Cookbook challenge: Mediterranean feast! »

When looking for new recipes from Veganomicon to try during the week, I found myself marking way too many pages. Rather than just picking the one that sounded most promising and making that, I decided to end the week by choosing four recipes that seemed to go together, and making all of them. This is [...]

Cookbook challenge: Jambalaya and chocolate walnut cookies »

Jambalaya was always one of those things that I’d heard of, but knew nothing about- other than it being the topic and title of an old song I learned in my ukulele class last year. Yet for some reason, Veganomicon’s seitanic red and white bean jambalaya recipe was one of the ones that jumped out [...]

Cookbook challenge: Creole stuffed capsicums and hot sauce tempeh »

When we decided to travel though North America last year, there were a few motivating factors. The main ones were to see friends, visit Comic Con and acquire decent hot sauce. For the most part, the hot sauces readily available here are severely limited in their variety. So to Chadwiko, the resident hot sauce connoisseur [...]

Cookbook challenge: Foccacia, hommus and tamarind lentils »

The new addition has been keeping our house a veritable hive of activity, so week two of the cookbook challenge has gotten off to a slow start. But tonight I was determined to make up for that. This week’s cookbook, Veganomicon, doesn’t need a lot said about it. Everyone has it, and everyone loves it- [...]