Giveaway Winners!

ATTENTION, PLEASE!!!

I am very pleased to announce the two winners of My 50th Post Giveaway as generated by Random.org.

And...

The first winner is:

comment number 42

Alicia of Vegan Epicurean

has won this Vegetable Soups from Deborah Madison's Kitchen Cookbook!

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The next winner is:

comment number 17

Mangocheeks of Allotment 2 Kitchen



has won this Vegetarian Suppers from Deborah Madison's Kitchen Cookbook!


Big congratulations to both winners, please email me your address and I will send your cookbooks right to your door.

Thank you all very much for entering my giveaway, I had so much fun reading your comments and your recipes. I will be posting links to all Easy Veggie dish recipes next week with the announcement of the winners of "Best Easy Veggie Dish" and "Participation Prizes"!

So the fun has not ended yet.

Please stay tuned:)


Hope everyone has a lovely weekend!

Happy New Year 2010!

Happy 2010, Everyone!
I hope it's not too late to wish you all a very happy and healthy 2010! I have so many wonderful things to share with you today. Let's start with this yummy heart scone, Mmm, Mmm GOOD!!!


I made this heart scone for my husband to celebrate our 13th Wedding Anniversary last month. I used the recipe from Vegweb but I added half a bag of frozen blueberries, dried cranberries and almond. It was really yummy! (Hope you can see the heart shape).

Good Morning, Green Smoothie!
I'm back on track with my delicious green smoothie, refreshing and delicious!

I've been using this So Delicious Vanilla Coconut Milk instead of almond milk and coconut water, I'm loving it!


Easy Veggie Noodle Soup

This is my veggie noodle soup with tofu I made last night without using any cookbook, I just used whatever kind of veggies I had in my fridge which were onion, carrots, celery, daikon and broccoli. It was very tasty and satisfying!

Soba Noodle with kale

Tonight, I used the same veggie soup I had leftover from last night. My family had the noodle with green beans and turkey meatballs. For me, I had the same flavourful tofu from last night and all the veggies plus the delicious kale.

Oh! So delicious!


Lovely Pink and Purple Scarf from Rose

The last wonderful thing I wanted to share with you is this lovely scarf I received from Rose of Roses r Red from her 50th post giveaway event. It goes so well with my pink jacket, doesn't it? Thank you so much, Rose! I can't tell you enough how much I love my new scarf!

As you all may know that My 50th Post Giveaway ended last night. I will announce the winners on January 15, 2010. Oh! So exciting!!!

I've still been VERY busy working 5 days a week but I will try to visit everyone of you as soon as I can. I will also be trying my very best to participate in these 3 wonderful events.

Kitchen Mishaps at Kitchen Tantra

Home Remedies Event at A 2 Z Vegetarian Cuisine

Healthy Cooking Challenge at Vegan Epicurean

Hope you all have a lovely week!!!

My 50th Post Giveaway!

It seemed that it took forever for me to reach my 50th post! I cheated a little bit last night by posting my Christmas tree just to get to this exciting announcement!

I would like to give away brand new copies of these two cookbooks:

Vegetable Soups from Deborah Madison's Kitchen

Vegetarian Suppers from Deborah Madison's Kitchen

All you have to do to win my 50th post giveaway is:

1) Create an easy vegetarian dish of your own choice and name it starting with "Easy Veggie......".

2) Post the recipe and photo(s) of your "Easy Veggie Dish" on your blog between December 27, 2009 and January 10, 2010.

3) Leave a comment on this post to let me know that you will participate in this giveaway = the first chance to win.

4) Give me a link to your "Easy Veggie Dish" post on this post = the second chance to win.

5) This giveaway is open to any food blogger around the world. Only one recipe per person, please!

6) The two winners will be announced on January 15, 2010.

Wishing you all the best of luck!!!

Soup Time And Giveaway Winner!

I've been working a LOT for the past few weeks. I LOVE working so much and love it more than anything but I am always looking forward to spending my Sundays and Mondays off by doing nothing but lounging around the house and finding something yummy to fill my tummy:)

It was raining so hard this morning. I was very cold and hungry when I came back home from my dentist. After checking my fridge, I came up with this rice soup.

