Veggie Swap #47 ~ June 2012 ~ Official Swap Thread

[Lalaloula]

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Welcome to June's Veg*n Swap, friends!!! This is a casual and fun recipe swap for those who like to "veg out".

REMEMBER, we are each picking one veg*n chef and making 2 of his/her recipes - plus one of our VIP's recipe (see below!)

Here's how to play:

You select one veg*n chef from the list of participants below and immediately post your choice in this thread when the game officially opens at 9am Zaar time (EST) on Tuesday, June 2nd 2012. Chefs will be chosen on a first come, first serve basis. (For example, Lalaloula may choose Karen Elizabeth who chooses Prose who chooses FrVanilla). We will accept late additions until all participants are adopted!

You choose a minimum of 2 of his/her recipes and report your tags here in this link by listing the chef and the recipe (including the recipe number, please). The recipes must be vegetarian, vegan or raw.

You also choose one recipe of the VIP (Veg*n Important Person) of the month ??? and report your tag here as well. Note that you cannot tag the VIP Chef since everyone will be making 1 of his/her recipes. Also, the VIP will not choose a chef, he/she will simply recipenap a couple recipes because that's what royalty does. . .whatever they want!

You make the recipes and submit reviews for these recipes by the end of the month (June 30th). Make sure you post that you made the recipe here in this forum. . .and we LOVE to see any photos that you may have taken of your chosen recipes!

In return you will receive two or three reviews on your recipes from whomever tags you! Unless you are the VIP and then lucky you will receive a TON of reviews that month!!!

Feel free to have fun in this thread. . .friendly banter, vegetarian/vegan/raw discussions, well wishes, recipe tips, and even useless info are encouraged!

Questions? Just ask Katzen or Lalaloula, your swap hosts!

*A fun way to meet fellow members and promote your recipes.

Here is a little banner for your About Me page. Just remove the X and paste it in the top section.



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xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTHANKS FOR PLAYING!

Available Chefs:
We're all adopted! YAY!


Adopted Chefs & Tags

Acadia tagged lauralie41 and UmmBinat
Coffee Calypso
Almond Coconut Joy
East African Cardamom Tea
Vegan No Alcohol Irish Cream

CoffeeB tagged sofie-a-toast
Gooey Rice Krispie Treats Covered in Chocolate
Marbled Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
Recipenap Vegan Pizza Dough by Lauralie

Cookgirl tagged Elmotoo
Danish Pickled Cucumbers (Syltede Agurker)
My Couscous Salad
Endive and Fennel Salad With Mint and Orange-Blossom Dressing
Strawberries With Champagne and Roses
Recipenap Greek Scrambled Eggs by Sharon123
Recipenap Acadia's Asparagus Side With Dill by Acadia
Recipenap Moroccan Ksra-Bread by Reeeetuh
Recipenap Get Gorgeous Grapefruit Granita by Sharon123
Recipenap Acadia's Easy Sauce (Sweet) by Acadiadooda
Recipenap Nothing Much in the Cupboard Iraqi Rice Meal (Gluten Free, Veget by UB

Elmotoo tagged Starrynews
Orange Jello Salad
Blueberry and Mango Fruit Sundaes

Lalaloula tagged VeggieCook98
Homemade Honey Mustard
Annika & Marilyns Cappuccino

lauralie41 tagged Acadia
Hockey Puck Potatoes
Super Easy: Cucumber Salad
Recipenap Kfc's Coleslaw by CoffeeB

magpie diner tagged Cookgirl
Butter Lettuce With Orange Muscat Champagne Vinaigrette
Lemon Balm Vinaigrette
Recipenap Crispy Garlic Tofu Bites by Sharon123
Recipenap Bengali Butternut Squash and Chickpeas Garbanzos by Rita

~Rita~ tagged 2 lucky ones
Asian Inspired Asparagus by Acadia
Snow Peas With Fresh Mint by CG

