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Vegan Pad Thai
Filed in February Vegan Challenge, cooking, February 24, 2010, 11:41 pm by CandiceTonight while finishing up for the day at work I was pondering what to have for dinner. At first I thought I’d just throw together a simple stirfry, since I already had some ingredients for one in our refrigerator. But then I got a sudden craving for pad thai, so printed off my favourite vegan [...]
Sometimes, you just need junk food
Filed in February Vegan Challenge, cooking, February 19, 2010, 7:42 pm by CandiceOne of the stereotypes vegans get labeled with is that everything they eat is healthy. While I will say that many people I know who follow a vegan diet do eat a very healthy, balanced diet, there IS a lot of junk food out there. I mean, come on, look at Vegan Cupcakes Take Over [...]
Daring Cooks February: Mmm, Mezze!
Filed in Daring Cooks, baking, cooking, February 14, 2010, 12:06 am by CandiceSo, I’ve hung up my Daring Bakers apron. It became too time consuming to be converting elaborate recipes containing a lot of eggs and butter into vegan, gluten-free versions. Maybe some day I’ll go back, but for now, I simply don’t have the energy to do it. However, I know I can convert cooking [...]
Delicious Thai Curry, and a Challenge
Filed in February Vegan Challenge, cooking, February 2, 2010, 12:37 am by CandiceA few days ago, my coworker Melissa pointed me at a post on her blog, Oprah and Beyond. It was about veganism and how an article from the latest O Magazine, featuring Ginnifer Goodwin, discussed following a vegan diet. I have not read the article, but apparently Ginnifer makes it sound pretty easy to go [...]
Tofu scramble, tempeh bacon, and some whining – oh my!
Filed in cooking, October 29, 2009, 4:06 pm by CandiceYeah, ok, so I disappeared again for a month.
Truth is, this new diet I’ve been on has been a bit depressing. It wasn’t the gluten-free-ness of it all. It wasn’t the vegan part of the diet. It was the sugar-and-yeast-free stint I had to do, which was the month of September and the first part [...]
