Canh Đậu Hũ Hẹ chay is a Vietnamese homestyle soup that is comforting, light and savoury. Flat chives, shallots, and garlic are the main undertones of flavour for this tofu and garlic chive soup! Growing up, I ate a lot of Vietnamese style dinners where each meal had a protein, a soup, and a veggie […]
Vegan recipes
Vegan Birria Tacos (Quesabirria)
These vegan quesabirria tacos are crisp, juicy, meaty and full of savoury flavour! The vegan birria consommé has a slow heat that builds but together with the vegan birria tacos it is just the right amount of spice. I first was introduced to birria from TikTok last year when it was making the rounds. It […]
Vegan Vietnamese Pizza – Bánh tráng nướng Chay
Bánh tráng nướng is a popular Vietnamese street food that is savoury, rich, and crisp! I’ve made a vegan banh trang nuong with vegan alternatives because I just had to try it. Original Banh Trang Nuong The original bánh tráng nướng is a street food! Vendors cook it on a grill over hot coals, with […]
Vegan Egg Yolk Sauce
In our house, this vegan egg yolk sauce is called “dippy toast”, and it’s always a breakfast favourite! One of my favourite breakfasts in my pre-vegan days was eggs over easy with rye toast, bacon, and coffee. I ate so much of this in university, sometimes at all day breakfast places, or sometimes for brunch […]
Vegan Rabokki Carbonara (Tteokbokki Carbonara)
Korean spicy rice cakes meets cheesy and smokey carbonara, but vegan! This vegan tteokbokki carbonara is rich, spicy, savoury, and perfect for a date night in. This recipe was developed for Violife as a sponsored post on social media, but it’s here on the blog to make things easier to reference with the printable recipe […]
Vegan Tunacado Sandwich
This vegan tunacado sandwich is refreshingly satisfying with the tofu “tuna”, bright lemony pesto, tomato, and avocado. I didn’t understand the hype until I made it! I always resist the viral TikTok recipes like the feta pasta or my washed flour seitan but then I make them and then I get it. TikTok is the […]
