Two Vegans in States with Two Names Eat Things and Go Places

So Indianapolis is behind us and we are driving onwards to st Louis. I don't remember seeing this many 18-wheelers the last time we drove through thee middle west.
I am enjoying being able to post from my phone as we are driving, I am going to see what else this app can do....

i know we just did one of these, but we're doing one again!
tonight: "vegan taste of france" by linda majzlik. i know, i know. we did a vegan taste of... book last time. too bad.
for dinner tonight, i made the country cider casserole. holy.crap. this was another recipe that took a long time. remember the gyros took a few hours what with the chilling and everything? this is similar. an hour soak on some beans, cooking time, then...

some of the "vegan taste of..." books have gotten a bad rap. i have both a "vegan taste of greece" and a "vegan taste of france". before this evening, i had never used either, but thought there were several recipes that sounded good.
tonight i made the vegan gyros from linda majzlik's "vegan taste of greece" and warm chickpea salad from joanne stepaniak's "vegan deli"....

this guy!
there are few meals that make me happier than the humble peanut (or in my case, almond) butter and jelly sandwich. there are as many ways to make pbj as there are types of nut butters and jellies combined. grape jelly? or strawberry? peanut butter on...