Oh man, I can’t get enough of the combination of fennel and radicchio (see Radicchio-Endive-Fennel Salad for health benefits of each vegetable)

My basic ingredients

But if you noticed, I am roasting them this time, hopefully bringing out a nice, caramelized flavour. So I cut them like this:

And put the fennel on the roasting pan first, because it takes way longer to caramelize than radicchio does. Sprinkle some olive oil on top to prevent burning, and throw in a 375 F oven or toaster-oven for 20-30 minutes. Then, add radicchio and roast for another 15-20 minutes.

Meanwhile, I was reducing balsamic vinegar in a pan, with broth and the juice of this orange

And I had a delicious sauce to pour over the roasted vegetables once they were all done. Oh, and I threw in some Panko (bread crumbs) just to give it some weight, but you can use…

Thousands of years ago — way before the advent of pot roast or filet mignon — our cavemen ancestors roamed the countryside in search of something to kill and then eat. Apparently men risked life and limb tracking down a woolly mammoth while the women stayed home so they could scavenge up some berries. Now fast-forward to modern times. While men now find their meat neatly wrapped in cellophane on supermarket shelves — and that tumor on their prostate will likely kill them before a saber toothed tiger does — we still hang on to the stereotype that eating meat is a manly thing. That NOT eating meat will somehow make you less of a man.

Yep, That seems to be the one thing we decided to hold onto for the past 12,000 years. Since we’ve decided to no longer live in caves, I think it might also be time to finally reconsider the…

To me, summertime equals firing up the grill, a nice cold summer beer (your favorite lager mixed with lemonade – a delicious invention by my twin sister), and eating on the patio. When most people decide to grill out, they turn to burgers or hot dogs; vegans are no exception. I was recently in the mood for a veggie burger and decided to use chickpeas as the base. After searching around on the Internet, I remembered a recipe recently posted on one of my favorite blogs, (never home) maker. I stuck with the recipe, found here, except for the fact that I used a jalapeno pepper instead of a green chili pepper (in my mind, they’re all the same = hot!). I ended up making about 8 smaller burgers. Due to lack of charcoal I did bake these, but I’m sure they’d be equally good…