Tofu & Kale Rice Soup

I started by boiling a pot of water and added about 2 cups of cooked rice. When it was boiling, I added chopped kale,diced celery and tofu, seasoned with soy sauce (or salt) and pepper. I put a half teaspoon of Marmite to add the nice brown color to the soup. Served in a bowl and sprinkled with Nutritional Yeast,...YUM! After giving a stir, it will look like the photo below, Mmmm!!! So tasty and comforting!!!



Last week, I made a huge pot of Vegetable Stock again. I was so proud of myself that I planned ahead for dinner to feed my lovely family when I've been busy working 5 days in a row so I can come home and cook easy veggie soup for them.

Last Tuesday night, I made this fantastic soup by using my vegetable stock, added some veggies (spinach, celery and baby carrots), cooked pasta and a can of cannellini beans. It took less than 20 minutes to prepare the soup (It would have been only 15 minutes if I didn't cut my finger when I was cutting the carrots plus Dr. Dad and Dr. Nathan were panicky trying to stop the bleeding, Ouch!!!).

Crock-Pot Experiment

I thought I had such a brilliant idea!!! Last Thursday morning, I filled my crock-pot with veggie stock, baby carrots, diced celery, potato chunks and cooked chickpeas. I told my husband to add frozen corn about half an hour before serving and don't have to wait for me because I had to work late. I left home with pride:)

I got back home almost 7 pm and the soup was still in the crock-pot. Nobody touched or ate it! I was so upset and asked why they didn't eat the dinner. My husband said the potatoes weren't cooked. I said "WHAT?" and later on, I realized that I forgot to turn on my crock-pot...Ooups!!! My poor boys didn't get to eat dinner until 8 pm that night, it was still yummy though:)

Lastly, I am so excited to announce that I am the WINNER of Roses r Red Blog's Giveaway ! Thank you so very much, Rose! I hope you all are happy for me for being so lucky:) By the way, I'm planning to have a big Giveaway for my upcoming 50th Post. So please stay tuned, until next time!

In And Out Eats!

I cooked a few yummy dishes and ate out a couple of times last week. I actually photographed too many pictures of my food and I got confused which one I wanted to share. Have you ever got confused with your photos? If not, I would love to ask for your kind advice... please, please, please!!!

Baked Acorn Squash with Apples, Cranberries and Walnuts

Inspired by Baked Acorn Squash filled with Apples and Walnuts from Vegan Epicurean Blog and Acorn Squash with Cranberry Apple from The Ordinary Vegetarian Blog . This was the first time I've ever attempted to try cooking "A Fancy Meal". My usual home cooking meals are just some stir-fried with rice or pasta with store-bought sauce or easy sushi rolls. Reading so many amazing food blogs since the New Year has improved my taste of cooking a lot, hasn't it??? Hahaha!!!



I followed the method of cooking from Vegan Epicurean and added dried cranberries and brown sugar just like The Ordinary Vegetarian did. Please visit these two fantastic blogs for the recipes and let me know which version you like or what you come up with. I would love to hear from you:)

Pad Thai Noodle

We ordered take-out from our usual Thai Restaurant last Sunday night. I had Vegan Pad Thai Noodle with Fried Tofu. It was the first time I've tried Pad Thai noodle with no eggs and no fish sauce. The noodles were a little bit too dry for me but it was pretty tasty. I'm still not sure which way I like better, I think I like them both:)

Dine-Out at Veggie Grill

I finally went to The Veggie Grill in El Segundo with my dear cousin Kmouse to celebrate her birthday last Wednesday night. I had Chipotle BBQ Sandwich (above photo), it comes with shredded veggie-steak, marinated in tangy BBQ sauce, with chipotle ranch, caramelized onion, lettuce and tomato, Mmmm.... Mmmm.... absolutely delicious = highly recommended by me and Kmouse.

Kmouse had the above Chop-Chop Chef Salad which has chopped romaine, tempeh, veggie-steak, chillin' chickin, green onion, roasted corn salsa with a chipotle ranch dressing. I didn't get to try it but Kmouse said it was so nutty and yummy! Oh, and we also ordered Sweetheart Fries (Scrumptious sweet potato fries, seasoned and served with chipotle ranch) and Chocolate Pudding to share, YUM!!!


Before saying goodbye, I would like to spread the news of "The 50th Post Giveaway" at the lovely Roses r Red Blog. The deadline is November 29th so you have plenty of time to enter to win. Good Luck, Everyone!!!