Category: Food
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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…
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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…
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Surprise! These foods are NOT vegan
Lettuce is vegan, but I don’t have any surprise-not-vegan items in my home to photograph, hence, the lettuce. I’ve blogged before about accidentally vegan foods—things we assume aren’t vegan but actually and delightfully are. I still remember the day I discovered the maple cream cookies, which I had dutifully avoided while my friend Diane raved…
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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…
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Behold the golden kiwi
I missed my Fun Friday post this week but sometimes it spills over into Saturday and so far the world hasn’t ended as a result. Because another major passion of mine (besides trying to raise awareness about veganism and photography) is writing for an audience, I’m aware that best practices for blogs suggest a regular…
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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.…
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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…
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Another win for plant-based protein
I don’t usually focus on health arguments for plant-based eating here because I think arguments for veganism that focus on harm to animals and the planet land decisively on the side of giving up animal products. That said, as any vegan knows, people often lob the “concern” that plant-based protein is either inferior or impossible…
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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…
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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…
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