Shane and I are finishing our concrete floors today (and given that we’ve owned the house for just over a year, it’s our first time maintaining the concrete, so we’re about as fast as molasses, natch), so no vegan mofo recipe post today. I do, however, believe I have just enough time to fill out this vegan survey from Vegan Soapbox while I wait for the floor finish to dry.

1. What was the most recent tea you drank?

Fennel seed. I’m usually a green tea gal, but fennel’s supposed to help with IBS. TMI!

2. What vegan forums do you post/lurk on? If so, what is your username? Spill!

I’m more of a lurker, though I tend to skulk around blogs moreso than forums. I usually go be the oh-so-creative “kelly g.,” with a link to either easyVegan.info or Smite Me!

3. You have to have tofu for dinner, and it has be an Italian dish. What comes to mind first?

Lasagna, but using the tofu like noodles. The dogs love it. (Me, not so much – I’m not big on tofu. *ducks*)

4. How many vegan blogs do you read on an average day?

I have about 100 blogs in my reader, but I tend to rotate through individuals blogs, as well as subject matter (animal rights/welfare, food blogs, environmentalism, feminism, current events/politics, GLBT issues, POC bloggers, etc.). In the AR sphere, currently I check Invisible Voices, Animal Person, Elaine Vigneault, Vegan Soapbox, That Vegan Girl, Superweed, The Veg Blog, PPK, Vegans of Color, and Green is the New Red most often.

5. Besides your own, what is the most recent one you’ve read?

Vegan Soapbox, obviously – that’s where I got this veganmofo post idea, duh ;)

6. If you could hang out with a vegan blogger that you haven’t met, who would it be, and what would you do?

I’m a recluse. I don’t usually socialize with anyone who doesn’t walk on four legs.

Not to suck up to our carnival host, but Isa seems pretty kickass. Of course I’d beg and/or pay her to help me bake some vegan cupcakes, and then we’d take over the world. Muahahahaha!

7. If you had to base your dinners for a week around one of the holy trilogy – tofu, seitan or tempeh, which would it be?

Tofu, because tofu and I are experienced.

8. If you had to use one in a fight, which would it be?

Tempeh, because I could probably poke someone’s eye out with a tempeh strip, dontchathink?

9. Name 3 meals you’d realistically make with that tough protein of choice!

Oh jeez, I dunno. I don’t think I’ve ever cooked with tempeh. So…all three recipes would probably be dog food in the end. My dogs aren’t fussy; one of many reasons I love the little buggers.

10. What’s a recipe in vegan blogland that you’ve been eyeing?

More than I can count, but vegandad’s Creamy Mac and Cheeze dish springs to mind.

11. Do you own any clothing with vegan messages/brands on them?

A few t-shirts, though not nearly as many as I’d like. I have some cheap DIY ones I bought on ebay (my favorite is a bright green one that says “If milk is so natural, go suck on a cow’s tit”), as well as some I bought from PETA way back when: Support Your Right to Arm Bears, Boycott the Circus, Would you eat your dog?, etc. Oh, and a few from the Jane Goodall Institute, too, including this cute Far Side comic. Normally, I’d dig into my closet to give you a more accurate count, but my floors are sticky at the moment.

I’d love some gear from Herbivore or SSOV, too. Hint, hint.

12. Have you made your pilgrimage to the ‘vegan mecca’ yet? (Portland, duh)

Lol, no. I don’t get around much, what with five dogs and a cat. Can anyone suggest a pet-friendly hotel or B&B in the area?

13. What age did you first go vegan? Did it stick?

I went vegetarian at 18, but only made the transition to veganism about 3 years ago. Though, being allergic to milk, the only animal products I consumed during that time were eggs and the occasional honey. (I considered gelatin practically a meat product, and gave that up when I went veg, too.)

Aside from the occasional accidents, I haven’t looked back.

14. What is the worst vegan meal you’ve had? Who cooked it?

Ooof, a mac and cheese dish, I think it was from The Uncheese Cookbook. My husband made it, and because he spent so much time prepping, cooking and cleaning up, I couldn’t not eat it…even though it was…ugh.

15. What made you decide to blog?

My mind, there’s no off button.

16. What are three of your favorite meals to make?

Pasta, pasta and pasta: spaghetti with red sauce; angel hair with fried olives, mushrooms, tomatoes and Boca chunks; and fettuccine with sundried tomato pesto.

17. What dish would you bring to a vegan Thanksgiving-themed potluck?

Frost on Pumpkin Pie.

18. Where is your favorite vegan meal at a restaurant? How many times have you ordered it?

Hmmm, I usually order pasta. Eden Alley makes a yummy vegan “ultimate garlic grilled cheese,” which I have tried but once (as in, the last time I dined there).

19. What do you think the best chain to dine as a vegan is?

The Cheesecake Factory isn’t bad, though their vegan options tend to vary by location. For example, I had better luck at the one in Vegas when I vacationed there; of the two locations in the Kansas City area, neither seem to have as many vegan dishes.

20. My kitchen needs ………

Canning supplies for next year. A food mill, which are all more expensive than I thought they’d be. Extra cookie sheets and new pots and pans. And some pretty dishes for my dog-awful “gourmet food critic” vegan food porn shots.

21. This vegetable is not allowed in my kitchen…..!

Brussels sprouts. Blecht!

22. What’s for dinner tonight?

Oh jeez, good question. Cereal, probably. Here it is, almost 6PM, and I can’t even get into the kitchen for some water without stepping in the floor waxy stuff I just laid down. Which looks strangely like…well, there’s no delicate way to say this. It looks like I spread man milk all over the floor.

Hey, you asked.

23. Compose your perfect vegan sandwich, right now.

A fried Boca Burger with tomatoes, pickles, onions, a few strips of Lightlife Smart Bacon, some lettuce, and topped with mustard and Nayonaise.

24. Add a question here!

Cake or cookies, people?

I prefer cookies, because they seem easier to veganize, for some reason.

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