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I’ve loved falafel ever since my aunt Annie introduced me to it as a kid. She took me to a Middle Eastern restaurant outside Montreal and ordered me a plate of vegetarian goodness, including tabouli, hummus, and falafel. At the time, I wasn’t even sure exactly what I was eating, and it wasn’t until years [...]
I love Thai food, and especially red curries. I often make regular red curries at home, but yesterday, I made a quick and healthy red curry dish using quinoa. This is a pretty basic recipe. The next time I make it, I will try to make it into a one-pot-meal, but as it is now, [...]
Happy spring, everyone! Can you believe that winter is already over? I mean, it may not seem like it out there, but before we know it, it will be July. Time flies! What better way to celebrate the end of winter than with a bright and fresh salad? To be perfectly honest, I actually made this [...]
Since making the Spinach & Lemon Quinoa Bake in December, I’ve been inspired to cook up a quinoa casserole in the oven. I went with a Southwest/Mexican theme and was amazed at how well it came together. I have to say that I’m pretty excited by this new and easy way of getting quinoa into my [...]
Merry Christmas everyone! I’m enjoying time with my family and wanted to quickly share some of the yummy food that I’m enjoying over the holidays. My mom made a few desserts that were waiting for me upon my arrival in Ottawa, including homemade apple sauce (my favorite!), Puffed Quinoa Peanut Butter Balls and Everyday Healthy [...]
This is our first Christmas home after living abroad for the past 3 years and I thought it would be nice to make a few homemade gifts for family members that we’ll be spending time with over the holidays. Some Maple Spiced Pecans have been packaged up for the men, and I decided to make something special [...]
A couple years ago, I blogged about a Cauliflower Purée with Mushroom Compote, Seared King Mushroom and Shitake Bacon dish. That meal was awesome but time-consuming. Today, the big head of cauliflower sitting in my fridge inspired me to make a simple mashed-potato-like side dish. I decided to load this up with roasted garlic, chives, and [...]
When most people think of summer, they imagine a slice of watermelon, a tart glass of lemonade, or a bright popscicle. But not me. To me, nothing screams summer like a fresh and incredibly juicy Ontario peach. Lucky for me, they’re overflowing in little cardboard bushels just about everywhere this time of year. A great [...]
I came across this recipe and just knew I had to make it vegan. After a few modifications, it’s now an awesome vegan dish that is even easier to put together than the original recipe. Recipe Notes I replaced the cottage cheese and eggs with vegan sour cream and Ener-G egg replacer. I left the [...]
The holidays are so crazy, aren’t they? From wrapping-up work projects for the end of the calendar year, to finalizing gift shopping and decorating the house, there is often little time to do anything else. Even though I had plenty of notice for a holiday get together with friends a couple weeks ago, I left [...]
The last few months at work have been crazy for me, and that’s left me little time to blog and try new recipes. The good news is that I have a fair bit of time off over the holidays, and I plan on cooking and blogging up a storm. Stay tuned! I was putting a [...]
I’m back to my 3-month trip recap after posting a couple recipes over the weekend. It occurred that some of you may not be familiar with New Zealand’s geography, so here’s a map to help you out. As I wrote about earlier this week, our New Zealand adventure started on the South Island, in Queenstown. Today’s post will cover [...]
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving everyone! I’m posting this recipe for those of you looking for a quick Thanksgiving recipe idea. The bonus is that it’s healthy enough that you could get away with eating it for breakfast. Can you say win-win? I got the idea for this recipe from a magazine years ago, and if you’ve [...]
I totally missed-out on my Thursday and Friday Vegan MoFo posts, so rather than get back into recounting my 3-month NZ and Southeast-Asia travel adventures, I thought I’d share a new recipe with you. As mentioned previously, I now live really close to one of Toronto’s great Fresh Restaurants and find myself eating there quite [...]
Hi everyone! I had a crazy day today, so I’m taking a little break from blogging about my 3-month New Zealand and Southeast-Asia adventure. I’ve been trying to keep-up with all the amazing Vegan MoFo action, and all I can say is WOW! I’m amazed by all the incredible food being shared, but most of [...]
Oh my goodness everyone! I’m really loving Vegan MoFo so far, and I can’t believe all the incredible food that has already popped-up. I’m going to have enough recipes bookmarked to last me until next year. Awesome! And now without further delay, I will (finally) begin to share my great big travel adventure with you! On [...]
