every recipe on thanksgiving seems to have the same “fuck it” mentality, with loads of butter and salt and carbohydrates. for example, normally i make mashed potatoes like this, but this year i decided to do the complete opposite. i wanted a lighter dish thrown in the mix, for a little bit of balance on [...]
i spent a lot of time playing around with recipes for a turkey substitute. the idea of a tiny seitan loaf stuffed with tasty stuffing and surrounded by roasted vegetables excited me to no end. i thought i would finally find a lovely way to bring the whole vegan thanksgiving dinner together with a main [...]
this is a recipe i got from my boyfriend. when he first started cooking for himself, this was one of the first recipes he learned – and may i say, mastered. it’s an easy, wholesome recipe that you don’t have to be a seasoned chef to make, it doesn’t even require any blending. it is [...]
i never much liked the traditional green bean casserole, with it’s soggy canned beans and overly creamy sauce. yet i could never help but mentally group it in the upper echelon of thanksgiving foods. it has somehow always seemed just as essential to the dinner as stuffing and mashed potatoes with gravy, it was just [...]
thanksgiving is just around the corner, and the nortoriously carnivorous holiday is probably my favorite chance to prove that vegan food can be comfort food too! this year i’m bringing you five dishes to impress your friends and family with. in the meantime, here are a few to get you started:
herb mashed potatoes with a [...]
this has quickly become one of my new favorite dishes – so quick and easy to simply grate up an eggplant, add some taco seasonings and fry it up for a few minutes. unlike store bought meat substitutes that may contain soy, wheat or high amounts of fat, this recipe is all natural vegetables and [...]
ginger has been used for thousands of years in chinese medicine to treat stomach disorders like persistent nausea, motion sickness, morning sickness, loss of appetite or anorexia. but it also treats mild lung disorders, like upper respiratory tract infections, bronchitis or a simple cold and cough. it reduces toxicity which means it is anti-bacterial, and [...]