Thursday, September 17, 2009

Where the hell is Joan?




Please sing this title to Camper Van Beehtoven's " Where the Hell is Bill?" No I didn't get a sideways haircut, a vespa scooter or go mod ska dancing. I did go on vacation, get the kids ready for school, sports and dance and fall out of blogging practice. But fear not...as October approaches so does Vegan Mofo, the annual vegan blogging event where I and many others post daily on our vegan exploits. So this backlog of photos and ideas I have been too distracted to do anything with will be finding a purpose! The Geeky White Girl will be back with a vengeance, or at a least a steady stream of new stuff!

Ta for now and Happy Listening:

http://www.last.fm/music/Camper+Van+Beethoven/_/Where+the+Hell+Is+Bill%










Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Vegan Eats: Red Bank, NJ Red Bank Farmer's Market




The culmination of my mother daughter weekend with the vegan teen was a trip to Red Bank's Farmer's Market held each Sunday from 9am to 2 pm at the Galleria parking lot in Red Bank. In addition to wonderful organic, local or both produce as the green beans, corn and dandelion greens attest, there are a variety of venders with both vegan and non-vegan items. Also local purveyors of jewlery tee shirts and art work are on hand as well.

One of my favorite stands is Certified Orgasmic Chef, Adam Sobel http://certified-orgasmic.com/ and his host of vegan goodies. Including sandwiches,raw pizzas, raw deserts, yeasted and non yeasted donuts and blueberry crumb cake featured below. In addition to manning a Farmer's Market booth. Adam prepares take home vegan raw and cooked foods for pick up or delivery. He teaches raw cooking classes, provides desserts for local veggie restaurants and caters small and large events. His website has all the details including a means for signing up for his weekly email menu of foods available. In addition to the crumb cake, my daughter and I both got an apple cider donut but ate them too quickly for pictures...sorry!

We also discovered a new favorite vendor Ducky Life Teas www.duckylife.com . They feature fair trade, organic specialty teas such as the Green Tea hanging out with my awesome vegan crumbcake. They offer tastings of 2 varieties of their teas for sampling at the booth which were quite unique and refreshing. Unfortunately they were all out of the white peach variety I tasted that day but I am a green tea fan so I am pleased with my selection of Larry's Dragonwell Greentea. Also exciting to me is the fact that they are a local company taking party in the Asbury Park renaissance.

The Farmer's Market is a wonderful way to spend a Summer Morning. And the steamed green beans, corn on the cob and Shitake and Dandelion Greens Saute (recipe courtesy of Jae Steele http://domesticaffair.blogspot.com/ ) dinner that night was nothing to sneeze at either!

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Vegan Scoops Contest on Vegan Caliente!

Hey all! Our friends at Vegan Caliente are celebrating their 100th post with a contest. Just post a comment about your favorite icecream flavor and you have a chance to win Vegan Scoops by Wheeler del Torro. Who doesn't love vegan icecream and contests? Link is here http://vegancaliente.wordpress.com/2009/07/18/vegan-scoop-contest/ or click the title of this post!
Good luck...but I'm telling you now..I'm gonna win!