Canadian Thanksgiving ideas
It is almost “turkey day” in my country of birth! Celebrating Canadian thanksgiving as an expat is a win-win situation, namely because it involves inviting a slew of friends over […]
Tag Archives: vegan
A hot, thai mess
Where has the time gone?!? I am working through my back-logged posts so I have a late summer dish to present to you. Summer is long gone over here in […]
Vegan carbonade flamande
Whaaaat? A VEGAN carbonade flamande? That famous Belgian MEAT stew? Yeah you heard me. It all started with a girlie trip to Antwerp. My friend Gloriana ordered her favourite carbonade […]
Mint chocolate chip ice cream
It is late summer and, like many people, I am faced with an absolute glut of mint. We also have some stiff competition for the garden greens. If you are […]
Cooking extravaganza weekend
What do you do when the weather is so miserable? Get your oven mitts, that´s what! So far, we have had a pretty wet and cool summer here in the […]
Taming of the stew
Creating a good, hearty stew has been a challenge that many vegans have undertaken, including myself. How do you replicate the multi-layered, complex flavours that reside in a beef stew […]
Three-ingredient rosée pasta sauce
Good preparation goes a long way. We are quite lucky to have a full size freezer in our house, something that most Dutch households do not have. So we try […]
Almost-instant, three-ingredient pasta
¨I love it when a plan comes together!¨ Truer words were never spoken. I think that one came from Hannibal Smith of the A-Team (yes, I was a child of […]
Strawberry, black pepper and balsamic ice cream
Spring has finally made its late arrival here in the Netherlands and with it comes the first crop of Dutch strawberries! When I bought my first container of berries the […]
Vegged-up noodle salad
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is more renowned for his love of meat than veg. But recently, he decided to scale back on his meat consumption and eat more vegetables. They made a […]
