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Hot & Spicy Vegan Sausage Jambalaya
View recipe: Hot & Spicy Vegan Sausage JambalayaWhen it comes to making a one pot vegan dinner, few dishes are easier or tastier than jambalaya. And my favorite part of making a good vegan jambalaya is that there are just so many options. You can switch out meat alternatives like vegan chicken and vegan sausage and use beans. Or multiple types of…
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How To Be A Better Vegan in 2022
View recipe: How To Be A Better Vegan in 2022I know this is going to seem a little odd since The Spicy Spatula focuses mostly on vegan food and vegan recipes, but that’s really only because my passion for cooking has never waned from living on animal products to giving them the boot from my life. I love to cook and I have since…
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Vegan Sides Great for Any Holiday Dinner
View recipe: Vegan Sides Great for Any Holiday DinnerWith the holidays right around the corner, many vegans will have a tough choice to make. Should I make a side diesh to bring to family dinner and risk that no one will eat it, or should I just show up and hope for something more to eat than salad and dinner rolls? Not gonna…
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Gochujang Spiced Vegan Chicken, Mushrooms & Rice
View recipe: Gochujang Spiced Vegan Chicken, Mushrooms & RiceOkay guys, so I have just discovered the easiest, peasiest Asian style vegan dinner recipe on the planet. Maybe discover is a strong word, but I happened upon a few similar recipes that were decidedly not vegan and decided that they had the makings of a super delicious lazy vegan dinner. Why lazy? Well, put…
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Lazy Vegan Meals ~ Greek Spiced Veggies & Orzo
View recipe: Lazy Vegan Meals ~ Greek Spiced Veggies & OrzoLet’s be honest, no matter how much you LOVE spending time in the kitchen, creating new recipes, veganizing old favorites, some days you’re just not in the mood. Takeout is always an option but if you live someplace that doesn’t have a lot of (good) vegan options, you still have to get in and out…
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Bourbon Vegan Chick’n & Mushrooms w/Barley
View recipe: Bourbon Vegan Chick’n & Mushrooms w/BarleyWay back in the early 2000’s, I lived in Boston and worked for a progressive non-profit organization. It was my second “real” job straight out of college so the hours were long and the pay was crap, but it was Boston, a city me and a very close friend had talked about living in during…
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Vegan Junk Food ~ Vegan Animal Fries
View recipe: Vegan Junk Food ~ Vegan Animal FriesSometimes you have to take a break from your healthy eating regimen and just go a little big garbage-y. Right? I’m not really a person that subscribes to so-called cheat days, at least I try not to be, but if I’m having a craving for something then I’ll just go with it–in moderation–and eat something…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
View recipe: Happy Thanksgiving!I didn’t get a chance to post yesterday because this year I am cooking to celebrate American Thanksgiving for the first time in many, many years. Maybe it’s the lockdown, the lack of traveling or just my insane desire to reconnect with home, but I’m only doing the cooking and celebrating what I am thankful…
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Vegan Egg Roll in a Bowl
View recipe: Vegan Egg Roll in a BowlHello fellow foodies! I’m going to keep today’s post short and sweet because like my American followers, I am gifting myself with a vegan Thanksgiving feast. It’s been a few years since I’ve done the whole Thanksgiving meal but my Romanian in-laws are excited-ish so I have a bit of work to do. But first,…




