sweet potato and quinoa veggie burgers.

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 …

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 …

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 …