http://www.thevegastable.com Sun, 01 Oct 2006 00:46:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I love chopped liver pate, unfortunately I'm not real fond of spending a few days on the CCU floor.  When I ran across this recipe, I skeptically tried it.  It's not exactly chopped liver but it is a healthy and flavorful spread.   1 cup lentils, uncooked (7 1/2 ounces) 4 cups water 2 t. vegetable oil 1 ... http://www.thevegastable.com/2006/09/30/mock-chopped-liver-pate/ For all vegetarians and vegans, I found this link for vegan selections at restaurant chains that might be helpful if you are eating out.  Most of these are Las Vegas Restaurants. http://www.thevegastable.com/2006/09/18/vegan-selections-at-chain-restaurants/ I have fond memories of these oatmeal cookies.  They are great with some peanut butter spread on them. 3/4 cup shortning 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 cup and 2 T flour 1 t baking powder 1/4 t salt 1/3 cup milk 1 t cinnamon 1 t vanilla 1 cup raisins 3 cups oats Cream shortenting and sugar.  Beat in eggs one ... http://www.thevegastable.com/2006/09/16/my-grandmothers-oatmeal-cookies/ In my post "Sunset Station Buffet Gets a Facelift" I gave it a pretty good review.  Well it looks like it went the way of most Vegas buffets.  They cut the price to $10.99 to attract people and eveything went way down.  We waited in line for 30 minutes to be ... http://www.thevegastable.com/2006/09/13/sunset-station-buffet-part-2-stay-away/ I found myself in Phoenix for business last week.  After a long seminar, I did not want to begin searching for a place to eat at 8:30 so I resigned myself to going the restaurant Camus in my hotel, The Clarendon in downtown Phoenix.  Little did I know at the time that I was ... http://www.thevegastable.com/2006/09/11/camus-in-phoenix-is-worth-the-trip/ Here is an easy and healthy Gazpacho recipe that is perfect for a light Summer meal. 2 - 28oz cans petite diced tomatoes (drained) - I use Hunts 24oz V8 vegetable juice 2 - 15oz cans black beans (drained) 1 cup peeled seeded and diced cucumber 1/2 cup diced green pepper 1/2 cup diced red pepper 1/2 cup thinly ... http://www.thevegastable.com/2006/09/10/easy-black-bean-gazpacho/ I have been meaning to check ot the Burger Bar at Mandalay Bay and having just read about it again makes me want to run over there right now.  Chef Shanna wrote in a recent post on Fine Dining Solutions Blog about her experience at The Burger Bar.  "...Burger Bar ... http://www.thevegastable.com/2006/08/21/burger-bar-at-mandalay-bay/ I think I was asleep when they were giving out a critical piece of male DNA, that being the gene for beer.  I really don't like the stuff, but I must admit that I wish I did.  Going to a baseball game dosen't seem quite the same when I'm having a ... http://www.thevegastable.com/2006/08/16/beer-shandy-replaces-the-missing-budweiser-gene/ Perhaps you've never noticed this, but being a self-declared ranch dressing aficianado, I have a ranch dilemma.  As a vegetarian, I eat a lot of salad.  Now, when we eat out, this usually isn't a problem.  Most restaurants have delicious, spicy, flavorful ranch dressing on offer.  But when I get ... http://www.thevegastable.com/2006/08/06/whats-the-deal-with-ranch-dressing/ Being a vegetarian dating a Jewish foodie from New York has had its problems. One of the first to present itself was the Chinese food issue. My fiancee grew up eating Charlie Mom's for Christmas Eve dinner, while I've spent the fifteen years of my vegetarianism suffering through plates of ... http://www.thevegastable.com/2006/07/29/the-hunt-for-spicy-eggplant/