Oven-Baked Mexican Quinoa Casserole

Vegan Mexican Quinoa Casserole

Since making the Spinach & Lemon Quinoa Bake in December, I’ve been inspired to create more oven-cooked quinoa dishes. And today I’m pleased to share my latest: this vegan oven-baked Mexican quinoa casserole. Recipe featured on February 23, 2014 — 22 Easy One-Pot Meals With No Meat Why I love this Mexican quinoa casserole It comes together … Read more

Mashed Cauliflower with Roasted Garlic & Chives

A couple years ago, I blogged about a Cauliflower Purée with Mushroom Compote, Seared King Mushroom and Shitake Bacon dish. That meal was awesome but time-consuming. Today, the big head of cauliflower sitting in my fridge inspired me to make a simple vegan mashed cauliflower side dish. I decided to load this up with roasted … Read more

Kale Salad with Creamy Lemon Tahini Dressing

As mentioned previously, I now live really close to one of Toronto’s great Fresh Restaurants and find myself eating there quite often. I’ve come to really enjoy their lemon tahini dressing and decided that it seemed simple enough to attempt to recreate at home. I first worked out this easy tahini dressing a couple months … Read more

Puffed Quinoa Peanut Butter Balls

Puffed Quinoa Peanut Butter Balls - Vegan & Gluten-Free

These puffed quinoa peanut butter balls are the perfect crunchy (yet healthy) treat. They can be ready to eat in under 30 minutes, and they’re naturally gluten-free! I picked up some puffed quinoa at the health food store this weekend and decided to make a little treat with it. I have a deep and unending … Read more

Easy Mexican Chickpea Salad

Easy Mexican Chickpea Salad - Vegan & Gluten-Free

My mom used to make a variation of this Mexican chickpea salad when I was growing up, but she used green onions instead of red ones and didn’t use any cilantro (fresh coriander). I figured that I could get away with red onion since the cilantro adds all that beautiful green color. Go ahead and … Read more

Mushroom Soup

Mushroom Soup

I first came across this vegan mushroom soup recipe last year and absolutely loved it. You see, other than minestrone soup, I normally really only like puréed soups. Well, to be honest, the first time I made this soup, I puréed it before serving it as well. But this week, I made it as-is and … Read more

Broccoli & Potato Soup

Broccoli & Potato Soup - Vegan & Gluten-Free

My family has been making this Broccoli & Potato Soup for years. It’s comforting, healthy, and freezer-friendly.  My partner came home from work with severe flu symptoms yesterday. Aches, chills, sore throat, you know the deal. “No problem,” I thought. “I’ll just go to the freezer and pull out one of the many homemade soups … Read more

Peanut Butter & Jelly Bars

Vegan Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars

When I came across this recipe over at Vegan Good Things back in May, I very swiftly bookmarked it. Anything with peanut butter in it is pretty much awesome in my books. But PB&J? That’s even better. I never thought that it would take me this long to get around to making this recipe, but … Read more

Almost Raw Coconut + Apricot Oat Balls

I’m not really someone who craves sweets, but last week, I got a craving that I just couldn’t shake. In particular, I was craving something coconut-y, but didn’t want to go to the effort of making macaroons or cookies. Ideally, it would be healthy and wouldn’t require turning on the oven. Thankfully, I had a … Read more

Basic Hummus

Basic Hummus

I know, I know… not another hummus recipe! A few of my friends here have asked for my humus recipe, and since I’m heading out of town for a month, I wanted to ensure that they had it before I left. I also wanted to share an awesome little trick that I’ve recently learned which … Read more

Healthy Vegan Quinoa Chili

Quinoa Chili - Vegan and Gluten-Free

About 5 years ago, I veganized my mom’s chili recipe by replacing the ground beef with Yves veggie ground round. I made it like that for years, doubling the recipe, and freezing it so that there was always a warm comforting meal available at the drop of a hat. Then I moved to Sydney, Australia, … Read more

Fried Cauliflower, Chickpea and Swiss Chard

Fried Cauliflower, Chickpea and Swiss Chard - Vegan and Gluten-Free

Back in December, I enjoyed a lovely salad of fried cauliflower, chickpeas and silverbeet at Bodega Tapas Bar here in Sydney. It was hardy yet light with highlights of fresh lemon and toasted cumin seeds. As you can tell, I was making a mental note of the ingredients and flavors because I figured that it … Read more

Roasted Cauliflower in Lemon-Tahini Sauce

Roasted Cauliflower in Lemon-Tahini Sauce - Vegan and Gluten-Free

I came across this recipe for Roasted Cauliflower in Lemon-Tahini Sauce on the Vegetarian Times website and it’s really awesome. While I don’t particularly love raw cauliflower, I do love it in low-carb risotto or simply roasted. Even if you’re not a huge cauliflower fan, I still really recommend trying this recipe. Just roasting the cauliflower … Read more

Roasted Fresh Tomato Soup

Roasted Fresh Tomato Soup - The smell of the fresh tomatoes roasting is intoxicating! Vegan & Gluten-Free.

The best part of this roasted fresh tomato soup (other than the taste), is the aroma that will fill your home when making it! I got a little carried away at the farmer’s market last week and found myself with too many tomatoes. I didn’t really feel like making the obvious thing (pasta sauce) so … Read more

Broccoli Guacamole

Healthy Hidden Broccoli Guacamole - Vegan and Gluten-Free

I bookmarked Allyson from Manifest Vegan’s Ghastly Tortilla Chips & Ghoul-camole back in October. Although I’ve made regular guacamole many times since then, it only just occurred to me today to try her version, which includes “broccoli confetti”. All I can say is WOW! I’m actually a bit mad at myself for not trying it … Read more

Mushroom Tapenade

Two-Mushroom Tapenade - Vegan & Gluten-Free

I printed out this recipe years ago, but have no idea where it came from. I even did a Google search but couldn’t locate it. Anyway, I’ve made it many times and it’s always been a hit, including last week when I made it for a get-together with friends. I’ve only ever used fresh thyme … Read more

Low-Carb Cauliflower Risotto

Low-Carb Risotto - Vegan & Gluten-Free

Vegan MoFo #25 – My favorite risotto recipe is easily my mushroom risotto. I love the creaminess of the rice, and the earthiness of the various mushrooms and truffle oil. It requires opening a bottle of white wine, and I enjoy the process of making it: add broth… stir rice… sip wine… repeat! However, I … Read more