A collection of vegan gluten-free recipes, good vegan options for those suffering from Coeliac disease or who have general gluten intolerance.
I love Thai food, and especially red curries. I often make regular red curries at home, but yesterday, I made a quick and healthy red curry quinoa. This is a pretty basic recipe. The next time I make it, I will try to make it into a one-pot-meal, but as it is now, it’s still … Read more
Happy spring, everyone! Can you believe that winter is already over? I mean, it may not seem like it out there, but before we know it, it will be July. Time flies! What better way to celebrate the end of winter than with a bright and fresh salad? To be perfectly honest, I actually made … Read more
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
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
I was putting a Christmas gift basket together for my boss this week and I thought it would be nice to include something homemade. These maple spiced pecans are just the right amount of sweet and spicy, and once packaged up in a cute jar with some holiday trim, they make really easy personal gifts. … Read more
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving everyone! I’m posting this recipe for those of you looking for a quick Thanksgiving recipe idea. The bonus is that it’s healthy enough that you could get away with eating it for breakfast. Can you say win-win? I got the idea for this recipe from a magazine years ago, and if you’ve … Read more
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
A great way to enjoy fresh peaches (other than straight up), is to blend them into a cool fresh peach shake. My mom used to make these for me growing up and they’re such an easy and refreshing sweet treat. When most people think of summer, they imagine a slice of watermelon, a tart glass … Read more
When I came across these 15 Tips to Help You Get the Most Out of Your Summer Tomatoes, it made me think about my favorite fresh tomato recipes. So here they are, in no particular order: Fresh Tomato, Basil and Lemon Zucchini Pasta This great little recipe ticks-off so many boxes: it’s gluten-free, low-carb, and … Read more
For today’s post, I’d like to share a raw Pad Thai recipe that my mom made for me when I last visited her in Ottawa. She got the recipe from Chatelaine magazine, but it comes from Julie Daniluk’s Meals That Heal Inflammation cookbook. I love how fresh and healthy this dish tastes! In fact, I … Read more
Are you lucky enough to be enjoying a Thanksgiving meal this year? Some friends of ours are hosting a dinner for all of us American and Canadian ex-pats and I can’t wait to share a couple of my favorite vegan Thanksgiving recipes with them. Having said that, I can only eat so much stuffing, mashed … Read more
The weather has been absolutely gorgeous here in Sydney and summer is just around the corner. However, even though it was warm on Tuesday, I was in the mood for a hot soup. Does that ever happen to you? Perhaps it was because I was feeling a little bit run-down, but I just knew that … Read more
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
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
This Indian potato curry is hearty, fragrant, and perfectly spiced. I love this dish because… It’s packed with protein, unlike most potato curries you get from your local takeout joint. It’s creamy but not too saucy, so you don’t necessarily have to eat it with rice. It’s even better the next day, once all the flavors … Read more
I came up with this Orange Julius protein shake recipe about 10 years ago, back when I first started making protein shakes. One day after my morning workout, I was out of frozen berries to add to my protein shake, but I did have some orange juice and a banana on hand. I decided to … Read more
So many amazing-looking pumpkin recipes have come out as part of the Vegan Month of Food. Are you all pumpkined-out though? I hope not, because I have this “rawsome” contribution! This recipe combines traditional pumpkin pie and my decent discovery of raw vegan cheesecake. Even with the cashews and coconut oil, it’s still a lot … Read more
If you love the carrot ginger dressing from Dojo’s restaurant in NYC, then you’ll love this dressing. It’s great served on a green salad and/or with a Hijiki tofu burger and brown rice. My dad was in the Canadian Armed Forces, so when I was growing up, we moved… a lot! We lived throughout Canada … Read more