Vegetarian Frugal Housewife

“Nothing on Earth so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night.” ~ Steve Almond, American Fiction Writer This is the mother of all cakes, made for my favorite season, Autumn. And for me the best spiritual harvest of the year is in the cool and leaf-strewn time between my two favorite holidays, Halloween and […]

The first time that I ever had Swedish Meatballs was at a New Years Party held by one of my Mum’s friends when I was about 5 years old. His mother was an elderly lady who loved to cook and she whipped up a whole Crockpot full of the little beauties. They’ve been a personal […]

Today is THAT day. Black Friday, the most evil, spendthrift, Chinese-import shopping day of the year. Some of those “Green” types of people started a little thing a few years ago called “Buy Nothing Day.” in the spirit of which I thought I would post on my plans for making more gifts this year than […]

Well Thanksgiving without turkey is different, at least for the eater, but I did still have to manage the cooking of a bird (for the meat-eaters who came to dinner.) I had a choice for the veggie heads of either Tofurky or Quorn Turk’y Roast The ingredients listed in the Tofurky, though completely vegan, led […]

Never, in all the years that I have been in love with Thanksgiving (and addicted to cranberry sauce) have I attempted to make homemade cranberry sauce. That all changed this year when the November/December issues of Vegetarian Times Magazine arrived in my mailbox. Their recipe for Jellied Cranberry Molds seemed so easy that I decided […]