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Meet The Shannons
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Simplest Red Fruit Salad ever & some of our favorite Summertime recipes!

Life, our book and travel to foreign lands have kept us away. We have a guest post and several recipes waiting to be posted and shared with the world but today I need to work on the book -- so Im pos...

6 days ago

It takes a village to make Mexican Tater Tot Personal Pizzas...

You maybe be asking yourself why this isnt part of The Betty Crocker Project. Its a fair question since tater tot pizza seems like something right up that red spoon alley. But in truth the inspiratio...

30 apr 12

The Betty Crocker Project: Vegan Chicken & Cashew Dinner

Editing a book is a deceptively slow process. Its the kind of thing that seems to go fast and is pretty easy till you realize youve actually gone through several pages and you dont even rem...

25 apr 12

The Betty Crocker Project : Hawaiian Waffles with Tropical Rum & Maple Syrup

So you might be wondering if were veganizing Bettys Pina Coloda Waffles or her Hawaiian Pancakes. In a way its both with the added benefit of a little pineapple juice and coconut flour added to the w...

20 apr 12

Pasta alla Puttanesca with Vegan Sausage - not your everyday red sauce

Rome is often called "The Eternal Cit y."Perhaps its because it has survived being burnt to the ground, sacked and rebuilt again and again. Maybe its because even Alaric, the Visigot...

17 apr 12

The Betty Crocker Project : Louisiana Vegan Chicken Skillet Dinner

 I debated if I should post this recipe today because even though this is a very easy and delicious dinner - the photos just didnt really show that. I mean this dinner has it all. Theres leafy k...

16 apr 12

The 5 MInute Lentil Soup

I wish I could tell you Ive been busy with exciting adventures. Something hedonistic  ;and scandalous woul d be fun too but sadly - no. Ive been editing our book. You know the painfu...

10 apr 12

The Betty Crocker Project: Maple Glazed Holiday Roast

So I never grew up with a huge ham for Easter dinner. As many of you already know, around The Ol Shannon Homestead we look forward to Passover every spring but thats not to say I dont appreciate many...

22 mar 12

Sticky Fingers & The Mini Working Blues

Once there was a vegan bakery hidden in the heart of our nations capital. This was before this recent Vegan Renaissance of books, bakeries and convenient vegan products. This bakery was nestled ...

20 mar 12

Hazelnut Pesto with Vegan Chicken, Broccoli and Orecchiette Pasta

St.Patricks Day is almost upon us and so last night I decided I should wrap up this week with something green. Like many willful people, I got a certain idea in my head and then focused on making it ...

16 mar 12

Cauliflower Colcannon

Calcannon* is not just an odd word to say, its a dreamy Irish dish thats usually made with potatoes, scallions and kale. Once upon a time it was a common meal in Ireland and in its heyday was pretty ...

13 mar 12

Vegan Irish Coffee Cheesecake with a Shortbread Crust

Almost 3 years ago, I became newly Irish-ed. See I wasnt born a Shannon. I married one. But somewhere deep down, maybe I always knew in my Mediterranean blo od that I was meant to be Irish. ...

12 mar 12

The Cupcakes Unofficially Inspired by The Lorax

Like many vegans in my generation - I havent always felt that I was surrounded by people who truly understood where I was coming from.Ive always found that strange because to be perfectly honest Ive ...

07 mar 12 2 people like this

Hot & Sour Soup with Sesame Garlic Tempeh

Tempeh not pictured... I ate it all too fast. Ever have a weekend you needed a weekend to recover from? This past weekend I had the pleasure of helping out at The Herbivore Clothing Company boot...

06 mar 12

The Betty Crocker Project: Vegan Beer & Cheddar Bombs

Right now you might be furiously flipping through your Betty Crocker cookbook looking for this recipe. Youll stop at Beer-Cheese Triangles and wonder if this is what we veganed. You might read throug...

