Ultimate Flourless Oat Quinoa bars
Flourless cookies are quite popular these days. White flour may be cheap and practical but it does have its toll on our gut health over time. That’s the reason why people have come up with some very creative alternatives. You can use a combination of gluten-free flour, nut butter or ripe bananas. If you are […]
Vegan Salmon Steaks with aioli
Have you ever noticed that there is a plethora of store bought plant-based alternatives for beef, chicken, turkey, and bacon but not a lot of options when it comes to vegan fish products? It is probably only a matter of time until brilliant cooks, food scientists and engineers succeed in developing new textures, flavors that […]
Best Penne All’Arrabbiata
When you are a vegan eating out in a French restaurant you have to be quite creative with the menu, ask questions, find out if they can make simple substitutions, often order from the side dishes. You can pretty much always find spaghetti with tomato sauce (quite boring!) and if you are lucky maybe some […]
Dairy-free Cream of Asparagus Soup with Braised Mushrooms
The great thing about buying fresh vegetables at Costco is that you always great a great deal but unless you are feeding a large family or are good at canning, you are going to have to be creative in finding ways to prepare the same vegetables. If not waste large quantities of fruit or vegetables. […]
Mom’s Ratatouille
Sorry for not posting anything for the past few weeks. My mom peacefully passed away on October 28th. R.I.P. With planning for traveling and preparing for funerals, and everything else that comes with such event, I didn’t have the energy or the time to write. Two weeks before turning ninety two, her soul gently departed […]
Homemade Soy-free Lentil Tofu
If you like tofu but don’t want to eat too much soy beans, you are going to love this recipe. When I think of dishes that could mimic tofu, Burmese-style tofu comes to mind. It uses chickpea flour as an equally high-protein replacement for soybeans but it had a definite chickpea taste that I didn’t […]