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Category Archives: Nonsense

It’s Nature.

“You overdo it with your carrots” – Samuel Beckett We have a great farmer’s market nearby.  Every time we go we buy carrots.  Carrots!  I’m not sure why they always looks so scintillating, but darned if we don’t talk ourselves into more carrots every time we go.  

Crash.

The Selfish Vegan’s computer is recooperating from a sad little malady in the capable hands of a mac store genius. You can expect SV’s triumphant return within the next few days.

Go ahead. Taste it.

As if it wasn’t enough that we’re saving 200 animals per year by keeping our household vegan, making a statement about the sordid practice of eating animals, and doing as much as we possibly can to avoid heart disease, we also get to eat raw cookie dough without potentially dying.  I know!  It’s probably the [...]

It’s a subtle heat.

“It’s a subtle heat,” Husband assured me in dulcet tones after he took the first bite of our habanero infused meal.  Encouraged by his coaxing words, I took a bite.  

Seitanic dinner options?

Husband wanted to know if demon worship was a requirement for dinner on Monday.  What in the name of Zooey Deschanel’s ukulele is Seitan? Obvious mispronunciation aside, Seitan does sound a little weird.  For those as uninformed as I am, Seitan is a high-protein vegetarian food made from cooked wheat gluten.  It sounds irresistible! It looks irresistible as well so I made [...]

Hello World!

Welcome to Selfish Vegan!  Here I am, venturing forth into unknown territory, and I’ve decided to share that journey with you, you lucky ducks!  I grew up with meat and potatoes, and my taste in vegetables is fairly limited.  Successfully picking at a side of asparagus or frozen corn cooked in olive oil makes me [...]