The Mythical Daiya Cheese

Vegans here in Toronto have been all a flutter (or should I say all a twitter?) about Daiya over the past few months. So what’s Daiya? Daiya is a company that produces two kinds of  vegan ‘cheese’ products that look, smell, melt and taste a lot like cheese. No, really, they do! Even Rich, who […]

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Daring Cooks April – Brunswick Stew

The 2010 April Daring Cooks challenge was hosted by Wolf of Wolf’s Den. She chose to challenge Daring Cooks to make Brunswick Stew. Wolf chose recipes for her challenge from The Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook by Matt Lee and Ted Lee, and from the Callaway, Virginia Ruritan Club. What is Brunswick Stew? Well, it’s a […]

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Vegan, gluten-free waffles!

It’s been about 9 months since I went gluten-free and almost vegan. In that time, I’ve attempted quite a few waffle recipes, but none of them ever quite worked out. The batter always stuck to the waffle iron too much. I always had it well greased before each waffle was to be made, and I […]

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Awesome Vegan Lemon Bars

I made these a month ago, right after I’d picked up some lovely Meyer lemons from the grocery store. Meyer lemons are not often available here in Ontario, so when I saw them I knew I had to grab a few, even though I had no idea what I was going to make with them. […]

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Daring Cooks March: Risotto!

The 2010 March Daring Cooks challenge was hosted by Eleanor of MelbournefoodGeek and Jess of Jessthebaker. They chose to challenge Daring Cooks to make risotto. The various components of their challenge recipe are based on input from the Australian Masterchef cookbook and the cookbook Moorish by Greg Malouf. Risotto, huh? Risotto was actually the very […]

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