Vegan Okara Oatmeal Carob Chip Cookies
Cooking with okara (soybean pulp) is fairly common among vegans, in their effort to put the fiber rich bi-product of homemade soy milk to good use. Even without okara however, you can make...
View ArticleWarming Up to Vegan Masala Chai
Making a vegan tea masala is so simple, it's silly, but that was before I realized anything is possible without animal ingredients. It may take some time getting used to the taste of non-dairy tea...
View ArticleEasiest Vegan Breakfast Recipe – Bircher Muesli
Breakfast is one of the easiest meals to veganize, and Bircher muesli is one of the easiest and best-tasting examples. Typically made with dairy products, such as milk, cream or yogurt, this vegan...
View ArticleDo You Like Coffee in Your Milk, or Milk in Your Coffee?
With exception of hard-core coffee fans--vegans and omnivores alike--almost everyone loves Starbucks. Among regular customers are those who crave coffee, and those who crave sugar and dairy...
View ArticleMake Your Own Nut Milk Lately?
Being able to make staple foods usually bought from a store provides a great sense of self-reliance, and preparing nutritious almond milk is quick and easy (especially so if you're a cow). Raw almonds...
View ArticleWhat Am I Going to Eat for Lunch?
Traditional Middle-Eastern hummous is a favorite of both vegans and omnivores alike. Recently, I’ve been making it with sprouted lentils and chickpeas, and while it tastes different than hummous made...
View ArticleVegan Pesto Brings Everyone Together
With dinnertime fast approaching, I took inventory and decided to make a basil spinach pesto with cauliflower--withholding the miso or nutritional yeast I usually include--to allow guests to use grated...
View ArticleVegan Lemon Cake for Every Occasion
As promised, I've continued my quest for a vegan lemon cake recipe that matches the best of non-vegan lemon cakes. I tried both of the lemon cake recipes from Fairfoods (a bakery and caterer located in...
View ArticleTwo Delicious Recipes for Whole Buckwheat
Full of protein, vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients, "Buck-wheaties" are the simplest whole grain breakfast cereal of all time. Unlike Kasha--which are roasted buckwheat groats--Buckwheaties are...
View ArticleIs HPP Juice Worth Your Gold?
Just a year after receiving my Starbucks Gold Card, recently the company emailed me that my Gold rewards status had fallen back to green and I had “lost all my Stars.” Dear Me! A life-long coffee...
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