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Food Bites No. 3: I ♥ Lentils

October 6th, 2009

This year Vegan MoFo III is being hosted by Kittee. If you’re on Twitter, use #veganmofo to participate in the month-long fest.

I am not a huge fan of vegan recipes that seek to recreate comfort food or simulate staples in the American diet. To me, being veg*n means celebrating the awe-inspiring flavor of fruits & vegetables. No matter how many nut butters, lemon juice, tofu and nutritional yeast you blend in a food processor, you will not achieve cheese. For all the effort put into recreating cheese for a recipe, why even mess with veganizing a dish when so many meals are already vegan?

Like a lentil salad with niçoise olives and sundried tomatoes!

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