Hot Hot Heat, and an Award!
June 9th, 2008
Stumble it!
It’s well over 90ยบ outside. I live at the top of a three family home, where the flat roof and lack of attic does a bang up job of trapping all the building’s heat in my living space. We have a few feeble fans running throughout the apartment, but there’s not much we can do during the hottest part of the day, especially during a heat wave.
The desire to cook is slowing ebbing out of me, so I wanted to take this opportunity to announce that VegNews Magazine has named me one of the top veg blogs of 2008!
You can find me and the 20 other bloggers who won in their July/August issue. I’m going to be at the launch party in San Francisco with my husband on June 26th, so if you’re there and you see a young-faced woman with short blond hair with a huge camera on her shouder, do come over and introduce yourself!
I thought I’d direct you to some no-cook or low-cook recipes in case you’re also caught in the heatwave. Here are some from the archives:
Purple Cabbage Salad with Carrots, Almonds and Currants
I won’t blame you for eating all the Chickpea Salad
A stir-together peanut sauce that’s good on everything
Jerusalem Salad makes a great side dish
Tomato Basil Sandwiches aways work for me
Cucumber Tea Sandwiches are pretty, easy, and cooool
I’ll be back with a new recipe later this week!
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46 Comments
1. Pip | June 9th, 2008 at 11:55 am
I’m sending you cool thoughts, ma’am.
Also, I suggest popsicles.
2. VeggieGirl | June 9th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
It’s in the upper-90s here as well :0( Try to stay cool!!
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE VEGNEWS BLOGGING AWARD!!!! :0D
3. rachel | June 9th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
I second popsicles! I made some today (posted on the blog if you are interested) and am now pretty refreshed despite 100 degree weather.
4. chow vegan | June 9th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Congratulations! That’s so great! :-)
Bummer you’re in a heat wave and don’t feel like cooking. I live on the ground floor of a 2 story building so it’s not too bad when it gets super hot. I can’t imagine being on the top floor. Hope it cools off soon!
5. Mike | June 9th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
It’s nice and rainy/cloudy here today. I’m savoring it while it lasts. Soon it will be hot again. Thanks for the linkbacks – I may have to make that Chickpea Salad again.
6. Lustful Vegan | June 9th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Thanks — very timely! It’s 102F outside here at the moment, and not much cooler inside — I swear I’m melting! Time for lemonade and salad. Tomato basil sandwiches sound good too.
/cool thoughts/
7. Vegan Dad | June 9th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Many congrats on the VegBlog award. I wish I could make it to the party with all of the other fellow winners, but the flight from Canada is just too expensive. *sigh* I would have introduced myself to you and told you how much I enjoy your blog. You certainly have the vegan skills to pay the bills.
8. vegan_noodle | June 9th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
I know what you mean about heat…. I don’t know what I would do without AC!!
And congrats on the award!! You have such an amzing blog. I can’t wait to meet you at the party!
9. Vegan Dad | June 9th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Bloody hell! Is everyone going to this party but me?
10. Suganya | June 9th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Lolo, Congrats on the well-deserved award. I enjoy my visits here, every single time.
11. justcorbly | June 9th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
It’s 97 as I type this. Ugh. If you lack AC, I hope you have reversible window fans. Bring air inside at the coolest time of day, probably just before dawn. Pull the hot air out in the late afternoon and evening. If you can finagle it, a ceiling fan really helps. Keep the blinds and curtains closed when the sun is shining on the windows.
I was gonna have a black bean-corn salad over the weekend. Went to Whole Foods to grab some stuff and ended up stocking up at their deli. Sometimes it’s even too hot to just chop and dice.
12. Stewart's mom | June 9th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
yet another feather in your cap. Congrats on your latest award!
13. naida | June 9th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
WOOO HOOOO! Congrats on the award and have a great time in SF!
14. Shellyfish | June 9th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Congrats on your well-deserved award!
15. Romina | June 9th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Congrats on the award!!
16. Angie | June 9th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Congratulations on the award! Though I’m not a vegan, I do appreciate your recipes and better ways to enjoy vegies. Your creativity inspires me. Thanks!
17. walterknitty | June 9th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Being from Iowa (although transported to Portland, Oregon) I have much empathy for you in those summer heat waves. One recipe I’ve always liked when it gets too hot to do anything other than eat sorbet/ice cream and lay like a slug, has been gazpacho, but it is not tomato season. Although I am a vegetarian and not a vegan I do like reading and being inspired by your website. And congrats on the award. SF will be much cooler. Two things to look forward too.
18. Julie | June 9th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Congrats, girl! You definitely deserve that award.
