It may seem crazy to pair chocolate and chickpeas, but damn, it’s a thing. We’ve made chocolate chickpea cake before and that is a great cake. Really, what are chickpeas but flour waiting to happen. So basically this is just
Chocolate Hummus Dip
Ten Things I learned About Human Meat Consumption
For some reason I got to thinking about the human history of eating meat. So many of the people we talk to can’t imagine not eating meat and this is potentially a real problem for future generations. To a large
Canada Day Sailing on the Ottawa River
During summer number two of the Covid pandemic it was extra special to have the boat as a way to get some sanity time.
Chocolate Black Bean Cake
Well it was someone’s birthday this week. Not saying who but she is once again much older than I am…. Birthdays are always a challenge because you might end up having family around and they might not be eating plant
The Creamiest Broccoli Soup Vegan and Gluten Free
In the winter months Kyla becomes the soup master around here. Her go to is a lentil soup that’s packed with protein and hints of curry. Every now and then she likes to switch it up with something a little
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Whenever we go to Costco it seems that we end up with a tonne of bananas. Inevitably a few get eaten but the rest get over ripe and find their way to the freezer. This might sound like a bad
Better Than Store-bought Seed Crackers
Around Christmas time Kyla bought a box of “house brand” seed crackers from a local specialty grocer. These crackers were pretty good, made with lots of seeds and good stuff but still light, crisp and not too dense and hard
Tam Som Salad (Green Papaya)
A good friend of ours moved to Thailand many years ago to act as the foreign recruiting agent for a Muay Thai school. It’s always great to hear from her and she often has some pretty good, authentic Thai meal
Broccoli and Tofu Stir Fry
For years the only game in town for veg was a buffet style restaurant called the Green Door. We always considered it a bit of a treat to head across the city for their huge selection of veggie treats. One
The Skinny on Nutritional Yeast
Nutritional yeast is a popular condiment in plant based cooking. The Latin name for nutritional yeast is Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and is in the same family of yeast that is used in baking and brewing. Nutritional yeast however is quite different