Vegan Sausage Rolls
My son, named Arthur on this blog, is a very fussy eater. Getting him to try new foods involves bribery, corruption and lots of fibbing. This week I decided to try some of the Linda McCartney vegan...
View ArticleTempeh Brown Rice Pattie Burger Thingoes
Yesterday I had a packet of tempeh I wanted to use. I also need to finish off the leftover brown rice I’d cooked. Put those two together and you get the incredibly creative tempeh brown rice burger!...
View ArticleGyros Roasted Tempeh Inspired by Vegan Eats World
So after my gyros seitan experience, I was determined to make the recipe again with firm pressed tofu. But today I thought why not tempeh? I gathered the same ingredients for the Lemon Olive Chickpea...
View ArticleMy Vegan Kritharaki
Kritharaki is a dish common to many a Greek home. It is made using risoni, also known as orzo. This is pasta in the shape of a large rice grain. Lots of people assume it’s rice but don’t be fooled!...
View ArticleMulled Wine on Happy-25th-of-December
The weather was fantastic yesterday (Christmas Day)– sunny but not hot and still ‘cool’ enough for the hot beverages. I saw a cousin I haven’t seen since she was 12. She’s now a towering 18 year old...
View ArticleWide Open Butter Beans
After my visit to Wide Open Road last week, I’ve been thinking about those beans. I thought about them again today when I saw two cans of butter beans in my pantry. I bought canned butter beans ages...
View ArticleMy Family’s Vegan Melomakarona Recipe: Greek No-Honey Walnut Cakes
One of my favourite Greek sweets was always melomakarona (meh-loh-mah-KAH-roh-na), small oil based cakes made with walnuts and finished with a honey based syrup. Cinnamon and orange help round out the...
View ArticleComing Soon: Veganised Sweets Recipes From My Family’s Archives
I’ve been going a bit silly with aquafaba recently. If you haven’t heard of this amazing amazingness, aquafaba is the liquid from cooked (including canned) chickpeas or beans. I’m ecstatic to report...
View ArticleFaye’s Mousse Your Own Adventure Cake
The only fitting way I can begin this blog post is by telling you all that I am super thrilled to share this recipe. I’m trying hard to keep this short but seriously failing! This is a cake my Mum...
View ArticleA Vegan Galaktoboureko: My Family’s Recipe
Here’s another veganised Greek family recipe I’m very happy to share! Thanks yet again to aquafaba (I use canned chickpea liquid for my aquafaba) I was able to recreate this traditional Greek family...
View ArticleLemon Coconut Banana Cake with Aquafaba
We have a load of lemons in the kitchen, thanks to my in laws. I haven’t made a lemon cake in forever and Melbourne’s chilly weather is screaming out for lemon coconut cake! It was all perfect timing...
View ArticleSaraili: Nuts And Sesame In Filo With Syrup
Here’s another one of my mum’s family recipes I’m excited to share with you. Yay for awesome traditional family recipes that are so easily veganised! Saraili (“sah-RAY-ili”) is quite similar to...
View ArticleAquafabulous Pecan Tahini Sweet Potato Banana Bread
This banana bread (with a whopper of a title…sorry) was a bit of an experiment– in other words, I had stuff I needed to use up like aquafaba (the liquid from canned chickpeas), bananas, wholemeal flour...
View ArticleMelomakarona Inspired Scones For International Scone Week
It’s International Scone Week! Well, we’re at the end of it and so I’ve just been able to sneak in this submission with a day to go. This year’s International Scone Week is being hosted by Tandy from...
View ArticleRoasted Capsicum And Tomato Pasta Sauce
I had a kitchen full of red capsicums and tomatoes, thanks to raiding the discount trolley at a nearby supermarket. People of Melbourne (possibly Australia wide), check with your local Woolworths...
View ArticleGiveaway: The Chocolate Yogi And Bonus Recipes! Raw Cherry Choc Brownie and...
*This giveaway is now closed* I first tried The Chocolate Yogi chocolate at last year’s Vegan Day Out here in Melbourne. The Chocolate Yogi were handing out samples at The Cruelty Free Shop and I...
View ArticleVegan Black Coconutty Forest Chocolate Ripple Cake
Happy New Year! Here’s a simple and delicious festive treat you can enjoy any time (that includes breakfast, sssshhh). Chocolate ripple cake is one of those welcome fixtures at maaaany an Australian...
View ArticleBlackstrappy Gingerbready Breakfasty Smoothie
Maybe it’s the time of year and being in denial that my Christmas gingerbread has long vanished, but I’m all about gingerbready flavours right now. In the past I’ve made those pumpkin pie kinds of...
View ArticleSuper Simple Peachy Melba
Did you know it’s Peach Melba Day today? That’s according to the highly official website http://www.daysoftheyear.com. Peach Melba is a great summer dessert– peaches, raspberry sauce and vanilla ice...
View ArticleGreek Soccer Club Style Jackfruit Souvlaki
Growing up in a Greek home meant lots of soccer matches down at the local Greek club. For bigger matches, souvlakia (that’s the plural in Greek) were for sale. The same kinds of souvlakia were always...
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