Brrrr! Today is the first day it has really felt like Fall in Victoria. So much so that I immediately yanked out the slow cooker at 7 am this morning to warm my house with the scent of an all day stew. Yesterday I took the book, Sporkfed , out of the library. I’ve been perusing it, but gingerly. When I was in highschool, for some reason–perhaps it was related to the fact that, during my initial exposure to Monty Python, the word/concept of SPAM was the only thing I could actually... READ
Since nobody has entered my super-duper-you-will-like-what-you-get challenge yet, I am opening it up to the States too. Come on Canada! You don’t want a Thanksgiving challenge prize to go to someone from a nation where the holiday occurs way too darn close to X-Mas, do you???? “Hey! You remember the harvest? Horn’o'plenty and whatnot? I totally heralded that! Yeah. Good times. Seems like it was just yesterday, right? That’s because IT WAS!!! Also, we should probably talk... READ
Well, it’s only day three of Vegan Mofo 2012 and, as I expected, my atrociously busy month is already getting the better of me! I have a deliciously Autumnisinal (I’m not too busy to make up words, apparently!) recipe coming at you tomorrow, but for now, let us take this day to reminisce about the lazy, hazy days of summer. Days when salad was all you needed to sustain you until your next craft beer. Yes, salad days. I didn’t really fall in love with salad until I gave up gluten... READ
Think I’ll be able to rhyme-title all my posts this month? Today’s MoFo is brought to you in part by a Victoria institution: Rebar Modern Food. Chances are if you are even slightly veggie oriented you have mad a point to hit this adorable restaurant nestled in what used to be a bank vault in historic Bastion Square. I happen to have it in good authority that the currently siteless Rebar is about to make a huge splash on the web, but until then, let’s look at another aspect of this... READ
Whoah, October! What the heck are you doing here already? And what have you brought with you? Vegan MoFo 2012, the Victoria Marathon (8k) and Disneyland? Aaaaaiiiiiiiahhhh! Due to the sheer craziness of this month, I will be keeping my MoFo posts very short and sweet (and sometimes savoury) this year. Since transitioning to a clean-eating, gluten-free diet in March, I have never felt better, so I will use Vegan MoFo to highlight some of the amazing gluten-free vegan food out there and chronicle... READ
Strawberry Ginger Surprise Muffins The Green Cuisine Vegan Restaurant, located in Victoria, BC, is my tasty little oasis in a seafood-y town. Their muffins are giant and delicious, but very heavy in the oil department. I’ve adapted this recipe to cut out the oil and amp up the flavour (read: more ginger! lots more GINGER!) I also substitute brown rice flour because the cakier texture really complements my final addition, the explosive fruit... more
