VM’s Seitan Spice Mix

Seitan is becoming a popular food at our house. We use it to make Seitan Schwarmas almost exclusively and everybody in this house loves them. I love them not because they taste so fantastic but because they are totally frakking easy to make. Honestly, with a log of Seitan in the fridge, my schwarmas take [...]

Mega Bean Crockpot Soup

It never was a very warm summer. In fact, it was rather cool and rainy in Ontario this year. But, now that school has begun and a cold spell has settled upon us – due to the new weather reality, more tropical storms and hurricanes coming earlier every year – well, this is perfect weather [...]

All Hail Seitan?

With a name like Seitan, I just had to try the recipe. So, I followed the Seitan O’Greatness recipe and created my first homemade log of un-meat. Interesting! Before it was completely cool, my husband and kids started cutting pieces off. I was afraid they’d eat up so much that we wouldn’t have any for [...]

A Moving Breakfast

I found the most fantastically delicious breakfast recipe anywhere, ever! And it’s totally fiberlicious! And it tastes like dessert! Poking around for cool kid crafty/project sites, I found a really nice zine called Root & Sprout. In their archives I came across a super simple recipe for Apple Oatmeal that I had to try. And [...]

Sick Vegan Kids In The News

Another vegan family has become news after their pre-teen daughter was found to have Rickets and degenerative bone disease. Parentdish, a group blog under the AOL umbrella, has posted their story and it’s getting a lot of knee-jerk comments. Truly this is a horrible story, but I have to think that the sick girl’s problems [...]

Is Vegetarian A Useless Word?

A vegetarian doesn’t eat meat. But they still eat meat products like cheese and eggs. In order to eat dairy and eggs, one has to enslave animals and exploit their fertility, most of the time by proxy. Is this any different than eating meat? A vegan would say no. And, taking into account that in [...]

Easy City Guacamole

I hate cilantro, and when I make Tex-Mex food, I usually have salsa, so when I make guacamole, it’s a super simple recipe that is delicious. Easy City Guacamole 4 ripe avocados 4 cloves garlic 4 tsp lemon salt to taste Peel and pit your avocados. Mince your garlic and add it, the lemon juice [...]

Black Eyed Pea Soup

I’ve been thinking of ways to use black eyed peas. This staple of the southern US and soul food cuisines is a nutritional powerhouse. They are high in protein, fibre, iron, folate, thiamine, magnesium, zinc and phosphorus. As a protein element to replace what used to be the meat portion of a meal, you can’t [...]

Middle Eastern Chickpea Soup

Serves 4. 2 TBSP olive oil 1 cup grated carrot 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 onion, finely chopped 2 cups cooked chickpeas (or 1 can) 3 cups vegetable stock 1/3 cup Tahini 2 TBSP lemon juice ¾ teaspoon ground cumin ½ teaspoon pepper ½ teaspoon thyme ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom ½ parsely Saute the onion, [...]

Other Moms On The Journey

Kristen Darguzas, a writer at ParentDish, is also making a big dietary change. She has taken the plunge and is cooking vegan. She is also a mother of a preschooler, so she has similar challenges to me: getting the kids to eat vegan and vegetarian meals. She posted a very tasty (I’m taking that on [...]