Sriracha brussels sprout chips are like kale chips…but cuter? June always seems like new and shiny to me. It’s the end of spring, beginning of summer, and is when I really feel like shedding any old habits I have. Stress-eating (something that only started this winter), unhealthy sleep habits, lack of exercise… My health took […]
Vegan recipes
Vegan Maple Dip Donuts
Vegan maple dip donuts for animal-product-free Canadian goodness. Friday was National Doughnut Day and to celebrate, I made these donuts! Before my vegan days, my favourite donuts were the Maple Dip donuts from Tim Horton’s because I love maple anything. Maple taffy, maply syrup, maple sugar, maple tea. I adore the woody sweetness that maple famously […]
Vegan Shepherd’s Pie
Vegan Shepherd’s Pie is a veganized take on a classic comfort food. WTF it’s June?! How did this happen? I feel like it was just the other day I was pathetically trying to warm up my hands as I waited for the bus at school. I was bundled in scarves, sweaters, mittens, boots. And now… […]
Rhubarb Raspberry Compote and Trifles!
Rhubarb Raspberry Compote makes these trifles pop with flavour because rhubarb is full of tangy sweet goodness. There’s something that’s so enticing about trifles. The layers, the colours, the fact that you can eat it with a spoon. Is that weird that I particular love desserts I can eat with a spoon? Sorbet, crème […]
Feminism and Fritters (Vegan Crispy Lentil Fritters)
If all you care about are the vegan crispy lentil fritters, scroll down for the recipe. If you want to be an awesome human being, please read this post. TRIGGER WARNING: I mention sexual assault and victim blaming but there are no details. This first time I had ever met someone who told me she […]
Copycat Cactus Coolers
Copycat cactus coolers of the drinks served at Pancho Villa in Ottawa on Elgin St. Living in such a multicultural country is both frustrating and refreshing. I’m most frustrated when I am trying to explain a concept in one language that only exists in another and nobody seems to understand what I mean. The flip […]
