Category: International vegan cuisine
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Sweet & Spicy Apricot Mushrooms & Tofu Vegan Dinner
I don’t know about you guys, but I love to cook. I don’t have a problem with blasting some music or listening to a true crime podcast while I get busy in the kitchen. Whether it’s making my favorite dessert from scratch–brownies–or any other thing that’s asked of me, I’ll do it. But that doesn’t…
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Easy Vegan Comfort Food ~ Vegan Schnitzel & Cheesy Pasta
Many of my friends think that eating a vegan diet means always eating healthy, and it doesn’t. Sure, most days I try to eat a whole food, plant based diet with plenty of fresh & colorful vegetables, grains, beans and legumes. That doesn’t always happen. As a professional writer and self-published author, there is a…
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Vegan Mince & Mushroom Stroganoff
Back in my non-vegan days, I wasn’t a big fan of any type of stroganoff. I don’t like adding sour cream to warm dishes and overall, I just thought it was too weird and creamy with tough beef. I realize now that maybe it was the cook that was problematic and not the dish, but…
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Vegan Chickpea & Quinoa Tandoori
Let’s just get this out in the open right now; I do NOT have a clay Tandoori oven so, sure, technically this isn’t a real vegan Tandoori. But I used all the delicious flavors that mean Tandoori to me, so here we are. I’m not going to let myself get boggled down in the details…
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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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Creamy Sweet Potato Polenta & Roasted Veggies
I just love it when we have our Midnight Tokyo Diner nights and my partner chooses something that stomps me…at first. Yeah, I’m not ashamed to admit that his request for sweet potato polenta threw me for a moment but after a few minutes of research, my confidence rose and I was like, “I got…
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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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The Spicy Spatula 