Category: vegan foods
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Vegan smoothies for a good start
I’m a breakfast person. I can’t skip breakfast and it’s a meal I actually look forward to every day and typically take the time to enjoy. The range of vegan breakfast options might surprise people. My usual repertoire includes oatmeal, overnight oats, toast with marmite or crumpets with peanut butter and banana, cereal, pancakes, breakfast…
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Travelling while vegan: Stockholm
Continuing my “Travelling while vegan” series, today I’m going to share my experience of seeking vegan options in Stockholm, Sweden. My schedule has been off because of the trip and trying to get back to my rhythm in the Eastern Time zone, which is why the Friday fun-post is landing on a Sunday. I can’t…
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Not all that’s edible is food
When I was at the social ontology conference last week I went to two great papers that considered, among other questions, the broad idea of what counts as food? In his paper, “Friend (Not) Food: Livestock as a Social Kind,” Dylan Brown, PhD candidate in Philosophy at Duke, noted that not everything edible counts as…
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Pizza, again! (This time in Stockholm)
I have blogged about pizza before, and no doubt I will blog about it again. This time, it’s pizza at a wonderful vegan restaurant I’ve discovered in Stockholm. The restaurant is called Veganska Olbaren and in the short time I’ve been here, I’ve eaten there twice. I’ll say more about the vegan charcuterie board I…
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Yummy summer salad for the long weekend (or any weekend)
We’re gearing up for a long weekend here in Ontario. The weather is promising to be spectacular and I thought it might be good to talk about watermelon salad recipes. Have you tried watermelon salad? Well if not, here we go. I hadn’t ventured there either, but a couple of weeks ago I was trying…
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Where do vegans get B12?
I learned something new about B12 today. I don’t need to take as much as I thought to get my recommended requirement. While of course everyone always asks about vegan protein sources (easy! A post for another day), the second most frequent concern about a vegan diet is B12. Today I’m going to talk about…
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Vegan pizza — yes yes yes
Fridays on the blog are fun days where I talk about food. What better Friday food than pizza? I know people who have pizza every single Friday. Some order it in. Others make it lovingly at home, no longer even needing to consult their favourite dough recipe, each family member selecting toppings of choice. Or…
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Vegan “meat” products: is more realistic better?
Several years ago, before I’d ever heard of “Beyond,” I sent back a burger I’d ordered in a sports-bar style restaurant because I thought it was a beef burger rather than the veggie burger I’d ordered. It was red inside, and I thought the juice running out of it was blood on my plate. It…
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For the vegans who miss creamy, this post is for you
Among the more frequent obstacles people cite that get in the way of moving from vegetarian to vegan, missing “creamy” is probably second (missing cheese is the main contender for the blue ribbon). Who doesn’t love a creamy dessert like chocolate mouse or trifle, or a creamy salad dressing like ranch, or a creamy pasta…
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The elegant simplicity of mint tea
Of all the herbal teas out there, I love mint tea the most. It’s refreshing whether served hot or iced. It’s light on the tongue. The minty aroma is soothing. To me, everything about mint tea makes me feel relaxed and calm. If you’ve ever grown mint in your garden, you know that it takes…
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