Cookbook challenge: Jerk seitan and coconut rice »

When looking through Vegan With a Vengeance to choose recipes for the week, I handed it to Chadwiko for his input. Usually completely lost without accompanying photos, he surprised me by immediately choosing a recipe- jerk seitan. It wasn’t a recipe that had especially caught my eye before, but I figured I’d give in to [...]

Cookbook challenge: Chickpea picatta »

With our new house still resembling some kind of thrilling box factory worthy of a school excursion, I decided that it was time to class up the place. Enter last night’s dinner and my final Appetite for Reduction meal of the week, chickpea picatta. I served this with the garlic and herb variation of caulipots [...]

Cookbook challenge: Fried rice and hoisin-mustard tofu wraps »

Much to my dismay, after one whole day of eating salad for lunch, my clothes have not become immediately baggier. Nor have I become more skilled at sports or general physical activity. But never fear, a few more dishes from Appetite for Reduction combined with my new morning running routine (from the front door to [...]

The cookbook challenge: it begins! »

I’ve always had an insatiable need to buy books, to devour them like the church book burning-mobile is right around the corner and coming to incinerate the words forever. Our bookshelf is overflowing with battered, well-read and pristine, yet-to-be-read titles alike. When I began cooking, I approached my cookbook collection in the same manner. And, [...]