Savoury
Saturday came bearing muffins & a foodie photoshoot
It’s been a long while since I’ve held a photo shoot in my kitchen. This probably means two things: 1) I have a kitchen again! 2) I have my Canon SLR camera again! (after 3 months of travel, I had neither of the two, and sorely missed them both. And thus is how my Saturday [...]
Surprise Sourdough Success
I can’t believe after royally messing with my recipe, I managed to produce a perfect loaf of vegan, gluten-free sourdough bread. Go figure. Here I attempt to recount my roundabout recipe in hopes that others may have similar successes.
Chicken Soup for the Sickly Soul
Oh man, was I sick last week. Somehow I managed to have a 24-hr flu at two separate occasions in one week. That’s 48 hours of un-fun-times folks. Once my stomach regained its sense of gravity, it called for something warm, easy to digest, and most importantly, super easy. This one checks off all three.
Substituting Gluten-Free Flour in Baking: How To
I often have trouble finding fully Emily-friendly dessert recipes… it’s no wonder really, since most baked goods contain about 75% Emily-unfriendly ingredients such as wheat, sugar, eggs, and/or dairy. I’ve gotten pretty good at veganizing recipes, and it’s even getting easier to translate cane sugar to maple or agave. The last bastion, though, has proven [...]
"Cheese" please
I always get a kick out of vegan recipes that call for “cheese”. As if whatever combination of nuts, nutritional yeast, and soy sauce would yield something that actually tastes remotely like what comes from an animal. Last night I tried out one of said “cheese” recipes that I found on the internet, using nutritional [...]
Day 6: Chickpea Pancakes
Never let “Chreese” let you tricking you into thinking its cheese.
Day 5: Back to the Bowl
Yesterday morning was a bit of a rush job, but I was determined not to slide. I pulled out the old multi-task hat (actually it rarely gets put away) and made a ‘cheesy-rice-broccoli-hummus’ bowls for breaky. This is one of those “mess-in-a-bowl” recipes that may not look that awesome but rates high on the ease [...]
Day 4: Polenta Success!
Ok, I’ve picked myself off, dusted myself off and have moved on in the world of savoury breakfasts. Today I made a successful foray into another previously uncharted territory of corn. I made polenta! But first, a few thoughts: In my week of savoury breakfasts, I am definitely noticing a striking resemblance of my breakfast [...]
Local Garlic: Like Mangoes off a Tree
Have you ever been to a tropical country and eaten your favourite tropical fruit, be it pineapple, mango, or banana, and noticed how incredibly awesome it tasted? If you have, the “yum” moment was probably closely followed by an “ah-ha” moment when you realized that the imports we receive here in Canada can’t possibly compare [...]
Salad Club
As a kid I was constantly trying to bring people together through ‘clubs’. I think it was the Babysitters Club books that inspired me initially…but that desire to socially convene people has lived on, and generally in a less ‘members-only’ way. Nevertheless, whenever I hear about clubs, my ears perk up hearkening back to times [...]
Crunchy Quinoa Carrot Biscuits
sugar-free, gluten-free, vegan AND TASTY Finally, a baked good I can eat! Makes a great savory, über healthy breakfast or snack. Can be put into muffin shapes or plopped onto a greased cookie sheet like tea biscuits. Makes 12 small or 10 big biscuits Ingredients: 1.5 c quinoa flour 1/2 c brown rice flour 1/2 [...]
Iron(ic) Chef: Vegan Round
It’s been a few weeks now since I told the world about my blog and I haven’t posted since! This is a big no no in the blogging world I am sure, so I apologize to those who’ve come back looking for new material and were disappointed to find it sorely lacking. I had put [...]
Vegetables for Breakfast?
I can’t say enough good things about green things…including vegetables. If you know me this will appear to be particularly ironic, given my longstanding standoffish behaviour towards this food group. It’s something I’ve had to face with the whole going vegetarian thing. I will openly admit to having once been a sugar-craving carb-fiend that considered [...]
Warming Winter Soup
I have to admit, I’m not always sure what to do with a lot of root vegetables. And it being the winter and all, we tend to always have a drawer full of them slowly wrinkling away. Quite the sad state. I thought today that those veggies needed a superhero: someone to accept them for [...]
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