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Website: http://karmafreecooking.wordpress.com

Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico

About: I am a lacto-vegetarian with an appetite for life and travel.

Favorite foods:

Last bite on earth: Anything with cheese - cheese pizza, mac & cheese, grill cheese sandwich, goat cheese toasts...

The Ten Most Recent Posts By MadelynRodriguez

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Want to bring TUNO back!!! Help me on the how...

Posted by MadelynRodriguez, March 23, 2008 at 8:01 PM

After posting a few recipes in my blog, KarmaFree Cooking using TUNO, I just learned that Worthington, a company now owned by Kellogg's has discontinued the product. WHY???? For vegetarians, this is the best readily available tuna-like product "formerly available".

I would like to write the company a letter with a petition to bring the product back... because everytime I mention this to people, they are surprised and very dissapointed.

What's the best way to collect electronic signatures/names of people who support this "cause" too?? Should I do it in this forum - A Serious Eats Talk thread?? or do you know of any other way to do it??

I remember seeing right here in Serious Eats some sort of electronic petition to keep a NYC sandwich place open... I even signed the thing, but now I can't remember where or how to do it.

Any ideas or suggestions??

3 Comments | Tagged: talk, tuna

From Talk

Whole-Wheat Phyllo Dough - Where can I find it??

Posted by MadelynRodriguez, March 2, 2008 at 2:16 PM

I have been meaning to make several recipes using phyllo dough, but I would really prefer using a whole-wheat or any whole-grain version. I've seen recipes on the Internet that call for whole-wheat phyllo, but when I search, I can't find any brands. Do you know any brands of whole wheat phyllo and if I can purchase them over the Internet?? Please help.

5 Comments | Tagged: dough, phyllo dough, suggestions, whole grains, whole wheat

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Is there a Rice Cooker without an Aluminum Insert?

Posted by MadelynRodriguez, January 7, 2008 at 10:11 PM

I have a confession to make... I can't make rice without a rice cooker. I have tried many times, but it just won't come out right. For years, I have been cooking mostly on stainless steel and avoiding the use of aluminum cookware. However, my trusted rice cooker is the only appliance/cookware I still own that has aluminum . I feel like I am cooking wrong everytime I use it.
Do you know if there are any rice cookers without an aluminum insert? When I search on the internet they do not specify. Please help.

17 Comments | Tagged: appliances, rice cookers

The Ten Most Recent Comments By MadelynRodriguez

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Making Paella - need a side dish!

how could I forget... even if you're making the sweet plantains, no paella is ever complete without a side of my GARLIC BREAD!!!!

MadelynRodriguez at 1:22AM on 05/08/08

From Talk

Making Paella - need a side dish!

stay with the plantain theme... when I used to have paella a la marinera, we usually accompanied it with Platanos Maduros (Ripe Sweet Plantains)... Check these out...

MadelynRodriguez at 1:13AM on 05/08/08

From Talk

Food for a stressed student stomach?

i understand renzata... i get those sometimes and it's not due to exams.

I do like chamomile tea - it relaxes you. I like it mixed with linden tea and honey. It soothes and sets the stomach. I also heat soy milk and steep some chamomile in the milk, like making tea, but with soy milk and season it with honey too. It's nutritious and soothing.

And when my stomach is in knots, the only thing I can eat is mashed potatoes made with olive oil and some garlic salt. Plain and simple... some other root vegetables too, but I am not sure their availability where you live - white sweet potato, yautia, malanga (i believe this is also called taro root), breadfruit... all simply boiled in salt water and mashed with olive oil...

Madelyn.
KarmaFreeCooking

MadelynRodriguez at 7:16PM on 05/05/08

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Cool retro party punch recipe??

sixsonnets - sorry i got to this a bit late, but have a happy birthday anyways.

So if you feel like the party should go on... here's my version of a retro punch - my friend's Aniette's Bull.

Madelyn
KarmaFreeCooking

MadelynRodriguez at 11:07PM on 05/04/08

From Talk

Favorite thing to eat with mayo

Mayo is great in... ">MayoKetchup!!!!

Madelyn
KarmaFreeCooking

MadelynRodriguez at 10:54PM on 05/04/08

From Talk

Speaking of Mayo....Mayo or Miracle Whip?

it's now egg-free Vegenaise for me...

MadelynRodriguez at 10:49PM on 05/04/08

From Talk

Grape Jelly OR Orange Marmalade OR Strawberry Jam?

strawberry preserves

MadelynRodriguez at 10:47PM on 05/04/08

From Talk

What side is your bread mayo'd on

BOTH!!! There used to be a time when toast was only dressed with mayo... not butter.

MadelynRodriguez at 10:45PM on 05/04/08

From Talk

mother's day: mac and cheese and... ??!?

I usually serve my Mac & Cheese's with:

">Baked Plantains - I like the sweet counterpart to the salty pasta
Simply Dressed Salad
http://karmafreecooking.wordpress.com/2007/11/08/roasted-garlic-parmesan-pepper-breadsticks/
">Roasted Garlic Parmesan Breadsticks

Madelyn
KarmaFreeCooking

MadelynRodriguez at 10:43PM on 05/04/08

From Talk

Using Kefir-Your ideas?

