Category: Lifestyle
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Vegan comfort food: the sweet potato fries edition
I will not presume that you need comfort food as much as I need comfort food this week. But if you do, I’m here to help. I haven’t been feeling especially picky with what I reach for as comfort this week. Anything with carbs will do. So far that has included a fair bit of…
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What’s for lunch? A delicious chickpea salad sandwich
When I first stopped eating animal products I was at a loss about what I could put between bread that was vegan (other than PB and jam). I used to love tuna salad sandwiches and they were among the things I missed (most of us end up missing something). But since becoming vegan, I have…
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Protein, even for dessert!
If you had to design a Vegan Bingo card, a great candidate entry would be “But where do you get your protein?” I don’t know anyone who has been vegan for any length of time who hasn’t been asked this question. And then there are the so-called chefs, such as the chef that catered an…
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Travelling while Vegan: St. John’s, Newfoundland
Back at the beginning of June, which now seems in the very distant past, I spent a few days in St. John’s, Newfoundland. It was a great opportunity to explore, among other things of course, the local vegan fare. My partner, Diane, and I started doing our research some time before we went. We also…
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Fun food for Fun Friday
Maybe I’m the only one who has noticed that my two-posts-a-week schedule has faltered of late. I’m trying to ease back up to speed, and I’d really like to get back on track with Fun Fridays. When I first started blogging, my promise was that Tuesdays would be for thinking things through and Fridays would…
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The plant-based milk recall doesn’t mean we should reject plant-based milk
Anyone who uses plant-based milks in Canada is surely aware by now of the recall of various Silk and Great Value products — refrigerated oat, almond, and coconut milks — because of listeria contamination. I remember when I used to think that only animal products were susceptible to contaminants like e-coli, listeria, salmonella, and such.…
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Travelling while vegan: Brittany and Normandy — the struggle was real
Content warning: apparent griping about “first world problems.” For ten days I finessed my way through a triple-challenge. Brittany and Normandy are tough at the best of times. So that was challenge #1. Add to that being on a tour with omnivores, where for the most part the dining venue was organized and not up…
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Are vegan foods “highly processed” and is that an objection?
Earlier this week a friend tagged me in a post, suggesting a possible blog topic (thanks, Sam!). The gist was that they keep hearing complaints about how vegan foods are “highly processed,” and yet the Gusto vegan sausages they had for dinner didn’t seem to be. The ingredient list, which my friend included a photo…
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What is a vegan to do when a favourite plant-based business expands to include animal products?
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve heard of two example — one local here in London, Ontario and one elsewhere, in LA — where a formerly fully plant-based business has decided to “change its business model” to include animal products. This decision always generates backlash among vegans, who see it as a betrayal and,…
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The threat of vegan cheese
An interesting story from The Washington Post came across my desk the other day about a vegan cheese that was a finalist in a cheese competition “A vegan cheese beat dairy in a big competition. Then the plot curdled.” The Good Food Foundation is an organization whose “Good Food Awards” recognize exceptional producers in the…
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