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A simple blog

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It’s no secret that I don’t blog here as often as I used to. It’s due mostly to time and changing interests since creating my first veg blog in 2007. Also, when I originally conceived the new direction of this blog after marrying hubby, I imagined more banter between us in the kitchen, and therefore, more blog fodder. But, to be honest, hubby happily eats any vegetarian or vegan meal I make even though he’s a die-hard meat lover. I’ve struggled with presenting interesting content here when, often, our meals are pretty basic and repetitive. All of this has left me feeling rather uninspired and searching for relevance in the great big sea of food blogs.

I Married an Omnivore Facebook PageI created a Facebook fan page for I Married an Omnivore! as a way to keep in touch with you between blogs. Lately, I’ve been using the page to share content with you in lieu of writing a blog. I feel like I’m still connecting and sharing, but in a way that’s more manageable with my schedule. It’s made me much happier on a personal level. Yet, not updating this blog on a regular basis is a weight on my shoulders… a burden I’d like to address.

I’m not ready to give up blogging… yet. Although I love the ease of posting on the I Married an Omnivore! Facebook page, I want a home base for my original content… but I’d like to simplify. I’ve been mulling a switch to Tumblr. I love WordPress and advocate its use all the time, but the more I see of Tumblr, the more it looks like it could be a good fit for me at this time.

I wanted to give you a “heads up” on the switch. Don’t panic if you come back here and things look totally different! I have some time off coming up soon, so the changes may come within the next week or so. I haven’t decided if I will try to convert the entire blog into Tumblr in one swoop or start fresh while sprinkling in older content among the new. Decisions, decisions!

Recipe: Lazy lentil lunch using Tasty Bite’s ‘Lentil Magic’

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Lazy Lentil BurritosHubby and I are fresh back from a week-long camping trip in Maine’s Acadia National Park. It was our first big camping and hiking trip since our journey four years ago to Michigan’s Porcupine Mountains, where the hubbster asked for my hand in marriage. We both love being outdoors, cooking easy camp meals and just chillin’ in nature. So this trip was long overdue.

I’ve got lots I’d like to share with you in the coming weeks… ideas for vegetarian camping meals, stories about our trip… possibly some video, too! :)

While I sort through and prepare these cool blog items, I thought I’d post this “almost camp meal” that we ate today at home for lunch. We originally took two packages of Tasty Bite lentils and flour tortillas with us in our camping food tub. I thought we could pick up a fresh tomato and onion at a local Maine market and make easy camp burritos. I overestimated our meals so the burritos never made it to the camp stove. But, that’s OK… they hit the spot today and made for a quick lunch while we scrambled to unpack, wash clothes and put our lives back in order before the weekly work grind resumes tomorrow. :)

Lazy Lentil Burritos

1-2 pkgs Tasty Bite “Lentil Magic”
1 can diced tomatoes, drained
1 large onion, sliced and sauteed until soft
Flour tortillas

Slice onion and saute in lightly oiled pan over medium heat. Open can of diced tomatoes and place in a colander to drain. While onion is sauteing and tomatoes draining, heat package of Tasty Bite lentils in microwave per package instructions. Combine the lentils, onion and tomato atop flour tortillas and wrap burrito style… and enjoy!

Vegan brownie cupcake scores with my omnivore family

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Chocolate Cupcake Vegan

If you want to bake vegan cupcakes for non-vegans, you really need to own Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World (affiliate link). Every recipe I’ve tried from this book so far has been amazing.

I was charged with making dessert for my parents’ birthday party. It was a small affair—hubby and I, my sister and her husband, my mom and dad. Still, my decision to make an animal-free dessert over a “normal” dessert has gotten mixed reviews in the past. Of course, that was several years ago now and my family has had more opportunities to learn that vegan desserts can taste just as rich and delicious as those made with animal ingredients. Especially if you’re making cupcakes from Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero’s book!

Pictured above is the “Brooklyn Brownie Cupcakes,” which I topped with walnuts and a piece of Chocolove’s Cherries & Almonds in Dark Chocolate Bar. Definitely a chocolate lover’s dream. Very, very rich. And quite irresistible. Because the recipe makes more than a dozen cupcakes, hubby taste-tested these (three of them!) before we left for the party. The birthday boy and girl also took “seconds” home with them. I think it’s safe to say these cupcakes were a winner!

Have you served a vegan dessert? What did you make and how did it go over with the omni-crowd?