W00t!!!!!!!!!!!!

[conuly]

It's my (livejournal's) anniversary party! Yay! *dances* Okay, guys, start celebrating and commenting and everything. I want a comment from each and every one of you, which means I should have...

199 comments! (at least)

Yes, that's right, I've now got 199 mutual friends (two of whom are me). Now, I know some people have to be reading this and not my friend - please, friend me. I'm begging. I hate the number 199. It's just oh-so-close to 200. You can add me and then delete me tomorrow, it'd just be cool to have 200 friends on my first anniversary.

And I made a serious tactical error today and ate a slice of pizza. TWO slices of pizza. My stomach is killing me. Years, my mom took, so that I could at least digest dairy products, and I undid it in one swell foop by not having any for (about) a month to see if casein affected me badly. Well, it didn't affect me nearly as badly as lactose now does. Gah.

Really, what I ought to do is go practically and build up a tolerance slowly. Or just quit it with the cheese. But no, what do I do? Eat a quarter of a pizza!

So, go on. Celebrate! Comment! Give me dairy-free recipes I can cook!

Comments

[fjorab-teke.livejournal.com]

Yay for journal anniversary!!

I don't eat much pizza because of grease (no fast-food pizzas...Puizza Hut is about the lowest my stomach can toplerate)...so I sort-of feel your pain.

I know there's a vegan cheese that the local after-midnight grill uses in its dishes. I figure as long as it's used in a good recipe, it's OK, but I doubt it would taste very good on its own. Which brings me to an unrelated expensive goodie I occasionally indulge myself in: the no-guilt vegan jerkee called Stonewall's Jerquee (http://www.veganessentials.com/catalog/stonewalls-jerquee.htm). Yum! They microwave well, too, for a sizzling snack.

I think I've posted my one "original" recipe: pepper ring burgers. If you want that, then post a reply here and I'll post it. It's pretty simple.

[conuly]

I think I've posted my one "original" recipe: pepper ring burgers. If you want that, then post a reply here and I'll post it. It's pretty simple.

Pleaseplease?

Pepper Burgers

[fjorab-teke.livejournal.com]

This is a very variable recipe, but this is the way that I make them.

Ingredients:
- Large green bell pepper(s)
- Ground round beef or other preferred finely-cut meat (a bean substitute might be used too for vegetarians, though it would probably lose consistency)
- Spaghetti sauce
- Onions (optional)

Utensils:
- Nonstick frying pan
- Thin flipping spatula
- Bowl
- Large spoon suitable for stirring and scooping

Cut bell peppers across so that 1/2 inch rings are formed (a very large pepper will easily make 4 rings). Place them on a nonstick frying pan but don't turn on the heat. Dice the onions if desired. Dice unused edible portions of pepper(s). In a bowl mix the meat, a little sauce, onions, and peppers to a thick consistency. Spoon the mixture into each pepper ring and heat until meat is done. the consistency of the mixture is correct, carefully flipping the half-done rings should not be too difficult. If a mess occurs, it is thankfully simply a matter of "not being as pretty," as the mixture will be easy to scoop back into place and of course still taste good.

One pepper will serve one to two people or four as a snack or part of larger meal.