I use kefir the exact same way I use yogurt or sour cream.

">Strawberry Banana Sherbet
Frutabomba or Papaya Shake
">Carrot Cupcakes
 ">Mashed Potatoes
To reheat some leftover macaroni and cheese - it makes it creamy and with a tangy taste
To make any fruit smoothie

Madelyn
KarmaFreeCooking

MadelynRodriguez at 5:36PM on 04/29/08

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SE users: please introduce yourselves.

I'm Rosezilla (named for my three year old daughter and the giant lizard thing that stomped Tokyo...it's what I call her when she's being...how you say...willful). My real handle is Mandy. I live in Santa Barbara County again after growing up here, but lived for 11 years in western Sonoma County...home of fabulous food and wines. It spoiled me rotten, to become an adult surrounded by all of that luscious produce and foodie opportunity. I managed a microbrewery's kitchen for 6 years, and have SERIOUS opinions about ales, should anyone care for them. Now I'm a home cook primarily, although I do a little catering here and there. My daughter's favorite foods are salmon and broccoli, so I feel as though I've triumphed a bit over the three-year-old beige-food diet. We do, however, eat at McDonald's every Friday after school...it's our little Happy Meal indulgence...and those tiny cheeseburgers are SOOO good. I live with and cook for my mother, as well. I am dating a high school band director, who has actually LOST weight being with me, as he's eating more asparagus and less fast food. I think that size 14 should be the new size 6. I am curvy, healthy, happy and active...and think that excellent foods should be part of everyone's diet. I am active in the "S'Cool Food" movement here, which tries to bring local and sustainable healthy food into school cafeterias. And I love, love, love this website.

rosezilla at 1:31PM on 05/09/08

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Making Paella - need a side dish!

My Orange Balsamic Asparagus - Cool or room temperature, nice and green, a little citrus kick, and definitely a great contrast to the Paella...

tyronebcookin at 8:39AM on 05/08/08

From Talk

Making Paella - need a side dish!

Something green I agree

JerzeeTomato at 1:35AM on 05/08/08

From Talk

Making Paella - need a side dish!

how could I forget... even if you're making the sweet plantains, no paella is ever complete without a side of my GARLIC BREAD!!!!

MadelynRodriguez at 1:22AM on 05/08/08

From Talk

Is there a Rice Cooker without an Aluminum Insert?

Greetings. Check this one out. Has a stainless steel only insert for the rice. Looks like a winner for those who don't want alum. or non-stick.

http://www.pleasanthillgrain.com/rice_cookers.aspx#miraclerice

also at

http://www.simply-natural.biz/Miracle-Stainless-Rice-Cooker.php

Not trying to promote any one company, just some links I found while searching. Plan on getting one of these for sure now that I finally found one.

freddyman296 at 10:34PM on 05/07/08

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Food for a stressed student stomach?

Ohh, I feel you! It's exam time too, here at good ol' Penn State.

I've been living on steamed broccoli and veggie burgers for like, a week now.

Also: apples, nonfat yogurt, barley and mushroom salad, pastina cooked in Mushroom Broth, I made some tofu stir fry the other night and it was excellent.

Tonight is my last final and all I want to do is go home to good NJ diners and Mom's mac and cheese. Good luck on the exam!!!!

sweethunibabi at 10:58AM on 05/07/08

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Food for a stressed student stomach?

@Shelby: Gained 10 during my bar study. It was a sedentary slog. Wish I exercised more . . . .

Apart from eating "brain food," you study-ers might try exercising, if you have time to get rid of test anxiety. Takes the edge off.

Susquehanna at 10:44AM on 05/07/08

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Food for a stressed student stomach?

My husband just finished his finals last week. I looked up "brain food" online & found that these foods (among others) help with alertness & overall brain function:
Yogurt
Olive oil
Spinach
Bananas
Blueberries
Nuts
So I made him eat yogurt & a banana for breakfast the mornings of his finals (he usually doesn't eat breakfast at all, so this is a big step), & tried to incorporate as many of the other ones as possible (like pesto or spinach salad or something) for dinner the night before.

daveandcat at 9:36AM on 05/07/08

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Food for a stressed student stomach?

kathy in oakland - 25 pounds? is the bar really that stressful? I mean I know it is, but that real world account just kind of scared the shit out of me I'm going to end up eating my own arm by the end of this summer, aren't I?

Shelby at 6:11PM on 05/06/08

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Favorite thing to eat with mayo

In college my favorite sandwich was a peanut butter, strawberry jelly, banana and mayonnaise sandwich: Toast the bread, put mayo on both inside parts, then the peanut butter on one side, the jelly on the other, and then bananas. I know it seems disgusting, but it's absolutely delicious!

Schnauzer_Mama at 3:58PM on 05/06/08