Category: Asian Food
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Vegan Takeout Recipes ~ Mongolian Tofu & Rice
When you’re in the mood for a nice hot vegan meal that won’t have you in the kitchen all day, here’s my advice: grab a grain, a protein, a vegetable and make a quick sauce. In thirty minutes (give or take) you’ll have a delicious vegan meal that will make you feel good about yourself.…
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Vegan Pepper Steak Stir-Fry
So this time, we’re starting with a story. Way back in 1998 , I was an eager high school graduate headed to downstate Illinois for my very first Freshman orientation with my best friend. We visited the entire campus and I was sure–absolutely certain, in fact–that I, of the dubious navigation talents, would be able…
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Vegan Mushroom Mapo Tofu
If you’ve never heard of Mapo Tofu, then you are in for a real treat. I came across video by Wil Yeung on YouTube and you know what happened next? That’s right, it ended up on my plate a few days later! For those of you not in the know, Mapo Tofu is a Chinese…
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No-Meatball Creamy Curry Risotto
Perhaps my favorite part of getting to choose what my husband cooks on his nights, is coming up with new combinations to see what he’ll do with the dish. On this night, I wanted three things: curry, vegan meatballs and risotto. It sounded strange even to my own ears, so I hit up the Google…
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Cabbage Spring Rolls & Peanut Butter Soba Noodles (VEGAN)
Recently I was in the mood for cabbage rolls, but not really, more like spring rolls made with cabbage instead of rice paper. I don’t know why, not really, other than I was reminiscing about some really delicious Vietnamese spring rolls I had once in Wheaton, IL. Then I was walking down the aisle of…
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Easy Vegan Soups ~ Red Lentil & Ramen Veggie Soup
One of my favorite things to make when it’s cold outside is soup. Or stew, or a delicious combination of the two that I liked to call, stewp. Give me a bunch of veggies and a handful of grains served with a delicious broth and I am good to go. At least, that’s what I…
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Easy Vegan Dinner Recipes ~ Chickpea Masala
Life as we know it under normal circumstances is…a distant memory. You know that as well as I do, and as such, we have all been doing the best we can as often as we can. For the purposes of today’s blog, that means making sure you get a good chunk of whole foods in…
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Twice Cooked Vegan Gobi Manchurian
As you guys know, my love for all forms of Asian cuisine knows no bounds. None. Okay well, I can veganize pretty much anything so I guess–technically–that is a boundary, but the point is that I just love the flavor profiles and I’m always happy to find something new. Different. Exciting. Imagine my surprise when…
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Chinese Takeout at Home for the Lazy Vegan
Most of the time, especially in this strange year we’ve all found ourselves caught in, your desire to have vegan takeout is prompted more by convenience than by taste. Right? When I lived in Los Angeles and, to a certain extent Germany, there were more than a few takeout places that just had damn good…
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Quick & Easy Crispy Vegan Biryani
In my household, my partner and I are both self-employed which means that there are nights that roll around when we’re both so absorbed with work that it’s ten or eleven o’clock before one of us realizes that dinnertime has come and gone. We’re not proud of it, but it’s a fact of life and…
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The Spicy Spatula 