01 mar 12 1 person likes this

Turkish Tempeh Whole Wheat Lahmacun (kinda)

We got back from Istanbul a few weeks ago and since then its been one project, road trip and Valentines day after another. Ive barely had a chance to catch up on my stories. Mostly Ive been working o...

29 feb 12

The Super Chocolate Vegan Hootenanny! Episode IIII : Girl Scout Cookies Remix & VegNews

I know we disappeared there. Ive been working on our new page layout and things are just taking longer than I thought. I know I keep saying it but I think it will all be worth it. That being said the...

28 feb 12 1 person likes this

The Betty Crocker Project : Cuban Beef-Less Steak Dinner (similar to Ropa Vieja)

Our Cubanelles began to ripen while we were away - making them them beautiful and multi-colored.  So theres this thing that happens when you get back from an adventure: you realize how many...

16 feb 12 2 people like this

Special Edition: Vegans on Valentines Day! Episode II

The Betty Crocker Project : Shortbread CookiesI know were behind on posting this. We left the country at the end of January for a long overdue escape and found ourselves in a few situations ...

14 feb 12

The Chicago Beer Dogs

I was never a hot dog person. Even when I was a little eater that hadnt gone vegan yet... hot dogs were just never my thing. Which Im actually really happy about - meat based hot dogs arent really fo...

03 feb 12

Chocolate Strawberry Whoopie Pies

We live in a world with rules. Now it may not seem like it because the world rarely follows these rules. Evil often goes unpunished and sometimes the hero doesnt get the girl but the rules exist none...

02 feb 12 1 person likes this

Vegan Chicken Amandine

Still working on a new computer & with a new camera.The other day I was looking through our cabinet and decided it was time to use the almond slivers and wild rice Id been hoarding like some stin...

31 jan 12

Good News Monday! (Because all bad news all the time leads to burn out! Dont worry there will be a ...

So there was a weird thing that happened last week. I posted Good News Monday. I was on some kind of lingering contact high from having finished our book, quitting a job that made me miserable and st...

31 jan 12

Vegan Buffalo Chicken Sliders with Ranch Dressing & A Gardein Contest! Damn.

The word "Epic" and "Legendary" are used a little too liberally these days. To paraphrase Louis CK  - if you use words like "Amazing" to describe a basket of fried food -...

23 jan 12 2 people like this

Smokey Vegan Bacon, Spinach & Kale Mac with Butternut Squash Cheese

Yes, I know the internet is full of butternut squash mac and cheeses. Its a lovely phenomenon of golden casseroles that is completely breath taking. A movement if you will that we support 100%. I fir...

20 jan 12

Green Tequila Enchiladas

So yesterday I made a huge dent in my emails. Funny thing about emails though -- not unlike that mythical beast The Hydra -- once you slay one email, two more pop up in its place. If youre waiting fo...

18 jan 12 2 people like this

Embarrassingly Super Simple Hazelnut & Flaxseed Waffles

The book is done and sent into our enthusiastically supportive publisher. I mean there will be a series of edits and reedits and proofing and all that but that first step -- delivering -- is done. Th...

16 jan 12 2 people like this

The Cruelty-Free Crawfish Boil

Weve been buried in book-writing the past few weeks. We even postponed New Years Eve till after the manuscript gets sent in. We bought a few extra weeks of caffeine and chocolate and sitting on the s...

09 jan 12 1 person likes this

Moment of Silence for Ed Shannons Lasagna of Christmas Present

No this photo doesnt do this holiday meal justice. But when youre so eager to eat something - you can tend to convince yourself that whatever photos you have are actually pretty good - when maybe the...

26 dec 11 1 person likes this

Happy Holidays from The Shannons!

We didnt make this the internet gave it to us. I know weve been MIA lately. Ive been completely submerged in our book. Last night I literally passed out on the sofa with my laptop about a foot away. ...

20 dec 11 1 person likes this

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