Category: Vegan
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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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Creamy Vegan Mushroom Tetrazzini
Whenever I think of tetrazzini, instantly I’m propelled back to the 90’s when my former step mother would make this dish with leftover dry chicken (or turkey if it was just after Thanksgiving) and mushrooms and some cream-type style. It wasn’t my favorite dish back then, other than the fact, you know, that pasta is…
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Vegan Meatball Stew & Creamy Polenta
Nothing is better than a nice stewy dish when the weather is cold, and let me tell ya, the weather here has been COLD!!! I was really in the mood for a hearty vegetable stew but my partner wanted me to make creamy polenta so I split the difference and added a lot less broth…
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Spicy Mushroom Vegan Tacos
Taco Tuesdays are a thing in our household, then again we can have tacos or burrito bowls or fajitas or mole, pretty much any night of the week. Mexican cuisines is not only super delicious, but with the abundance of beans in many recipes, it’s really easy to make vegan Mexican food at home. Any…
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Vegan Bacon w/ Cheesy Broccoli Linguine
What do you do when your latest order of vegan food arrives in the mail and vegan bacon is inside? You make some version of vegan carbonara, but you don’t call it carbonara because all the Italian food purists will throw a giant hissy fit. My partner made a simple request, vegan pasta carbonara and…
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The Easiest Vegan Sweet Potato Pie EVER!
Although Thanksgiving in the United States has come and gone, the season for sweet potato pie is still upon us and I, for one, think that as long as you can find sweet potatoes then you have time/room for pie! And when it comes to making vegan desserts, I know that sometimes all the substitutions…
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Visch & Chips – Vegan Fish & Chips: Take Three
I know what you’re thinking because I’ve been thinking the same thing myself, when is this woman going to give up on her quest for a proper vegan fish and chips? The answer is, “Probably a few more times.” Seriously though, this time my goal wasn’t to make this dish taste anything like vegan fish…
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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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Vegan Cake Fusion ~ Apple Crumble Coffee Cake
I don’t know about you guys out there in the world, but sometimes I find myself binge-watching food videos on YouTube because, well, what else is a vegan foodie to do for inspiration? Sometimes I see things that are WAY beyond my cooking capabilities and it turns out…not so great. And other times, well other…
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Couscous & Vegan Mince Stuffed Mushrooms
I love mushrooms. They are just…delicious. You can use them as the ‘meat’ replacement if you’re just starting to transition to a vegan diet or lifestyle because they are sturdy and heavy and did I mention, delicious? You can grill them, fry’em, roast them in the oven or pop them in the air fryer. These…
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The Spicy Spatula 