Have you heard? It’s Vegan MoFo time! Vegan MoFo is short for Vegan Month of Food, and it’s a full-on blog-fest in which foodie-bloggers share incredible vegan food recipes and photographs throughout the entire month. There are over 600 beautiful vegan food blogs participating this year, and I can’t wait to see what everyone gets [...]
When I came across these 15 Tips to Help You Get the Most Out of Your Summer Tomatoes, it made me think about my favorite fresh tomato recipes. So here they are, in no particular order: Fresh Tomato, Basil and Lemon Zucchini Pasta This great little recipe ticks-off so many boxes: it’s gluten-free, low-carb, and [...]
I’m still working my way through all my travel photos, so my posts over the next few weeks will primarily focus on current happenings (what I’m cooking at home and restaurants that I’m discovering here in Toronto). But don’t worry, all the information and reviews of the things that I ate and experienced during my [...]
Judging by the recent comments that I’ve been receiving, pretty much everyone in the northern hemisphere is looking to beat the summer heat with some easy and fresh-tasting salads. So I thought I’d share some of my all-time favorites with you, including the ones that I’ve been making the past couple weeks, now that I have a [...]
Hello everyone! I’m back in Canada and finally settled into my new pad in downtown Toronto. I can’t wait to share some of my adventures with you, and catch up with everything that’s been going on in the vegan foodie world! If you remember from my last post in January, my partner and I were leaving [...]
I’m not a statistic! My blog isn’t joining the long list of blogs that dwindle down within their first year. This is not my final post, but rather, a little explanation of what’s been happening lately, and what I’ve got planned over the next little while. After having spent 3 amazing years in Sydney, my [...]
Note from Vegangela One Green Planet asked me submit a Thanksgiving recipe again this year. Last year, I came up with some Quinoa-Stuffed Thanksgiving Squash, which is not only beautiful but also filling and nutritious. This year, I decided to prepare something a bit lighter. The full recipe is available on the One Green Planet website and I’ve also re-posted [...]
The weather has been absolutely gorgeous here in Sydney and summer is just around the corner. However, even though it was warm on Tuesday, I was in the mood for a hot soup. Does that ever happen to you? Perhaps it was because I was feeling a little bit run-down, but I just knew that [...]
I picked up some puffed quinoa at the health food store this weekend and decided to make a little treat with it. I have a deep and unending love for peanut butter, so that’s what I went with… Notes The natural peanut butter that I used is not very sweet, so I used 4 tbsp [...]
I bought a big chunk of fresh ginger last week in order to remake my Carrot Ginger Dressing. I adore the smell and taste of fresh ginger and I love using it in my meals because I find that it really “wakes” everything up. The only problem is that I find that fresh ginger goes-off [...]
While the summer doesn’t officially start here until December 1st, the weather has been absolutely amazing lately. Some of our friends have organized a BBQ in the park, and while they’re providing salads, I still thought that I’d make couple things as well. I’ll probably make some Quinoa Salad with Spicy Peanut Dressing or Spicy Black & [...]
With all the excitement of participating in the Vegan Month of Food, I sort of forgot to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Vegangela.com. Working on this blog has been such an enriching experience for me – and even if I were to stop blogging tomorrow, I know that my life has been forever changed by the incredible [...]
Happy Halloween everyone! Can you believe the month is already over? For those of us participating in the Vegan Month of Food, I think the month flew by even faster than normal. I’m really in awe of all the amazing recipes, photos, and information that was shared this year. I’ve added like 100 new blogs [...]
What can I say – I’m a sucker for pasta. I honestly don’t think that I could have been vegan all these years without it. So in honor of Vegan MoFo, I thought it I’d compile a list of my favorites. From the carb-overload variety, to super-healthy options, here are my all-time favorite pasta recipes (in [...]
When my fiance and I moved to Sydney almost three years ago, we tried many of the city’s sushi restaurants. From sushi trains to high-end establishments, we searched high-and-low for a spot that was equally good for him (the omnivoire) and I (the vegan). For a while, we were pretty obsessed with Tokonoma in Surry [...]
I was in the mood for some comfort food on Friday night but I was looking for something more exotic than plain old pasta. Problem was, my fridge and pantry was pretty sparse: 1/2 bag of fresh baby spinach a couple blocks of tofu potatoes onions a few cans of diced tomatoes a few cans [...]
I had such a lovely day in Sydney today. My fiance and I spent the day with another couple who invited us to join them on a little stroll around Sydney’s Paddington and Surry Hills neighborhoods. In the late afternoon, were walking down Crown street and decided to have a quick bite at one of [...]
