Put some meat in the spaghetti sauce and I'll try it.

Thanks for not leading with the picture of the lamb's head with the black tongue lolling out! But seriously, I don't think I am interested in eating any dishes with the word "face" in them. I'm a little sqeamish that way.

I was a vegan for 6 months and wasn't tempted by the standard vegan cheese substitutes, but I'd make a tasty slice using coursely ground sunflower seeds as my "cheese." Needless to say it doesn't melt but the flavor on top of seasoned tomato paste is quite nice.

Yeah, sorry but those are sausage balls. I made some awesome Swedish meatballs in the past using some plum (instead of lingonberry) preserves and cream and breadcrumbs in the meat. I need to find that recipe. I get that the sausage is easy and all but, um...

I gotta go there again. I am near by. Mmmm.

At home, I put about 1/3 c. coffee in a pint jar and fill with water and let sit in the fridge overnight. I strain the resulting coffee over ice and it is very smooth and un-acidic.

I learned the BEST way to reheat a slice here-- you do it on top of the stove in an iron skillet. Mmmmmmmm. I would rather have a leftover slice reheated this way than a fresh slice. The crust gets so awesome and crispy.

I am really disliking this "upgrade." It wasn't broke-- why did you "fix" it? The jumble of boxes on the front page are just ugly. It is all quite ugly. Sorry but it is. Different isn't always better. New isn't always better.

Aw, you went and done it. You uglied up your 'site in the service of "improving" it. Damn.

Um, hello? A lot of people don't eat meat. Eat other things.

That looks a lot like chopped broccoli florettes on top. Mmmm.

Can I just say that the term "lunch pail" really grates on the ears. Who says that in this century? I could live with lunchbox, no problem. Pail? Do you bring that to your job in the coal mine or setting tracks for the railroad?

Thank you for the remarks about how no one is a perfect vegan. That is so true, and takes a little of the pressure off. We can instead be the best vegans we can be.

I had a great home-made pizza tonight that I want to share. I love sunflower seeds and I find them vaguely cheesy for some reason. So I took a really good whole wheat french roll, split it, made very light garlic toast out of it by pressing the cut side into a pan with a bit of olive oil and garlic, and now here's the cool part. I spread some tomato paste on it, loaded it up with oregano and pepper flakes, then topped it with diced purple onion and slightly chopped raw sunflower seeds. Then I toasted it in my toaster over. It was really easy and really yummy.

I used to subsist on home-made flatbread pizzas that I've been missing a lot since I went vegan 5 weeks ago. I'm telling you- try the sunflower seed alternative! Healthy and good.