Vegan MoFo day 27: Brought to you by the letter J »

While Chadwiko undoubtedly loves street food from all around the world, these’s one dish that he near-constantly requests at home- jerk seitan. I can’t blame him. Jamaican jerk seasoning is unlike anything else, spicy and smoky and absolutely delicious. Jerk seitan was a natural choice for a MoFo meal (a natural choice if I wanted [...]

Cookbook challenge: Spanakopita and cupcakes »

This weekend was a busy one in the Wiko household, and no one was busier than Hank. My parents came over to visit us for the weekend, in a thinly veiled excuse to meet their grandpup. Ever the charmer, he won them over despite his immediate wanton destruction of the new cuddly toy they’d bought [...]

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: Chilli and pad thai »

So in my last post, I was on the fence about the recipes I’d tried from Urban Vegan. Not anymore. Not since last night, when (despite the ridiculous heat) I made one of the recipes that I’d seen strongly recommended from the book. Chocolate-chipotle chili. I made this because it was one of the recipes [...]