Goodbye July, Hello August! Summer I am so done with you. Once I get past 4th of July I am officially done with Summer and specifically the Summer heat. We went on a super fun road trip to Asheville, NC. Asheville is a vegan and beer heaven in the South. There are so many great food options and breweries. We did a couple of touristy things like drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway and visit the Biltmore estate to see the Chihuly glass exhibit. But basically all we did on the trip was eat and drink. Our last night there we ate at Plant. It was an amazing meal! I…

Goodbye June, Hello July! June was pretty low key for us. We didn’t do anything too exciting. We actually spent a lot of time at home this month. I have been testing a lot of different recipe ideas for Vegetarian South. The post I am most proud of in June though is a recipe Eric developed. He is the brain and the brawn behind most of the seitan recipes on the site. I might give him an idea of what I am envisioning but he does all the hard work developing the seitan recipes. His Vegan Seitan Kebabs with Tumeric Sauce turned out so yummy! It started out of an idea to…

Goodbye May, Hello June! Summer is in full swing here! We have been grilling like crazy and our garden is in bloom. Our basil plants are big and bushy and I think we will be able to pick our first tomato next week. I got a new watering can! I know super exciting stuff! I named him Greeny. I can’t wait until we have tons of tomatoes so I can make more of this tomato salad. It’s a great side dish for parties and barbecues. I am working on a few more dishes like this right now. I am obsessed with picnic foods and seasonal fruit right now. Blackberries and…

Goodbye April, Hello May! I hate the heat and humidity of Southern Summers.  So I have been trying to soak in as much of this nice Spring weather as possible before Summer hits full force. I love spending time outside even if it is just in my back yard. We have been doing a lot of vegan grilling. What is your favorite veggie to grill? Have you tried grilling strawberries or other fruit? At the beginning of April we drove up to Nashville for a quick weekend trip. We went to Nashville Vegfest at the Fairgrounds. It was so crowded! It was truly cool to see so many like minded…

Hello April! Did everyone have a good Easter yesterday? I feel like I was cooking all day long but we had an amazing dinner. I made Maple Dijon Roasted Carrots from Closet Cooking. The flavor was amazing. The roasted carrots were the star of our meal. I loved them! We will be making these again for sure. I also cooked Vegan Spring Potato Salad from This Savory Vegan. Eric liked this more than I did but this recipe is also a keeper. This potato salad will be great for picnics and when we have and endless supply of fresh basil growing out back this summer. The creamy dreamy green sauce was…

Goodbye February, Hello March! Sorry for being a little late with post. Things have been a little crazy around here recently so I am going to keep this short. What do you think about the changes to the blog? If you hadn’t noticed our old blogger site was down for about a week so we could relaunch on our own domain. We made this change in hopes that it would make it easier for people to find us and to make the organization of recipes better.  It’s still a work in progress. Pretty exciting stuff!? Last month was so short and went by pretty quickly. I have been slowing getting…

Goodbye January! Hopefully February is warmer month because I am so done with the brutal cold. I remember this time last year being able to hiking in tank tops! I am also so done with feeling like a slug. I cut back on my yoga and hiking almost completely this past month and I have been struggling to let my body heal because I want to get rid of this nasty lingering cough. I did have some fun this month though. A long weekend trip to South Florida helped cure my winter blues. Check out my post about the amazing Brunch at Plant in Miami if you haven’t already. I…

Goodbye 2017! I have to admit 2017 was a pretty good year for us even if I have spent the last week of it sick. I woke up Christmas morning not felling so great and then we discovered that our oven was broken. So it has been a bit of a crumby week but Eric fixed the oven with a replacement part that arrived yesterday and I am starting to feel better. I get a little sad this time of year when when the Christmas lights start to come down. There is so much build up that when it’s over its a bit of a shock. I don’t really believe…

Goodbye November! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Rather than staying at home and cooking we went went out of town this year. It was really nice to take a mini vacation in Chattanooga. I felt like I was able to relax and slow down a bit. Thanksgiving day we went for a walk at the Chickamauga Battlefield. It is maintained by the national park service and they have around 50 miles of trails. We were surprised that the visitor’s center was open on Thanksgiving but happy because we were able to grab a trail map. The battlefield was a fun place to go to enjoy being outside. It…