Eclectic Lotus

By Airmaxjunkie1 The planning has begun for Thanksgiving! I woke up this morning with the intention to gather what I am making over a four day cooking and cleaning fest! I have tried my hardest to incorporate our different dishes into Thanksgiving with some interesting findings. 1- My husband only cares about the bird. 2- I am all about the side dishes. 3- DON'T MESS WITH MY DOG SHOW!!! 4- My son loves to watch me cook and help. 5- I love adding soul food but can I remove the meat? If you are vegan or vegetarian and this is your first holiday it is quite frustrating! All the traditions that you have grown up to love come with the thought of. . .say goodbye to them. Out of the six years I have been a vegetarian this is not true. You can even add some fun items to the mix. Here are some links and recipes that I will be adding to our meal line-up. Kale Greens 1/4 cup water 12 cups kale, washed and coarsely chopped 1 cup chopped onion 1 tablespoon garlic powder ...

I love November! I am not 100% sure why I love November but the fact that the end of the month is almost a reflection of things to be thankful for as well as learning new recipes! When my mother was alive, I would call her and get the scoop on all the traditional family recipes. She would get so mad when I called her and say, "Why don't you know all this? Why do you keep calling me?" I would have to answer, "Because you kicked me out the kitchen." This November, I want to try and begin learning great Vegan recipes- soul food recipes. Because I love to record them on here I will try my very best and post them on this blog as well as give references on where to get these recipes. You would think living in Chicago- a meat and potato city there would be little to no vegetarian and vegan restaurants but that is far from the truth. This month, because I am still "gathering" my data I will post some of the best vegetarian restaurants in the city. What ...