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  • Veggies for breakfast? Try a veggie pancake

    Veggies for breakfast? Try a veggie pancake

    Yesterday I saw a Time magazine article that recommended veggies for breakfast. I don’t normally love stories of the “you should eat this” variety, but this one got me thinking because in general, savoury breakfast is not typical for me since becoming vegan. I used to really like eggs and potatoes back in the day.…

  • How about carrot cake with cream cheese icing this weekend?

    How about carrot cake with cream cheese icing this weekend?

    Last weekend and the week before I made the one-bowl vegan carrot cake with cream cheese icing from Nora Cooks. The first time I made it was for a big crowd. I made it as a 13×9 inch rectangular cake and cut it into 36 small pieces. I got one. And then it was gone.…

  • Veganizing family favourites: South African pickled f*sh gets a cruelty-free update

    Veganizing family favourites: South African pickled f*sh gets a cruelty-free update

    I’m home at my parents’ place for the Easter weekend. While it’s not a vegan household, my mum and dad have both gone a long way to make it vegan friendly. And so when I was chatting with them last week, my mother asked if I had ever given any thought to vegan possibilities for…

  • I made seitan and you can too

    I made seitan and you can too

    Two things up front: 1. If you can’t do gluten, then seitan isn’t for you. 2. I get that my photo of the seitan doesn’t make it look super delicious, but you can think of seitan as a starting point. What is seitan? It’s a source of vegan protein that is made from vital wheat…

  • Happy International Women’s Day 2024 and a shout-out to five vegan websites to love

    Happy International Women’s Day 2024 and a shout-out to five vegan websites to love

    Good morning and Happy International Women’s Day 2024! As this posts, I’ll be on my way to a breakfast in honor of the day. I thought it would be a great opportunity to draw attention to five of my favourite vegan recipe sites by women. The amount of work that goes into developing and testing…

  • Fun Friday Vegan Challenge: Try something new

    Fun Friday Vegan Challenge: Try something new

    If you’re like me you love discovering delicious new foods. There’s nothing like stumbling upon something new when you least expect it. That happened to me last weekend when I started wandering around the Market at Western Fairgrounds District in London, Ontario after meeting a friend there for coffee. I love going to the two-level…

  • Try “smoky little devils” at your next vegan potluck

    Try “smoky little devils” at your next vegan potluck

    I attended a vegan potluck last weekend where I was the only vegan. The vegan theme was my idea (surprise!). It was a truly wonderful thing for the people attending to agree to, so thank you to the blog regulars over at Fit Is a Feminist Issue who rose to the occasion and then some.…

  • Vegan chocolate truffles for a luxurious afternoon snack

    Vegan chocolate truffles for a luxurious afternoon snack

    I wanted to make some vegan treats for the Southwestern Ontario Feminism and Philosophy Workshop that we hosted this week at Western. The event was in the late afternoon and followed by dinner out (shout out to Zen’Za Pizzeria in London, Ontario! I adore their plant-based menu), so I wanted to keep it light but…

  • Vegan comfort food: the dilly stew with dumplings edition

    Vegan comfort food: the dilly stew with dumplings edition

    I’ve been up in Haliburton for a week and it’s been cold and snowy. And I know we’re not alone in this right now. It’s exactly the kind of winter weather that makes me want hearty comfort foods. I blogged about chili last week. Well last night I made a stew for dinner that was…

  • Vegan comfort food: the chili edition

    Vegan comfort food: the chili edition

    When I think of comfort food the first four things that come to mind are mac and cheese, chili, lasagna, and chocolate layer cake. What qualities does comfort food need to have? What makes it comforting? For me it has a nostalgic aspect to it, where it takes me back to moments in my life…