I Am Spam...
Yes, you read that correctly. I am spam.
If you have a blog and you are in my list at the left then I just want to say I am there reading faithfully every day (and if you're not I've either not found you yet or I have added you since I last updated my list)! It seems that particularly with wordpress that I cannot leave comments. I try, it doesn't show up but if I try to re-submit the comment it tells me I already said that.
Either that or it tells me to log into blogger (even though I am already logged in) and then tells me that I don't exist (ahem, I appear to exist to me thank you very much!).
I've written to a couple of you about it but Celine was the one who happened to notice that some of my comments at least, were going to her spam box, ugh.
Anyway, just wanted to say I'm there reading, but can't comment :(
I do wonder however if I have something weird going on with my blog. I had someone do a strange search for some kind of trojan or worm or something and it sent that person to a comment on my blog through google. Maybe I'm just suspicious but it seemed strange.
Anyway, onto food! I've been on a real spinach binge lately, eating it pretty much every day for the last week. This one was baby spinach sauteed in a non stick pan with a bit of olive oil, garlic and some pine nuts (you can't see them for some reason) stolen off a Gordon Ramsay show I was watching (heh, yes Gordon, the dreaded vegetarians watch you too!). It was supposed to also have a little chilli but I don't eat chilli so left it out. I served it with a White Bean and Sage cutlet, creamy mashed potatoes and I think there was some baby corn hiding in between the spinach and potato. This is our new favourite way to eat spinach, even Mr Unveg gave it the omni tick of approval.
One night I had Puttanesca sauce on polenta. I wasn't keen on this. I don't know what I did to my polenta but it was like orange rubber! I still love the sauce but I'll stick to having it with quinoa and pasta!
Another night we had mixture on toast (which I've blogged about before). I used Celines crispy seitan bacon. I sadly burned it (my fault) but it was delicious all the same (even the bits of charcoal were like delicious bacon-ey charcoal). It's definitely going to be a favourite around here. I made some more for tonights dinner....sans charcoal. I'll confess, this has dairy cheese on it, not vegan cheese. Basically, toast your toast, scrape it with vegemite, top with tomato slices and cheese and grill until the cheese melts. Top that with bacon slices and some fresh mixed lettuce. Great for lunch or an easy dinner and delicious too (although it sounds somewhat scary).
I deglutanized some Banana Oatmeal Muffins. They were good. But not great, they were a little on the heavy side which I'm finding is pretty common with my gluten free baked goods (still not sure what I'm doing wrong). I want to fiddle a bit more before I share. Here's a pic anyway :P
Labels: Baking, Lunch Stuff, Seitan, Soy Free Substitutes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
am I spam too?
Celine said...
16 July 2008 6:08 PM
Haha, Celine, you are much too wonderful to ever be spam!
Vegetation said...
16 July 2008 7:56 PM
Banana Muffins!! ahhh Probably one of my most favorite foods in the whole world!! Yours look wonderful!!!
glidingcalm said...
16 July 2008 9:19 PM
Ahh, so sorry about the blog trouble :0( No more spam! :0)
Mmm, muffins & spinach - two of my favorites!
I love Gordon Ramsay - he's so intense! :0D
VeggieGirl said...
16 July 2008 10:49 PM
I've given up trying to understand the complex technicalities of blogs and their comment boxes! Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't; don't sweat it! The food, on the other hand, never confounds me :)
Ricki said...
16 July 2008 11:20 PM
Ugh, I've had that problem with wordpress too! It's so frustrating :o/
But the food looks terrific, especially the polenta. I need to make me some polenta soon, as I love that stuff!
ChocolateCoveredVegan said...
17 July 2008 12:23 AM
gotta love all that spinach! and i never thought to add in some pine nuts! i love pine nuts + asparagus - so why not pine nuts + spinach! brilliant! that stinks that wordpress & blogger are being crappy right now! ugh - that's gotta be frustrating - but no worries on the comments! and can i just say that your puttanesca sauce made me drool a little?! seriously! i imagine this over loads of pasta or smothering some white beans - mmmmmmmm! it looks soooooooo awesome! and i need to try those cutlets - they look so freak'n tasty! your food always sets off cravings for all of these delicious creations! yay!
jessy said...
17 July 2008 12:56 AM
The same thing happens to me whenever I try to leave a comment on the happyherbivore blog.(also wordpress) If I don't fill in my blog adress it works though. Very strange!
I wish I could buy fresh spinach more often! In this country they only sell you the frozen kind in most places.
Horay for deglutenized muffins! They look yum.
Mihl said...
18 July 2008 12:29 AM
Banana oatmeal muffins! How delicious! I wonder why the gluten free yummies are turning out heavy... I'm sure you'll figure it out eventually! But the good news is that you haven't been coming up as spam in my inbox.
The white bean cutlets sound amazing - even better than chickpea cutlets, I must say.
And finally, three cheers for veggie binges!
Ruby Red Vegan said...
18 July 2008 12:55 AM
glidingcalm, thank you! Yeah, I love banana muffins, we don't make them too often because one of my daughters and I suffer an oral allergy to them :(
Haha, veggiegirl, yes he is, although I confess, I thought I was the only veggie who loves him :P
Ricki, I'm glad I'm not alone in my frustration! And nope, the food is never an issue (well unless I'm short circuiting my keyboard with drool :P)
CVC, it is! And thank you :)
Jessy, the puttanesca sauce is on the Post Punk Kitchen Blog. It's delicious!
Mihl, I've tried that, sometimes it works, other times it doesn't. Very strange, but thank you for the tip (and the compliment :D). You can't get fresh spinach?!?! *dies of horror.
Ruby, I don't know! It's violently upsetting that they're all dense (or perhaps the dense one is the baker :P).
Vegetation said...
18 July 2008 4:18 PM
Ugh, sorry to hear about the commenting problem - that would've suck a lot!!
OOOoo spinach, I love cooked spinach - I don't like raw spinach for some reason, I know *gasp!* I never thought of adding pine nuts to spinach, thanks for the idea Vegetation!! :0) By the way, I LOVE to watch the Gordon Ramsay show, glad I'm not alone!!
Wow, believe it or not ... I never had polenta before - I'm very keen to try it out one day :0) Bugger, I hate it when stuff doesn't turn out :0(
Ahhhh ... Vegemite on sandwiches *Aussie pride* :0) I love Vegemite!!
Your banana muffin looks really yummy to me - hrmmm ... I'm not that experienced with G.F. food so sadly, I can't help you there :0/
Last but not least, thanks heaps for telling me that there are two types of molasses!! I never knew :0/ I'll go to woolies to purchase the lighter version when I'm finished with my current one ...
CeciLiA said...
20 July 2008 6:17 PM
Thanks Cecilia! Vegemite is the best!!! (although I tend to be partial to Our Mate too).
And no worries on the molasses/treacle. I learned that one quite by accident :D
Vegetation said...
20 July 2008 6:58 PM