tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653564620140769260Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:57:47 +0000http://the-elf-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Janne Swearengen)Blogger169125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653564620140769260.post-6044847131019136080Fri, 21 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +00002018-12-24T07:29:43.975-08:00 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 16.0px} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Hello! It’s me MiniP!! I just greeted one of our newest friends, a little Boston Terrier named Dan. I’m a http://the-elf-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/2018/12/a-missive-from-minipearl-swearengen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janne Swearengen)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653564620140769260.post-4670670781530814908Sun, 20 May 2018 16:11:00 +00002018-05-20T09:11:29.156-07:00 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} You know, today we are celebrating FOUR years of blog posts from Your Elf. We began on May 21 2014 with “To V or Not to V” and launched our great blogging adventure. We started incorporating ‘Elf’ in our titles in January 2015 and have http://the-elf-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/2018/05/all-good-elfs-must-come-to-end.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janne Swearengen)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653564620140769260.post-9191159340108186548Sun, 13 May 2018 15:56:00 +00002018-05-13T08:56:03.976-07:00 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} First and foremost, a very Happy Mother’s Day to all. Whether you still have your Mom or whether she’s watching you from another plane, celebrate her gift of life to you. Double down on your commitment to make that life a life well-intentioned andhttp://the-elf-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/2018/05/an-elf-for-all-seasons.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janne Swearengen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653564620140769260.post-7363231073392670283Sun, 06 May 2018 17:01:00 +00002018-05-07T12:54:24.442-07:00 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 12.0px} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px; font: 12.0px Times; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 14.0px} http://the-elf-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/2018/05/tinker-tailor-soldier-elf.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janne Swearengen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653564620140769260.post-1415867354637849693Sun, 29 Apr 2018 17:23:00 +00002018-04-29T10:23:41.735-07:00 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px; font: 12.0px Times; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; line-height: 28.0px; font: 13.0px Times; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p4 {http://the-elf-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-elf-of-thousand-faces.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janne Swearengen)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653564620140769260.post-8178149999092493248Sun, 15 Apr 2018 16:25:00 +00002018-04-15T09:25:09.825-07:00 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; line-height: 28.0px; font: 14.0px Times; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Gosh, another week has come and gone…it seems that every week goes faster and faster. Slow down http://the-elf-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/2018/04/old-macdonald-had-elf.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janne Swearengen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653564620140769260.post-1246538290214357241Sun, 08 Apr 2018 15:25:00 +00002018-04-08T08:25:07.383-07:00 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} We feel like we’ve been GONE FOREVER!!! But, hey! It’s just been a week; nevertheless, we have much to SHOW and TELL! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Let’s start with our Ornish recipes over the past two weeks. We must admit to a bit of a struggle to find recipeshttp://the-elf-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-house-of-rising-elf.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janne Swearengen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653564620140769260.post-517101967118339686Sun, 25 Mar 2018 17:36:00 +00002018-03-25T10:36:17.424-07:00 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} We welcome this penultimate week of March with energy and excitement galore! We do have some really fun news to share with you later in this bloggery but first, it’s ORNISH time! Yep, Tuesday, we prepared another recipe from Dr. Ornish’s http://the-elf-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/2018/03/carry-on-my-wayward-elf.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janne Swearengen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653564620140769260.post-8640579226505361904Sun, 18 Mar 2018 16:56:00 +00002018-03-18T09:56:53.735-07:00 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} You know, Your Elf LOVES writin’ this little blog, mostly because we hope y’all enjoy it and benefit a bit from it. Howsomever, we also enjoy bein’ real and this blog is so full of the realities of cookin’, it’s kinda scary. We do not claim to http://the-elf-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-day-elf-stood-still.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janne Swearengen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653564620140769260.post-6779670526519430492Sun, 11 Mar 2018 16:56:00 +00002018-03-11T09:56:03.195-07:00 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} What a difference a week makes! We are both feelin’ pretty spiffy and back on track with some energy. We have a lot to talk about and some new dishes to share, so we’ll jump right in. Y’all know we have made some recipes from the book Vegan Bowlshttp://the-elf-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/2018/03/when-you-wish-upon-elf.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janne Swearengen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653564620140769260.post-2022808350815031741Sun, 04 Mar 2018 18:00:00 +00002018-03-04T10:00:18.009-08:00 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Well, first of all, Happy March to all you Elfinistas/es everywhere. For us in the Deep South, March is a fickle month...warm one day, cold the next, HOT the next, FREEZING the next. It’s when we see the barren stick figure tree branches begin tohttp://the-elf-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/2018/03/into-every-life-little-elf-must-fall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janne Swearengen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653564620140769260.post-4674394714527426505Sun, 25 Feb 2018 17:24:00 +00002018-02-25T09:24:07.978-08:00 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} You know, sometimes Your Elf feels a bit like Alice in the Wonderland of plant-based eating. There are always challenges and surprises and rewards. Like Alice, sometimes we feel very small and sometimes, very large. This week, we’ve been feelin’ http://the-elf-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/2018/02/twas-brillig-and-slythy-elf.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janne Swearengen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653564620140769260.post-5652069689591045017Sun, 18 Feb 2018 16:26:00 +00002018-02-18T08:26:35.290-08:00 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Well, those well intentioned plans to write daily got side-tracked, so we are playin’ catch-up. Nevertheless, we have some good stuffs to share with you from this week. We prepared a terrific soup from Cook's Illustrated and some analog http://the-elf-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/2018/02/an-elf-between-two-thorns.