Category: International vegan cuisine
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Winter Flavors, Summer Vibes ~ Spiced Chickpeas & Carrots
Happy Hump Day! What’s the weather like where you are? It’s been really cold here, below zero but it’s finally in the super lower single digits this week so…progress? Anyway, in this house this is what we call soup weather. Soups, stews, stoups, bisques and the like reign supreme. Why? First, because it’s easy to…
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Carbonara Butter Beans
Happy Hump Day, folks! Today’s yummy vegan recipe is really easy and it’s all about the sauce. Let’s just get the name thing out of the way up front. This is not a carbonara in the literal sense of the word but this recipe was made in the spirit of carbonara. It’s thick and creamy…
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Easy Marinated Tofu Recipe
Back in the day when I was a baby vegan, and by baby I mean a new vegan because I was already a grown ass woman, I wasn’t a big tofu fan. Not just blocks of tofu but anything that was made with tofu was just kind of…blah. And then about 2 or 3 years…
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Vegan Food Review ~ Vemondo Bougatsa (Lidl)
Happy Hump Day, Food Lovers! Things have been pretty busy with me right now…okay always pretty busy. You know how it is. Anyway I was in need of a post for today and I figured I’d drop in something I haven’t done in a while, a vegan food product review. Recently I was wandering the…
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Squash Season Lingers – Vegan Butternut Squash Risotto
Happy Monday, friends! Even though the temperature has consistently be below zero, there as still several types of squash on the shelves here in Romania. Hokkaido, blue pumpkin and my favorite, butternut squash. I love it because squash is so versatile. You can turn it into bisque, cupcakes and even chili. Anyway, I recently bought…
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Vegan Persian-Style Stew
Happy New Year! It’s a new year but is it a new you? It’s the same ol’ me but still working on being a better version. Did you have a good holiday season? I spent the last few weeks of 2025 getting ready for 2026. I’m not sure where I’m going with this blog but…
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Tofu Carbonara Recipe
So remember how I was telling you guys about the silken tofu we got on sale recently? Well there are still a few packages to use and my hubs requested that I try my hand at a silken tofu carbonara and I am almost always up for a challenge. Oh right…happy Wednesday food lovers! I…
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Vegan Treats at Târgul de Crăciun Ploieşti
Happy Monday, my lovelies! How was your weekend? I spent all weekend indoors writing and working and…baking! I’ll share the baked treats with you later this week but today it’s all about the holiday season. The Christmas Market in Ploiesti, or Târgul de Crăciun Ploieşti. Last year we went and it was a good time…
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Vegan Food Review – Chef Select Vegan Sarmale
The holiday season is here and in Romania that means you’ll run into sarmale pretty much everywhere you go from family gatherings to weddings, funerals, and even just a drop-in on unsuspecting family or friends. I’ve been married for longer than I’ve been vegan so the first time I tried sarmale I was hooked. I’d…
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Easy Vegan Recipes ~ Vegan Polenta
Hey there! How’s it going? Today we’re going to do a quick and easy vegan recipe because it’s the time of the year when everybody is really busy, looking for easy vegan recipes, and wanting to spend more time with loved ones than in the kitchen. Right? I was in college the first time I…
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The Spicy Spatula 