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Vegetarian Fast Food for Father’s Day

This coming Sunday we celebrate Father’s Day and KarmaFree Cooking will be participating in the Vegetarian Fast Food Festival hosted by the Centro Cultural Yoga Devanand in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Vegetarians like me get the fast food cravings once in a while… but fast food does not have to be synonymous with fatty or nasty. Vegetarian Fast Food can be made healthy and nutritious, with a few simple ingredients and twists.

So join me at the Centro Cultural Yoga Devanand for a super fast food fatherly lunch filled with goodies such as – Veggie Burgers, Fries, Onion Rings, Vegan Mac and Cheese (who ever said mac&cheese was fast food??????), Ice Cream, and many, many more… I really hope they’re planning on having natural sodas too!!!!

I will be in charge of the Veggie Hot Dogs and maaaaaaaaaaaaaybe I can also make some of my now famous Bacala-Free-Tos – because the criollo fast food scene needs to represent as well, no???

Please join me this coming Sunday, June 21 starting from 10:30AM at Centro Cultural Yoga Devanand for a super fast, super delicious and nutritious. If you need directions on who to get there, please let me know in the comments section or just call 787-273-0236.

Hope to see you there!!!

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Hawaiian Vegetarian Festival

26 Apr

Manolo gave me a challenge… Why don’t we plan a Vegetarian Festival with the flavors of Hawaii?? Hawaii?? Why?? I asked. He replied: “Well… I did this Rice with Pineapple the other day and I think it’s pretty awesome… so I thought it would go well within a Hawaiian-themed festival.”

Just like Manolo… he gets an idea in his head, and then the rest of the world needs to accommodate to it. “Oh… and the decorations would look so pretty!!!! Don’t you think, Madelyn??” And that’s how the idea about this Hawaiian Festival came about. Because… I have never been to Hawaii, Manolo has never been to Hawaii and the closest we have been to something truly Hawaiian are our friends Kenny and Tim, who one is from Hawaii and the other lives currently in Maui.

So I went to the internet and social media to gather some ideas of what a traditional Hawaiian Luau would be like and how could I make it into a vegan, gluten-free affair. My friends were enthusiastic about the idea and recipes started to flow. What surprised me the most was that many of the ingredients in Hawaiian/Polynesian cuisine are the same as in Puerto Rican cooking – taro root, breadfruit, sweet potatoes… with a few unexpected twists, such as nori, gomasio, rice vinegar, and macadamia nuts…

During the next few weeks I will be sharing with you the menu of this Vegetarian Hawaiian Luau. But this post will serve as an anchor and summary of all the recipes served that Sunday at the Centro Cultural Yoga Devanand. Let’s all travel through our taste buds…

Alohas and Mahalo!!!