Mmm cabbage

October 22, 2008 · Filed under beans, rambling, salad, soup, soy · Tagged bugs, cabbage, coleslaw, everything but the kitchen sink coleslaw, go sens go, grated carrot, miso, nappa cabbage, simmered nappa cabbage, tofu

Aside from being delicious, cruciferous vegetables are supposed to be quite good for one’s health, and lately I have been trying to incorporate a wider variety of them in to my diet. This week has been all about cabbage.

The dish pictured below was thrown together using ingredients I had on hand. I thought it turned out pretty well!

Coleslaw: shredded cabbage, shredded lettuce, kidney beans, red onion, corn, green onion, nutritional yeast, pickled ginger, avocado, hummus, a little bit of lemon garlic dressing and capers.

This next dish was inspired by a number of simmered Nappa cabbage recipes, as well as Diet, Dessert and Dogs‘ Asian Inspired Nappa Cabbage Salad:

Simmered Nappa cabbage: shredded Nappa cabbage, grated carrot, tofu cubes, soy sauce, red miso paste (too much soy?), sesame seeds and a delicious math assignment.

Unfortunately, this week has also been full of stress! Thankfully I have learned how to manage some of that stress with yoga. How do you cope with stress?

On a partially unrelated note, I have been accumulating a few links over the last week and I thought I might share some of them, as we are touting ourselves as a vegan food and lifestyle blog:

• World Vegan Day ’08 is coming up on November 1!
• 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
• How our economy is killing the Earth
• Long Lasting Persistence of Bacillus thuringiensis Subsp. israelensis (Bti) in Mosquito Natural Habitats (this is a scientific article on the possible consequences of using Bt, a biological form of pest control, on the environment)
• Dietitians of Canada‘s Healthy lunches page
• Why faster eaters pack on pounds
• 10 facts on STIs
• The Prix Pictet
• Weird and wonderful world of creepy-crawlies Photos from the Up Close and Spineless competition
  

– Aly