Fourth Floor Homestead

I often make a scramble when I am feeling particularly lazy. It's loaded with vegetables and the tofu gives it some protein. Scrambles pair really well with a crunchy tempeh which I usually buy pre-seasoned and pre-cut because this is a meal for lazy cooking days. Though I suppose scrambles make for better breakfasts. The veggies are pretty before they are cooked. Eat the rainbow! What you need: 1 tbsp olive oil bell pepper, chopped snap peas, with strings and ends removed 2

I have never been to culinary school so there is probably a proper way to make stock that I don`t know about but I find this method easy and cheap. I can`t bare the thought of chopping up a bunch of good, edible veggies, boiling them all day then throwing the veggies out. It`s too wasteful. I don`t have the cash to justify that kind of action. Instead, I keep a big ice cream container (not my ice cream, my husband would eat it a while ago so I saved the containers) in my fre

I don't eat a lot of salad. It was the first thing I got sick of when I went vegan, but I have been craving salads more often lately so I am bringing them back into the rotation. There is nothing too fancy about this particular salad, just veggies, seeds and a dressing I put together last week with ingredients we had on hand. Thus the accompanying tofu had to be a little special. I didn't include the dressing recipe here because I didn't measure anything exactly and it was a

This recipe was designed with 3 goals in mind. 1. Use up the veggies I had on hand. 2. Be easy and come together quickly so I can avoid being in the kitchen all night. 3. Taste a bit more flavorful then typical lentil soup but not taste "hot" so my son will actually eat it. If you like more kick in your soups like I do you can add 1/8-1/4 tsp of ground cayenne pepper. I love the flavor cayenne adds to soups. There is some heat to it but it adds more than that. I skipped it he

I don't function without caffeine. I wish I did. I would prefer to not be dependent on any substance but this is where I am right now. If I don't have a coffee in the morning I don't get anything done and there is just too much to do. I need a lot of caffeine so I typically grind the beans at home to maximize the caffeine content but with driving my husband to my train in early morning there is no time. Also this summer it is too hot for hot coffee. I have thrown this drink t