Forgot to ask, Alicia, where can I find this Enoki Lemongrass soup recipe, it looks so good?

That's just what I was wondering Diana, it looks SO good! Does anyone, or Alicia, know and can tell us where to get the recipe?

Alicia, I've tried many of your recipes and love them all!  I take the Cheesy, Oozy Guacamole Bean Dip to parties, often make the easy Toasted Nori Burritos, and learned about quinoa with your Quinoa with Basil and Pine Nuts.  Samantha Waldo is so right about the Moroccan Couscous with Saffron.  I made it for non-vegan friends and they loved it, too.  I wanted to note that I never enjoyed cooking before I stopped eating meat and dairy four years ago.  I now believe it was because I just couldn't deal with the raw animal products.  Now that my ingredients are wonderful whole foods, I truly love trying new recipes and creating some of my own.  Thank you so much for all you do to encourage all of us to be kind to ourselves and to our planet!

That is so funny that you talk about loving kind cooking today because last night I made your Seitan Piccata with White Wine and Capers (it is the yummiest thing ever and I've made it at least a dozen times) and my husband asked if I minded spending all that time in the kitchen making dinner and I said "i LOVE it!  I love making an entire dinner without so much as waking an animal from a nap."  It is so rewarding to know that your food is nutritious, delicious and completely kind.  My Kind Diet book is a stained mess with notes written on every recipe I've tried!  Thank you, Alicia!

Personally I rarely ever do anything, a far as I remember the frustration level I experience in my life is such that I have to be creative and find ways to "tolerate" it to keep my sanity, it pretty much take all my energy. I don't think wasting a genius life that way is acceptable, but it seem to be tolerated under some circumstance. Since I'm apparently different I have to do my share to adapt myself into society and not bother peoples with my issues, what could they do anyway? After all there's plenty of homeless peoples and the world is still round...

LOVE this post! I feel the same way- whenever I feel out of wack, it usually can be cured up by some love making (and by that I mean food cooking, mostly) in my kitchen.  That is why my business and blog are called Make Love in the Kitchen!

I couldn't agree more. Sometimes when I'm feeling overwhelmed, the best thing I can think of is to get in the kitchen and cook. I find recipes where I'm chopping a lot of veggies to be soothing, the monotony of chopping can be very calming. I put on some good music, my cats usually join me in the kitchen and by the end I have a delicious meal and I feel much more centered. 

I never thought I'd say this but I've started to enjoy cooking too. I've even bought a new apron and dug out some utensils and serving dishes that have been stuck away at the back of a cupboard for years. Suddenly I'm happy to take my time and get everything exactly right so it looks beautiful and tastes wonderful. Cooking no longer feels like a chore.

Brilliant. :-)