Tag: vegan food
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Vegan goodies for the holidays
I like desserts and sweets, especially around the holidays. The only thing is that a lot of the old favourites aren’t vegan. That’s why I make my own fun at this time of year, testing out new recipes and bringing back old favourites. This year, I’m trying two new things: coconut laddoos (which are basically…
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FYI: Most of the “superfoods” are vegan
Whether you’re a “superfood” skeptic or a “superfood” believer, the best thing about superfoods is that the majority of them are vegan. On this ranking of 21 superfoods from Outside Magazine, 19 of them are vegan. As a personal aside, 13 of them are in my kitchen right now (14 if you count whole oranges,…
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I said I didn’t need a rice cooker
I grew up with rice and I have always known how to make perfect long grain white rice on the stove top. You measure out the rice, and then you measure out twice as much water into a pot with a good lid. One cup of rice takes two cups of water. Bring the water…
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Easy pumpkin muffins that are more like cake (not complaining)
Even though I’m not a pumpkin spice latte person, I do love pumpkin and the cinnamon-nutmeg-ginger-cloves spice blend that has come to be associated with it. And with all the American friends and media blasting me with pumpkinny things related to their Thanksgiving yesterday, I have had pumpkin in mind all week. It is comforting…
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Vegan catering fail—gluten free pizza, no cheese
I think “Vegan Catering Fail” and “Vegan Catering Win” are going to become blog series because bad vegan catering is just so common and good vegan catering is just so refreshing. I know some people might think I should be happy, grateful even, that there was any option at all that I could eat. But…
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Vegan catering win
I experienced a wonderful vegan catering win yesterday that unfortunately I didn’t think to take a photo of (it wasn’t apples). It was proof of how simple it is to make a vegan happy. I attended the Southwestern Ontario Feminism and Philosophy Workshop yesterday in Guelph. It is a rotating meeting where we gather to…
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Spicy Saturday
I’ve been thinking about spice ever since last Sunday, which was “Spice Week” on The Great Canadian Baking Show [sadly the show is not vegan but I can’t help being in love with it anyway]. Then I got a note from Shelley asking if I had anything to say about herbs and spices. So it…
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Hummus: humble and reliable, even if part of a vegan stereotype
If there is one vegan stereotype that I embrace, it’s the hummus-lover. At any given time, I have at least two kinds in my fridge. And I keep a supply of extra, with cascading expiring dates, so that I never have to fear running out. I’m not sure why the iconic Middle Eastern dip is…
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A vegan feast for Canadian Thanksgiving
This weekend is Thanksgiving in Canada, where we celebrate the harvest season. For me, it is a time to get together with my family. As a settler Canadian living on the traditional territories of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak, and Chonnonton Nations, on lands connected with the London Township and Sombra Treaties of 1796 and the…
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Voilà Vegan: Recipes from a stealth vegan pâtisserie in Paris
I love a good vegan story, and the story of Boneshaker Donuts and Coffee in Paris and the resulting cookbook, Voilà Vegan, is magnifique! Amanda Bankert is a donut-loving American living in Paris. She trained in pâtisserie at Le Cordon Bleu and, determined to bring American-style donuts to Paris, opened the first of her two…
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