My folks are coming down to Toronto this weekend to spend Canada Day with my brother and me. They are arriving this afternoon, so I thought it would be nice to have something sweet to give them after their long drive! No recipe transcription required: I used Vegan Yum Yum’s recipe to the letter. As [...]
Categories: General
Tagged: cinnamon buns, dessert, vegan
Such a nice way to start my morning! Err… afternoon. Adapted and perfected from this recipe! Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups flour 1 tbsp sugar 1 tbsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 1 1/4 cups soy milk 2 tbsp vegetable oil 1 cup fresh blueberries Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. [...]
Categories: Recipes
Spicy squash pancakes Ingredients: 1 cup grated butternut squash 1 cup grated sweet potato 1/2 onion, grated 1 garlic clove, minced 1 egg replacer (use 1 tbsp ground flax seed with 3 tbsp water, or boxed variety) 1 tsp lemon zest 1 tsp dried thyme 1/2 tsp cumin powder 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper 1/2 tsp [...]
Categories: Recipes
Tagged: dinner, pancakes, savory, squash, sweet potato, vegan
Garden pesto Ingredients: 1 large bunch of fresh basil (about 3 cups) 1/2 small onion 4 cloves of garlic 3 wild garlic scapes with bulb attached 1/2 cup olive oil juice from 1/2 lemon salt and pepper to taste Thoroughly clean basil (really, really thoroughly. gritty pesto is le gross) and strip leaves from stems. [...]
Categories: Recipes
Tagged: basil, broccoli, Center Island, dinner, garlic scapes, noodles, pesto, soup, toronto, vegan
Today I went to the University of Toronto’s farmer’s market. It happens every Thursday from 2-5pm at St. George and Wilcocks street. It was just a little market, so I bought something from every stand (except the maple syrup stand… thanks for the syrup, mom & dad!). My haul included: – a bunch of fresh [...]
Tagged: dinner, farmer's markets, mushrooms, pizza, pizza dough, toronto, vegan