish on Thanksgiving. Just leave out the parmesan cheese, and it’s vegan (and still totally savory). Find the full post and recipe here, and don’t forget to check out all of the World Vegan Month posts. Happy Friday!]]> http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/from-the-archives-farro-with-broccoli.html/feed 0 http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/homemade-black-bean-tacos-recipe.html http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/homemade-black-bean-tacos-recipe.html#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:15:43 +0000 Carolyn http://umamigirl.com/?p=7357 Pin it There are two types of people in this world: those who lead with their best material, and those who save the best for last. Let’s not mince words — I kind of hate them both. But that’s totally not the point here. The point is that nobody, anywhere, ever, would bury their best [...]]]> http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/homemade-black-bean-tacos-recipe.html/feed 9 http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/a-typical-family-dinner-vegetarian-vegan-nutritarian-healthy.html http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/a-typical-family-dinner-vegetarian-vegan-nutritarian-healthy.html#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:38:52 +0000 Carolyn http://umamigirl.com/?p=7326 I've been getting a lot of questions about what I feed my family for dinner on a mostly plants diet. So I took a picture of our dinner tonight. Look, there it is.]]> http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/a-typical-family-dinner-vegetarian-vegan-nutritarian-healthy.html/feed 13