In his comment on my last post, Andreas offered an encouraging kick in my vegan behind. I will indeed be providing “yummy vegan recipes” on this blog, but you’ll have to wait a little while for original recipes. At least half of my cooking is improvised. Sometimes I come up with tasty things, but I’m dreadful about keeping track of what I throw in the pot. I plan to take notes the next few times I cook and get back to you.

For now, you can sink your teeth into two of my all-time favorite lazy cook recipes:

• Superfast one-pot Sesame Kale Soba
• The only chocolate cake recipe you’ll ever need – perfect for cupcakes! (I like to undercook them so they’re even more moist and fudgy, but you’ll probably be more sensible.)