Two girls, a cat & no oven: An introduction

Together we are VeronicElli!

The inspiration behind the creation of this blog is simple. We’re a couple of food-loving vegetarians. We live in Montreal’s Plateau/Mont-Royal neighbourhood with a cat named Booby and an oven with no door.

I (Veronica) love to cook. I often tweet about what I’m making and I’m always being harassed for recipes. Elli isn’t as big on cooking as I am, but she does love to eat. She’s got some pretty awesome recipes of her own, and some hillarious disasters – like today’s spaghetti, tomato paste, olive oil and burnt tofu that’s still sitting on the counter, nearly untouched.

Upon the coat-hanger job that was Elli’s lunch, we decided that grocery shopping was long overdue.

We’ve been planning a grand meal for Christmas eve. We’re spending it together, not with our families and friend is going to be visiting, from Chicago, just long enough to share dinner with us. If we’re lucky, our friend’s mother and sister (whom we adore!) will be joining us. It took a couple of days worth of thought and discussion, but we’ve put together a menu that is sure to please our meat-eating guests. With this menu in mind, we wrote out a shopping list and braved the cold walk to Provigo.

Now back at home with groceries, we’re starting on the menu prep. Some foods are better when let sit for a day or two, like Elli’s secret recipe German potato salad that she’s working on right now. This potato salad is fit for a king!  I’ve begged for the recipe before, but she’s not budging. In my many attempts to replicate it over the years, I have come close, but have never made anything as good as hers. If you’re really really nice to us and come visit at the right time, you just might get to try some.

The potato salad should be ready in a few hours. I’m going to try to claim a little territory in the kitchen so I can make tofu bacon. After all, tofu is the only thing we remembered to put on the grocery list aside from what we need for our Christmas Eve meal.

I’ll post the recipe for my tofu bacon shortly. It’s passed the taste test with Elli (my vegetarian roommate), my vegan boyfriend AND a meat-loving friend of mine. Surely you’ll love it, too.

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