This is the second installment in my Learning Curves series. Check out the first post here: ♥ Learning Curve #1: Zero Preparation Learning Curves: What I Did Wrong and What I Do Now (#2 – VEGETABLE FIASCO) For years I had the crazy notion that vegetable-heavy dishes needed dairy in them or…
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Vegan Kitchen Learning Curves: What I Did Wrong and What I Do Now (#1 – PREPARATION)
Vegan Kitchen Learning Curves: What I Did Wrong and What I Do Now #1: ZERO PREPARATION Lack of preparation: the killer of so many good intentions. Anyone who has taken the time to read about the reality of plant based eating, knows that it is easier than most people imagine to get all…
Ten Belly-Filling, Body-Loving Vegan Food Options in Wellington, NZ
Image via Lancia | You might think that Wellington, with its reputation of being a haven for hippies and weirdos (♥ ♥ ♥) would be flush with plant-based food options. Alas, the range of vegan food in cafes, restaurants and food hovels around town is a lot of the time limited to a bowl of…
Pick Me Up Miso Soup
Image via Fancy This one is in honour of my gorgeous friend Amber, who has just begun to dive in to the world of vegan wholefoods! She will be rockin’ it hard in no time! Miso is definitely one of my favourite soups, right up there with this tasty motherfucker , but I had…
KR Guide to Vegan Cheese in New Zealand (& Beyond)
Image via Ffffound 2014 UPDATE 2: Miyoko Schinner, of Artisan Vegan Cheese fame, has opened a commercial nut cheese making facility, to enable her to make her game-changing cheeses available for purchase. Miyoko’s Kitchen delivers throughout the USA. Needless to say, I am well jealous of anyone with an American post code right now….
My 10 Favourites from the Post Punk Kitchen 100
Labyrinth. Always appropriate. Via Trilladamclark @ Tumblr I love Post Punk Kitchen’s annual list of ass-kicking vegan inspiration, the PPK 100, it is totally fuel for my culinary fire. Being a vegan-prone eater in a country like New Zealand is funny sometimes, because dairy is like a religion here; not eating cheese is sacrilegious….
The Joy of Snacking (Ten Fast Vegan Snacks To Make At Home)
Monsters and Marilyns by Jesse Lenz, via Lissa Or Else @ Tumblr Initially, one of the things I found frustrating about keeping a focus on vegan wholefoods was the abrupt removal of 90% of widely available snacking options. I ♥ snacks. Supermarket snack foods and I go way, way back. Instant noodles, flavoured potato chips,…