I woke up this morning to a wonderful surprise. My Raw Vegan Pumpkin Cheesecake made Friday’s Vegan MoFo roundup. Check out the roundup if you haven’t already – I’ve bookmarked pretty much everything else that was featured! I came up with this recipe about 10 years ago, back when I first started making protein shakes. [...]
So many amazing-looking pumpkin recipes have come out as part of the Vegan Month of Food. Are you all pumpkined-out though? I hope not, because I have this “rawsome” contribution! This recipe combines traditional pumpkin pie and my decent discovery of raw vegan cheesecake. Even with the cashews and coconut oil, it’s still a lot [...]
Oh my goodness you guys, I totally dropped the ball this week! I felt like such a Vegan MoFo rockstar last week – making the roundup not just once, but twice, and managing to post something everyday. I was even all caught-up with the my RSS reader, but now it’s back at over 1,000 unread [...]
Hi everyone! Today’s post is going to be short and sweet, as I’ve been out all day and I’m heading out in an hour to meet friends for dinner. This afternoon, my man and I spent a few hours on Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach, and then we came home to do some hill running around [...]
Last night, my man and I decided to check out the Night Noodle Markets, which are just one of the events taking place as part of the Sydney International Food Festival. While many of the events aren’t very vegan-friendly (don’t worry, they’ve heard plenty from me!), I always manage to find a few things at [...]
Oh my goodness, I’m so stoked! My Hijiki Tofu Burgers & Carrot Ginger Dressing made the Vegan MoFo roundup yesterday! That means that along with my Gnocchi Potato Salad with Green Beans & Quinoa, I made the Vegan MoFo roundup twice this week?! I’m super honored! Many people seemed to enjoy my Vegan MoFo Roundup post, [...]
My dad is in the Canadian Armed Forces, so when I was growing up, we moved… a lot! We lived throughout Canada and the United States (where I attended high school). All in all, I attended 9 schools and got to experience and see first-hand a good portion of those great countries. However, many of [...]
This is going to be a quick post as I didn’t have a lot of time today. However, I still want to get a post out and keep my Vegan MoFo mojo going strong for the rest of the month! I first came across this recipe last year and absolutely loved it. You see, other [...]
Yay! I’m so honored that my Gnocchi Potato Salad with Green Beans & Quinoa made yesterday’s Vegan MoFo Roundup! Thanks to everyone for their comments and support. Seems I’m not the only gnocchi-lover out there! I’m still playing catch-up with all the awesome Vegan MoFo posts in my RSS reader. My goal is to be [...]
Yesterday was pretty much a perfect spring day here in Sydney, Australia. It was 22C and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky in the afternoon. After walking about 6k around the city, and then going for a 5k run/walk in the beautiful Centennial Park, my man and I were looking forward to eating a [...]
Despite vegan vegan for many years, I’ve never attempted to make my own vegan cheese. The process always seemed a bit daunting and since I went vegan in the Southern United States in the mid-90s, I quickly got used to living without cheese alternatives (or any processed vegan food for that matter!) Sure, I love [...]
It’s been a while since I’ve written a piece for my “What’s That?” series and tomorrow’s post will feature this ingredient, so I figured this was a good time to talk about Agar. But before I do that, let’s talk about gelatin. I think PeTA put it best when they said: “It’s probably no coincidence [...]
I realized today that I had two very ripe bananas that I needed to use ASAP. With the price of bananas in Sydney hovering around $13/kilo at the moment, there’s no way that any banana in this house can go to waste. Being a temporary ex-pat, I have limited kitchen supplies. I don’t own a [...]
My man came home from work with severe flu symptoms yesterday. Aches, chills, sore throat, you know the deal. “No problem,” I thought. “I’ll just go to the freezer and pull out one of the many homemade soups I’ve stashed there for precisely these types of emergencies. I’m so awesome!” But just as I was [...]
As much as I’d like to, I don’t get the chance to visit a farmer’s market each week. The truth is that I tend to do most of my shopping at regular grocery stores. In Sydney, this means Woolworth’s (Woolie’s for short) or Coles. While they don’t stock every vegan ingredient, they do carry most [...]
Last night, I had the pleasure of eating at Flying Fish, a fine dining restaurant with breathtaking views of Sydney Harbour at Jones Bay Wharf, Pyrmont. My fiance and I were invited by our friend Anne-Marie who had planned an extravagant all-expenses-paid surprise birthday dinner for her boyfriend Gareth’s 30th. It was an honor to celebrate [...]
