Sunday, October 30, 2011
BareBones Halloween Show
Last night my husband and I braved the cold October night and checked out the BareBones Halloween Extravaganza 2011. When I heard about the show, I was honestly on the fence on whether it sounded cool or not. I mean, anything with giant puppets in the description can go either way, right? Well, the show was decidedly awesome and worth freezing your butt off! As described on the BareBones site, the show was "a community-created spectacle pageant of larger-than-life puppetry, drama, stilting, dance, fire, song, and music that honors the circle of life by celebrating it's seasonal arc of death in the Fall." The show had really amazing visuals and music, and performers were all awesome.
If you're in the Twin Cities area, I recommend you check out the BareBones Halloween Extravaganza, it's a really great low cost (free will donation) way to get in the Halloween mood. There were lots of kids at the show, although I will say that some of the younger ones were a bit scared of some of the giant puppets. And if you're going to go, dress warmly, I wore a jacket and hat and was absolutely freezing. Next year I'll wear my big puffy winter coat, warmer pants, and mittens! And bring a blanket to sit on, trust me.
-Kala
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Vegan Mummy Pizza
Cute, right? We made these little english muffin pizzas last night with homemade tomato basil jam, black olives, and Follow Your Heart vegan cheese. While Daiya is my go-to vegan cheese, I needed something that could be sliced into strips for the appropriate mummy effect.
Have you guys made any fun Halloween themed foods this season?
-Kala
Friday, October 28, 2011
Rabbit Food Blog Tour!
Rabbit Food is a great little book to add to your collection, it's full of easy recipes for meals that won't take all night to prepare but are also full of healthy ingredients. Since I'm a big fan of the mighty chickpea, the first recipe I tried from this book was the Chana Masala - a dish that I order all the time at restaurants but hadn't attempted at home. The results were really amazing and I'll be making this again for sure:
I look forward to trying the Basic Miso Soup, Curry Tofu and Peas, Fresh Falafel, Shepherd's Pie with Lentils, and Carrot Cake, to name a few. Overall, I would recommend this book for sure, it's adorably illustrated, full of easy and healthy recipes, and the spiral binding makes it easy to use in the kitchen, always a bonus!
Here's the rest of the blog tour, be sure to visit Manifest Vegan tomorrow for the next stop!
October 24—Cake Maker to the Stars
October 25—Cook Vegan Lover
October 26—Bake and Destroy
October 27—Carrie on Vegan
October 28—Vegancraftastic
October 29—Manifest Vegan
October 30—Andrea's Easy Vegan Cooking
October 31—Vegansaurus
Disclosure: I did not receive compensation for participating in this blog tour or for writing a review, but I did receive a free copy of Rabbit Food from the publisher.
-Kala
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Dancing Outside of Your Comfort Zone
Trying something new can be the hardest thing in the world. And for me, dancing is about as new as it gets! A while ago, I purchased a Living Social deal that got me a great price on a community ed class. And crazy pants me decided to use it for swing dancing! I thought it would be something fun to do with the husband and I knew it would slap me in the face and shove me out of my comfort zone. I think for some people, the discomfort would come from doing something new in front of other people, but that didn't bother me even a little bit, in general I don't mind looking stupid in public. My confusion came from the actual dancing, it feels so unnatural!
I was by faaaaaarrrr, the most lost student in the class, you could tell that some of the students had a bit of a dancing background and were picking up moves right away. Meanwhile, I struggled with the absolute basic steps. But the woman in the instructor set was awesome and helped me out, she even danced with me a couple of times which was way easier than dancing with my husband!
It was sort of fun though, only sort of because I have a huge discomfort issue when I'm not good as something IMMEDIATELY. It's something I'm working on though, because that kind of thinking can stop you from ever trying anything new. So I'll be back next week and I'll be practicing at home, and maybe after a few weeks I'll be a little less lost. One can hope!
-kala
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Black Rice Vegan Mac and Cheese
I used some gluten free black rice noodles that I picked up at an Asian grocery, I've been using them a lot lately and I love them. The Nacho Teese made for a quick and easy lunch, love it! Here's what I did:
1 container Teese nacho sauce
1/2 tsp. smoked paprika
1 tsp liquid smoke (or to taste)
1/2 tsp dried crushed peppers
1 tsp hot sauce
fresh pepper to taste
1 1/2 cups black rice pasta
1. Combine all of the ingredients except for the pasta in a saucepan and cook on medium. While the sauce is cooking, cook the pasta according to the directions on the package.
2. Strain the pasta and add it to the cheese sauce. Combine and heat through, adjusting seasonings to your liking.
3. Enjoy!
-kala
Monday, October 24, 2011
Paranormal Activity 3: The Exception to the Rule
So if you're in the mood to be scared - and really, it's late October, the perfect time for it - head to your local theater and don't blame me if you can't sleep without leaving all of your lights on for a few nights!
-kala
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Halloween Swap!
Fun, right? Lot of yummy goodies and fun crafty items - I've already used the Martha Stewart Halloween stamps for a project, love 'em! And I love the skeleton ornament, it's currently on my Halloween tree which you can see in the background of the above picture. My old Halloween tree died in the move last year, it was a mini X-mas tree that my dad spray painted black for me. So until we get a replacement, I'm just using a regular green tree for my Halloween ornaments. Anyway, my swap box was fabulous and was tons of fun to paw through!
Have you guys done a swap before?
-kala
Friday, October 21, 2011
Nutridel: Snack Worthy
You guys know I'm always excited to receive yummy vegan foods to try, right? So I was pretty amped when Nutridel sent me an assortment of their cookies! And I wasn't disappointed, these healthy little snacks are awesome.
Not your typical "cookie," these snacks are full of nuts, seeds, and other healthy and filling ingredients. I also love that they're not overly sweet - in fact, I had the Pecan Cookies for breakfast and I can't handle a breakfast with too much sugar.
According to Nutridel's site, these snacks are only available in stores in California and the Pacific Northwest, but they're also available in their online store. So give these cookies a try if you see them, I especially recommend the Pecan Cookies!
have any of you guys tried Nutridel Cookies? What flavor sounds the most tempting?
-kala
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Former Ewok
What was the best costume you ever wore for Halloween?
-kala
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Zine Sale!
P.S. I only add them into my shop one at a time, so if the current zine is sold, be sure to check back because I relist them as soon as I can!
-kala
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
Late October: A Halloween Zine
Written by me and including the work of several awesome contributors, this Halloween themed zine contains vegan recipes (a yummy popcorn treat, oatmeal cookies, cashew cheese, and more) poetry, art, short essays, word games, and lots of other fun stuff. As you guys may know, Halloween is my favorite holiday so this zine is very close to my heart and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed creating it!
-kala
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Things I Love: London City Soap
You guys know how much I love vegan perfume oils, right? It's kinda my obsession along with vegan lip balm :) London City Soap is a newish shop that I heard about on Facebook, it's from a Vegan Etsy Team member, so of course I had to check it out. Her adorable chihuahua is having some health problems so she posted that her sales would be going toward his care. So of course I ordered some perfume!
It was insanely difficult to choose just one scent, but after lots of deliberating I went with Caramel Apple:
The perfume arrived yesterday and it smell amazing! It's sweet, yummy, but also subtle which I love. I don't like to fill the room with perfume when I enter, that's gross. My husband loved the perfume too, he said it was very "Fallish." London City was also really friendly, shipped my order quickly, and included a free sample, I would totally recommend them and order again for sure!
London City has so many tempting scents, here are a few that are going on my wish list:
Which scent do you think is most tempting?
-Kala
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