Category: vegan foods
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Breakfast win: “Just Egg” & avocado sandwich
I’ve blogged about breakfast before because of all the vegan meals that seem to stump people, breakfast takes top spot. I mean we all know about oatmeal and toast and that sort of thing, but what about omelettes and breakfast sandwiches? Read on, my friend, read on. If you’re not familiar with Just Egg, then…
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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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Excellent plant-based chocolate!
I know I’ve mostly been doing fun posts lately but I do have something in the works on the idea of moral demandingness. Coming next week. For today, let’s talk about chocolate. I absolutely love chocolate, whether in cakes or cookies or just plain bars. Lots of people think that it’ll be hard to find…
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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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Pumpkin crumble bars and Northern Lights
It’s almost Canadian Thanksgiving and pumpkin is in the air. I’m visiting family this weekend and it’s as if Nora from Nora Cooks was speaking directly to me with her email about the Pumpkin Crumble Bars. On Thursday evening I made the pumpkin bars, using butternut squash instead of canned pumpkin purée. I roasted the…
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Birthday (and other) cake!
I turned 60 this week. And it strikes me as a great opportunity to write about how becoming vegan back in 2011 didn’t require me to miss a single beat in the birthday cake department. This surprises a lot of people, who are under the misconception that there is no good baking without eggs, butter,…
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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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Paris Olympics’ sustainability-agenda is good news for plant-based options
Adopting an agenda of sustainability for the 2024 Olympic Games, the Paris organizers have pledged to deliver meals with half the carbon footprint of most French meals by “doubling the proportion of plant-based ingredients and increasing the plant-based options for everyone, including spectators and the workforce.” Even if you think, as some argue, that the…
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