Sharon123 tagged magpie diner
Roasted Garlic Hummus With Tahini
Savory Sprouted Lentil & Nut Spread

sofie-a-toast tagged ~Rita~
Thai Red Curry With Vegetables
Fresh Tomato, Basil Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Recipenap Herb Crusted Tofu With Mushroom Gravy by Sharon

Starrynews tagged CoffeeB
Peanut Butter No-Bakes
Hot Pizza Dip

UmmBinat tagged Sharon123
Pink Watermelon Slushy
Kauai Pepita Pate

VeggieCook98 tagged Lalaloula
Banana Nut Bread (Healthy, Low Fat, Low Sugar)
Sun-Dried Tomato and Parsley Dip


All June participants and their cookbooks:
Acadia ~ Acadia's Vegetarian Recipes
CoffeeB ~ Veggie's-n-More Cook-Book
Cookgirl ~ Vitamitavegetarian! ~ V is for Vegan
Elmotoo ~ VEGAN ~ Vegetarian
Lalaloula ~ Lalaloula's Vegetarian Recipes
lauralie41 ~ Vegetarian - It's A Good Thing
magpie diner ~ Magpie's Veg*n
~Rita~ - Vegan - raw - ~Rita's Vegetarian
sofie-a-toast ~ sofie-a-toast's vegetarian recipes
Starrynews ~ Veg Friendly
VeggieCook98 ~ All of Veggie's Recipes. (Vegetarian)
Wish I Could Cook ~ WICC's Vegetarian Recipes ~ WICC's Vegan Recipes


Kate's masterpiece: The ONE and ONLY COMBINED cookbook:
Veggie Swap

[Lalaloula]

Drumroll please...


March's Veg*n Important Person is none-other-than. . . Wish I Could Cook!!!

Cookbooks:
---> WICC's Vegetarian Recipes ~ WICC's Vegan Recipes

A bit about the VIP:
I'm a recipe junkie. I admit that I love paging through magazines and cookbooks and thinking of occasions to make fabulous meals. I used to clip recipes like crazy and stuff them away in a file, but now with 'zaar, I've turned into more of a surfer.

I really ought to post more of my clippings, but that would take away from the time I get to spend looking at new ones! (Ok, ok, I'll start with my favorites...)

If I didn't need the paycheck, I'd love to spend my time in a huge garden and preserve a lot of fresh food. I'm inspired by Barbara Kingsolver's book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. I try to be as much of a "Localvore" as possible, and support the local farmers. I do think local and fresh wins hands-down every time over canned and frozen.

I started avoiding meat more than 20 years ago for environmental reasons. (It takes so many resources and the pollution risks of confinement operations are huge.) And now I consider myself a socially-polite vegan. That means that I cook vegan meals at home and order them in restaurants. But I don't try to covince anyone else of the benefits (happy to talk about it though!), and I wouldn't want people to feel akward around me and be flustered if I were to visit them for dinner. So if they are serving pasta, I'm not going to refuse it because it's egg noodles, or not have a slice of pie because they made the crust with butter. Because I'm not allergic, I would prefer to keep people comfortable around me than to be hyper-sensitive about an occasional bite of non-vegan food.

And one of my favorite things is to invite my omnivore friends to dinner and have them realize that there is not one bit of sacrifice required for a vegan diet. In fact it's just the opposite, there are far more flavors and variety!


Partcipant's VIP Tags:

Acadia tagged
5-Minute Wacky Vegan Microwave Chocolate Cake for One

CoffeeB tagged
Mixed-Berry Oatmeal Crisps (Bon Appetit) Vegan

Cookgirl tagged
Garlicky Mashed Cauliflower "potatoes"

Elmotoo tagged
Poor Man's "shrimp" Cocktail (Vegan)

