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Roberta’s Pizza and my debut on Online Radio…

16 Nov

Almost every October I visit NYC to participate in the Anniversary celebrations of our USA Devanand Yoga Center in Queens, NYC. I think we’ve been doing it for the last 5-6 years…

This time around I stayed a few days longer to take care of some other business – KarmaFree Cooking business to be exact. I was invited by Nicole Taylor, hostess of the online radio show Hot Grease to be part of her Halloween Day show. Hot Grease airs LIVE every Monday at 3:30PM Eastern Time.

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I was honored that Nicole was interested in a vegetarian topic… what would she be interested in talking about??? Well we spoke for about 15 minutes – a lot in radio time – on Puerto Rican Halloween traditions, what makes candy vegetarian, some of the candy ideas and recipes we have here on KarmaFree Cooking and a few other random Halloween things.

The Heritage Radio Station is located behind Roberta’s Restaurant in Bushwick, Brooklyn. You need to go inside de restaurant, across the dining room, outside into the indoor patio (if that makes any sense…) and out there, within 2 recycled shipping containers there is a radio station!!!!

I was accompanied that day by Luscious Lifestyle Diva Yolanda Shoshana a.k.a. “ShoShi” talking about how to make Halloween a tad sexier. It was definitely an educational experience for me… Here we all are waiting for the broadcast to start.

Here you can find a link to the radio Interview if you would like to listen over and over again… at least you can now put a voice to my writing, no???

Afterwards, like any respectable food oriented radio show housed within the premises of a restaurant, we were invited for a few slices of pizza. Actually, it was more like a pizza for every 2 people. My mom and I shared this Pizza Margherita… we kind of broke the rules a bit because this was made with white refined flour, but it was delicious!!!!! And it would seem rude to say no after Nicole had been so gracious to us.

I hope Nicole was happy with our participation on her show… we sure enjoyed ourselves. It reminded me of my days of being a spokesperson on personal care brands a few moons back. But different, because this time around I was talking about myself and our lifestyle, which is super cool. We are definitely open to the possibility of traveling again to NYC if she would like for us to visit her once again.

Hey, that pizza margherita at the end sure is worth it!!!

May Wah Vegetarian Chinese Market

14 Nov

Many of you have asked me here on the blog comments, on Serious Eats, on our Facebook page, on Twitter or even via an email directly where in NYC do I purchase the soy-based vegetarian goodies I use in my recipes…

For about 8 years I have been visiting the May Wah Vegetarian Market in Chinatown in NYC. It’s located in 213 Hester St.

There you can find vegetarian chikn nuggets, tuno, veggie hams and bacon, vegetarian prawns/shrimp and vegetarian spare ribs, among many other oriental products.

You can visit them directly in Chinatown NYC. They also deliver to Connecticut, Boston, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Maryland, New jersey, Long Island and of course, New York. But you can also visit their website where they offer all their delicious products and can send them over to you via UPS Ground, 2nd Day or even Next Day. You can find them at:

website – www.vegieworld.com

email them  – maywah@vegieworld.com

@maywahnyc on Twitter

on Facebook – www.facebook.com/vegieworld

 

 

Mango Strawberry Smoothie

12 Nov

We had a great season for mango’s this year and we froze a lot of it for out-of-season enjoyment.

Mangos and strawberries pair very well together… and ripe mangos provide a touch of tropical goodness to any breakfast smoothie. This has been my smoothie of choice for the last few weeks.

Hope you enjoy it as well…

 

MANGO STRAWBERRY SMOOTHIE

1 cup of mango pieces
½ cup of strawberries
½ cup pineapple or orange juice
½ cup water
2 tbs plain yogurt
1 tbs agave nectar
4-5 ice cubes – I use these if the fruits are fresh and not frozen
  1. In a blender mix together all ingredients…

Enjoy all its deliciousness. It’s tangy and sweet all at the same time… you don’t taste the pineapple at all, but if in a pinch, you can use only water.

Happy 4th Anniversary to KarmaFree Cooking!!!!!!

7 Nov

I can’t believe it… that 4 years ago I decided to share my vegetarian recipes with you, all over the world.

It’s soooo humbling to know that my recipes and information are useful and interesting to so many of you out there. Most of you are in the United States, but many of you visit from around the globe – United Kingdom, Canada, India, Australia, Italy (I hope that’s you Kate!!!, among others…), Malaysia, Argentina and of course, my beloved Puerto Rico.

I love to bring to you all the variety I can from a vegetarian perspective… however, I am honored to say that KarmaFree Cooking’s most popular recipes are my vegetarian adaptations of traditional Puerto Rican classics like:

Pasteles in Banana Leaves

Yucca with Cuban Mojo

Veggie Sancocho

Mami’s Tembleque

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How to Peel and Eat a Mango

Fried White Sweet Potato

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Cormeal Fritters/Sorullitos de Maiz

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These were the past 12 month’s most popular recipes, believe it or not. As much as I love making those stuffed mushrooms and all those pasta dishes, you guys appreciate my take on the Puerto Rican/Hispanic foods some of you never thought would be able to enjoy again now that you want to follow a more natural, veggie-full lifestyle.

I promise I will make an even greater effort to continue to bring those Latin dishes to you… and to present them to all of you, whose background might not be Latin, so can get to know me and my culture through our delicious food.

Thanks a lot for everything and please SHARE KarmaFree Cooking with all your friends and family who will appreciate and benefit from our easy and relaxed cooking style. Non-vegetarians are also welcome…

GRACIAS

Gluten-Free Finds –Van’s Mini Waffles

3 Nov

I mentioned you how recently I had to go on a 30-day gluten-free, corn free diet…

Whenever my natural doctor prescribes a wheat-free treatment I breathe deeply and grin. I love breads, cereals, pizzas, pastas… but I have to do as he recommends because I know it’s for my own good.

Never been much of a waffle girl… I much more prefer pancakes for breakfast. But I was looking for gluten-free alternatives for breakfast and my friend Rosani had recommended these Van’s rice-based waffles. I was skeptical when I bought them, but I was willing to try something new to report back to you.

I was impressed at how good they are… they come in regular waffle size and as mini waffles. Love the mini ones because you can eat them with your hands. I dunk them in maple syrup… mmmm!!! Just place them in a toaster oven for about 10 minutes and they’re ready…

My niece Mariana loves waffles and I am confident she would love these too.