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janne Swearengen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653564620140769260.post-1156606653591796710Sun, 11 Feb 2018 18:36:00 +00002018-02-11T10:36:53.711-08:00 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 15.0px} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} This has been an interesting week at the Elf-haus, so let’s jump in with both feets! Our monthly Supper Club http://the-elf-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/2018/02/alls-well-that-ends-elf.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janne Swearengen)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653564620140769260.post-3721576866393734946Sun, 04 Feb 2018 17:49:00 +00002018-02-04T09:49:15.181-08:00 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Well, here it is Tuesday again, and we are rockin’ the blog already. Lots to talk about and more to come! So sit back and enjoy…we sure hope the Powers That Be at Facebook will understand that this is not SPAM!! We aim to provide good http://the-elf-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-call-of-elf.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janne Swearengen)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653564620140769260.post-7656638081579980587Sun, 28 Jan 2018 17:56:00 +00002018-02-03T09:52:03.492-08:00 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Y’all, it seems like EVERY WEEK, we go through the same routine. We promise ours-elfs we will write on our little blog DAILY and we NEVER do. This results in a ‘day of s/elf-ridicule and reckoning’ known as Sunday morning when your Elf realizes http://the-elf-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/2018/01/twinkle-twinkle-little-ef.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janne Swearengen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653564620140769260.post-5710481335676950188Sun, 21 Jan 2018 18:17:00 +00002018-01-21T10:17:55.896-08:00 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} span.s2 {font: 13.0px Helvetica; font-kerning: none} This has been another week of lacklusterness in the Kinky Elfery Kitchen; BUT, we have reasons. Remember the saga of the kitchen make-over that went on and on until the original contractorhttp://the-elf-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/2018/01/fly-by-seat-of-your-elf.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janne Swearengen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653564620140769260.post-2155971714605583359Sun, 14 Jan 2018 19:15:00 +00002018-01-14T11:15:23.039-08:00 BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE!! But, hopefully, the Kinky Elfery Kitchen is busy enough to warm the whole house!! Actually, we don’t have a LOT to talk about this week; we’ve been occupied with non-kitchenery stuffs and have prepared little in the way of new recipes. We DID prepare a couple of previously featured dishes to share with some friends, so the week has not been a total loss in the food http://the-elf-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/2018/01/potpourri-part-two.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janne Swearengen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653564620140769260.post-1416284184239011446Sun, 14 Jan 2018 17:40:00 +00002018-01-14T11:12:13.103-08:00 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE!! But, hopefully, the Kinky Elfery Kitchen is busy enough to warm the http://the-elf-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/2018/01/pot-pourri-elf.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janne Swearengen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653564620140769260.post-3982598482594279299Sun, 07 Jan 2018 16:33:00 +00002018-01-07T08:33:14.410-08:00 WELCOME 2018!! What a wonderful year to continue to be plant-based and vegan or to incorporate plant-based eating into your current food regimen. We are only too happy to share tips, recipes, resources, and links that will make your effort be rewarding. So, let’s begin our year together with the traditional foods of the New Year Day celebrations of parades and, of course, FOOTBALL!! Nothing http://the-elf-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/2018/01/happiness-is-warm-elf.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janne Swearengen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653564620140769260.post-1307825623506720202Sun, 31 Dec 2017 18:35:00 +00002017-12-31T10:35:20.875-08:00 GREETINGS FROM YOUR ELF!! Didn’t 2017 begin a few weeks ago and here we are ready to dive into 2018? Goodness mercy Elf! We have a lot to share today so let’s get on with it. The holiday season at the Elf-haus is always a challenge…a challenge to find new and exciting vegan recipes to try out on ours-elfs as well as share with others. So, this year we prepared a couple of recipes to take http://the-elf-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/2017/12/auld-lang-elf.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janne Swearengen)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653564620140769260.post-9071910012062918782Sun, 24 Dec 2017 19:49:00 +00002017-12-24T11:49:35.174-08:00 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} span.s2 {font-kerning: none; color: #6a6a6a; -webkit-text-stroke: 0px #6a6a6a} Bein’ as it’s Christmas Eve and all, this will be a relatively brief blog. First and foremost, your Elf would like to wish everyone a beautiful Christmas, Hanukah,http://the-elf-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-elf-before-christmas-2017.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janne Swearengen)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653564620140769260.post-7673284709884759860Sun, 17 Dec 2017 15:28:00 +00002017-12-17T07:28:16.906-08:00 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} It’s a bit awkward to sit at a desk in front of a big ole Mac to write our blog with a Chihuahua named Ed in our lap but we’ll tough it out. It’s cold outside, he’s cold and bundled up in his purple leopard fleece and we wouldn’t move him http://the-elf-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/2017/12/every-elf-has-her-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janne Swearengen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653564620140769260.post-111702418304609950Sun, 10 Dec 2017 17:24:00 +00002017-12-10T09:25:10.895-08:00 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} With a nod to the new Star Wars movie in our title this week, we have three dishes to talk about as we steamroll ahead into the holidays. Two are from the Kathy Hester Slow Cooking for Two cookbook—‘ceptin’ for one of the recipes, we doubled and http://the-elf-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/2017/12/may-elf-be-with-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janne Swearengen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653564620140769260.post-736318621863610218Sun, 03 Dec 2017 18:31:00 +00002017-12-03T10:31:55.422-08:00 As the holiday rush, spirit, and energy begins to really launch into over-drive, it’s time for Your Elf to join in with some foodie stuffs. We are pretty low-key here in the Kinky Elfery Kitchen, so we don’t get into a lot of holiday bakin’. We used to but want to watch the food intake during these food-centered days. We’ll move on to our cookery for the week in just a second BUT FIRST, we http://the-elf-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com/2017/12/my-kingdom-for-elf.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Janne Swearengen)0