Thanks for linking to summer friendly recipes…it is HOT here too.
19. helen | June 10th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Congratulations on the award/honor. I’m not vegan but I’ve got you in my favorites because your ideas are just too good not to try. :)
20. jen | June 10th, 2008 at 9:46 am
congratulations on the award! it is well deserved, i love your recipes. stay cool!
21. La Vida Vegan | June 10th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Congratulations for being a blog winner! You totally deserve it :) Your photos are always stunning and your recipes are delicious.
22. Donna | June 10th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Congratulations!! I can not stop over without getting hungry, it’s a great site.
23. ellie | June 10th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Congratulations and thanks for the archive links! Definitely found some inspiration.
24. VagrantVegan | June 10th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Congratulations on your award! Then again, it was like, OF COURSE you deserve it! Have fun in San Francisco!
25. sue.agirlnamed | June 10th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Oooh, congratulations on the award, too! Mmmm peanut sauce.
26. Caleb | June 10th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Congrats on the award! That tomato basil sandwich looks mmmmmmm.
Too bad I can’t find a tomato anywhere recently because of the salmonella scare!
I hope they get it over with soon.
27. The Voracious Vegan | June 11th, 2008 at 12:00 am
As someone who eats hummus or some variation of chickpeas almost daily I am definitely going to be making that chickpea spread of yours, thanks for the suggestion!
28. Stephanie Quilao | June 11th, 2008 at 3:12 am
Congratulations, and well deserved! I just discovered your blog and LOVE the photography and dishes. You are so creative!
29. Nicisme | June 11th, 2008 at 6:11 am
Congratulations – your blog is super!
30. Beka | June 11th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
This all sounds so amazing! Thank you for posting!
31. Miel | June 11th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
i’ll be in san fran during the 26th, despite that i live in seattle! yahoo! hopefully i’ll see you.
plus…i’ve just been hired to make a vegan wedding cake for a complete stranger. any suggestions on how to make it/what to put in it/how much to charge/interesting flavor, texture, or decorating ideas? i think you’d be the best person to ask!
32. Eric Prescott | June 12th, 2008 at 1:45 am
Congrats, fellow winner. There’s 4 of us Bostonian bloggers, at my count. :)
33. Alexis | June 12th, 2008 at 11:49 am
Congratulations! Very well-deserved because your blog is full of wonderful recipes beautifully photographed. I’m having the chili lime tofu for lunch today. :)
34. vegetalion | June 13th, 2008 at 9:57 am
congratulations!
and thanks for the warm-weather recipes. I’m making that chickpea salad tonight – it sounds awesome!
35. Kenya | June 13th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Your VegNews acknowledgement is well deserved! My husband is being featured as a musician in the same issue, so we’ll be flying out to SF from DC for the launch party as well! It’ll be great to meet the faces that go along with all these great vegan blogs! I was blogging about my raw transition but have since gone back to eating mostly cooked (but whole foods) diet. All this blogging talk really is inspiring me to get back to it!
36. inga | June 13th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
I’m totally with you on the heat! I’m in Arizona, and it’s hotter than hell here (over 100 degrees). :-)
I love your food photos. I can’t stress it enough! Everything always looks so tasty!
37. inga | June 13th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Oh,and congratulations on making the magazine! You deserve it!
38. anne | June 14th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
congratulations .. you deserve an award! thank you for your inspiring and helpful articles (i read all of them but this might be my first comment . . .)
39. Sheltie Girl | June 15th, 2008 at 1:22 am
Congratulations on winning the award!
40. Lori- the pleasantly plump vegan | June 16th, 2008 at 5:34 am
i feel you on the heat. it has been nasty hot here in Atlanta.
congrats on the award.
41. jessy | June 16th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
congratulations! you really deserve the award! your blog is awesome and really inspiring (and your photos are AMAZING)!!! and thank you for sharing all the glorious recipes with all of us!
stay cool! superhappyface!
42. Wes | June 17th, 2008 at 12:22 am
Congrats! Thanks for reposting the tofu w/ peanut sauce and tomato sandwiches, I forgot about those!
43. Lindsay | June 17th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
You are a food genius!! Congratulations on the award!!! I’m loving the no-heat food review. It’s cool here for the moment, but in August……..
44. littlepretty | June 22nd, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Congrats! you totally deserve it!
45. River | June 29th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
I opened my Veg News and there you were! Lovely – feeling I knew you I had to write first chance to say Congratulations bigtime :) Very well deserved indeed. Huge hugs!!!!
46. Mrs.Sound | September 16th, 2008 at 6:04 am
Congrats! And I must say the photos make my mouth salivate. And now I’m starving again.
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