http://www.mmmtasty.ca Tales of our delicious (and not so delicious!) foodie adventures Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:56:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yes, it can be done! Making flourless chocolate cake gluten-free is pretty easy, since naturally it's already gluten-free. But veganizing it takes a bit more work. The usual recipe takes chocolate, eggs, sugar and butter and turns it into a dense, moist, very chocolatey cake. And the eggs in the recipe ... http://www.mmmtasty.ca/2010/03/04/vegan-gluten-free-flourless-chocolate-cake/ Tonight 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 ... http://www.mmmtasty.ca/2010/02/24/vegan-pad-thai/ One 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 ... http://www.mmmtasty.ca/2010/02/19/sometimes-you-just-need-junk-food/ So, 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 ... http://www.mmmtasty.ca/2010/02/14/daring-cooks/ Mmm. Live. One of my favourite restaurants here in Toronto. I've been meaning to make a post about them for ages, but didn't have any pictures to share, as I have never brought my camera with me when dining there. But the other day I picked up one of their ... http://www.mmmtasty.ca/2010/02/07/delicious-raw-vegan-takeout/ A 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 ... http://www.mmmtasty.ca/2010/02/02/delicious-thai-curry-and-a-challenge/ So for the last few weeks I've been attempting to make a decent, all-purpose, gluten-free loaf of bread at home. I've cut way back on the amount of bread products I eat since going gluten-free, but I still like to have the occasional piece of toast or sandwich. Especially since ... http://www.mmmtasty.ca/2010/01/24/gluten-free-bread-a-work-in-progress/ So about a week ago I realized I had a dilemma. Rich's birthday was a week away and I still wasn't allowed to eat any gluten whatsoever. Now, this may not seem like a huge deal, except every year that we've been together I've baked him some sort of birthday treat. Last ... http://www.mmmtasty.ca/2009/11/08/vegan-gluten-free-birthdays-yes-we-can/ I can't believe I haven't written about this gem here yet. Rich and I had known about it for a while, but hadn't bothered checking it out until I started my rather limited diet. Once we were there, we wondered why we waited so long! Where's this place I'm talking about? ... http://www.mmmtasty.ca/2009/11/04/vegan-and-gluten-free-at-hibiscus/ Yeah, 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 ... http://www.mmmtasty.ca/2009/10/29/tofu-scramble-tempeh-bacon-and-some-whining-oh-my/