Sweet potato and quinoa veggie burgers. Meatless, high in fibre, and gluten-free! Could you get any more righteous??? Don’t worry, I smeared Kraft mayonnaise and store-bought relish on top – keepin’ it real, yo. But then I garnished it with homegrown alfalfa sprouts. Also keepin’ it real…?! This recipe was based off of one by …
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gomae!
Gomae! My new war cry! But also the Japanese word for a side dish of vegetables and sesame dressing. Gomaaaaeeee!!! I first ate gomae during a lovely party held at a Japanese restaurant a few weeks ago. It was a terrific and well-timed discovery, as I had just bought a gigantic, 1 kg bag of …
Portrait of a gluten-free ginger carob cake.
Celiacs rejoice! (Cue angelic trumpets, round cherub babies gathering on ceilings, and gold leaf trim.) Here is a gluten-free version of the vegan gingerbread cake from a few weeks prior. Through stealthy research on the Internet, I came upon the decision to replace each 100 g of all-purpose flour with 115 g of a mix …
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Balls, baby!
Mmm, balls. It seems that the darling snack of the vegan/yoga/healthy/holistic world are these little round packages that are often raw, made with nuts to give a punch of protein, perhaps some oats for fibre, maybe dried fruit for sweetness, and chocolate to satisfy all females. As I become slightly stricken with panic if I’m …
Lemon-on-on
So apparently gluten-free foods are super sexy right now. It seems that more and more people are being diagnosed (by themselves and otherwise) as having celiac disease/wheat intolerance. Perhaps it is due to our changing environment (damn those pesticides/preservatives/anything deemed unnatural/the government/plastic water bottles/slash punctuation marks), or perhaps it is simply greater awareness of intestinal …
gluten free vegan awesomeness.
I’ve been baking gluten-free, vegan goodies for my friend’s farmer’s market stall. It has been a fun experiment thusfar! I’ve made brownies with pea fibre, muffins with buckwheat flour, and the most recent creation have been blondies (brownies without cocoa powder in the batter). Yay!