Lalaloula tagged
5-Minute Wacky Vegan Microwave Chocolate Cake for One

lauralie41 tagged
Fudgy Brownies

magpie diner tagged
Mushroom and Lentil Pot Pie With Gouda Biscuit Topping

Rita~ tagged
Hibiscus / Jamaica Flower Enchiladas

Sharon123 tagged
Garlicky Mashed Cauliflower "potatoes"

sofie-a-toast tagged
Chocolate Flourless Torte / Cake

Starrynews tagged
Corn & Blueberry Salad

UmmBinat tagged


VeggieCook98 tagged
5-Minute Wacky Vegan Microwave Chocolate Cake for One

Wish I Could Cook's VIP tags:
Loula's Carrot-Potato-Tarte (Flourless)
Magpie's Beet, Barley & Walnut Salad
VeggieCook's Spicy Green Beans
Starrynews' Avocado-Strawberry Salad
Elmotoo's Filipino Eggplant (Aubergine) Adobo
CG's Roasted Aspargus With Scallions and Sun-Dried Tomatoes
CoffeeB's Cinnamon Pumpkin Banana Bread
Lauralie's Vegan Pizza Dough
Rita's Gourmet Pizza
Acadia's Super Easy Sauteed Italian Peppers
Sharon's Herb Crusted Tofu With Mushroom Gravy
sofie-a-toast's Baked Southwestern Egg Rolls With Avocado Ranch
Warm Date Syrup & Tahini Platter by UmmBinat

[Lalaloula]

WICC on being our VIP this month! YAY!

Loula

[CoffeeB]

Lou.. I'm happy to be back here among friends.
.I'll be back later to pick a chef, but for now I"ll choose this recipe for our VIP. CONGRATS>>>WICC

Mixed-Berry Oatmeal Crisps (Bon Appetit) Vegan. #450012

[Elmotoo]

GOOD MORNING & CONGRATULATIONS WICC!!

I would like to tag Starrynews this month, please. I'll be back with recipe selections.

xo Bethie

[Elmotoo]

wow, clicked post & rec'd error message that i can't post again so soon after posting. wait a few minutes & try again. whoopsie, THREE POSTS. the site is haunted this morning,

[Elmotoo]

[Lalaloula]

CoffeeB wrote:
Lou.. I'm happy to be back here among friends.
.I'll be back later to pick a chef, but for now I"ll choose this recipe for our VIP. CONGRATS>>>WICC

Mixed-Berry Oatmeal Crisps (Bon Appetit) Vegan. #450012

Hey hon!
It's great to have you!
Ill get your yummy choice noted for you right away.

Loula

[Lalaloula]

Elmotoo wrote:
GOOD MORNING & CONGRATULATIONS WICC!!

I would like to tag Starrynews this month, please. I'll be back with recipe selections.

xo Bethie

Morning Bethie!
Starry is all yours. Hrmph, the gremlins seem to be at it again... glad you could post, though!

Loula

[CoffeeB]

I'm back and here is my chef choice and recipe tags for her:

sofie-a-toast

Gooey Rice Krispie Treats Covered in Chocolate = #453112
Marbled Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies = #473519

[Lalaloula]

CoffeeB wrote:
I'm back and here is my chef choice and recipe tags for her:

sofie-a-toast

Gooey Rice Krispie Treats Covered in Chocolate = #453112
Marbled Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies = #473519

YUM, those sure sound super delish!
Ill get you updated.

Loula

[Starrynews]

Congrats, WICC! Thanks for the tag, Bethie!

May I please tag CoffeeB?

[VeggieCook98]

Hey Loula, I just wanted to let you know that you still have my old account information up there. Here's the new one(:

VeggieCook98 #2066263

[Lalaloula]

Starrynews wrote:
Congrats, WICC! Thanks for the tag, Bethie!

May I please tag CoffeeB?

Sure, you may. She is all yours.

Loula

[Lalaloula]

VeggieCook98 wrote:
Hey Loula, I just wanted to let you know that you still have my old account information up there. Here's the new one(:

VeggieCook98 #2066263

Oh sorry about that, hon. That's a clear cut case of copy and paste without thinking. Ill get it fixed asap.

Loula