Category Archives: Recipes

Tofu tips and starter recipes from the 31-Day Vegan Challenge

So every few days, the Vegan Challenge participants get an informative email that shares recipes, tips, and other info.  In fact, they have been so informative that even I- a vegan of nearly eight years- am learning new things with each new email!  I thought, is there any reason why these should not be shared [...]

Recipes from the Ottawa Women’s Show Cooking Demo

Hey all: Just quickly posting the recipes I made for the Ottawa Women’s show cooking demo! Bran Muffins 1 cup flour 1.5 cups wheat bran 2 tsp baking powder ¾ tsp salt ½ cup sugar 1 banana ¼ cup neutral oil (like canola) 1 cup soy milk or water 1/3 cup raisins 1/3 cup chopped [...]

Learn to cook inCREDIBLE meals with Credible Edibles

It seems like just yesterday that Credible Edibles was one of Ottawa’s hottest veg-friendly cafés, with Judi Varga-Toth and her crew slinging tofu and ladling out soup at a record pace.  But in a decisive move, Judi recently ceased cafe operations, and converted her business to a full-scale cooking school.  We caught up with the always [...]

Pumpkin-ing things up

By Nadia W. Fall is in full swing, which in my world means leaves are changing colour and, well, pumpkin. The food blogs that I read have been filled with pumpkin recipes, so I developed a hankering to create something with pumpkin myself…despite my lack of baking pedigree. I found this great banana pumpkin recipe online. I know, [...]

Pantry scrounging meal idea: Orange Ginger Cashew Stirfry

By Nadia W. If your household is anything like mine, as the week progresses there is less and less produce to prepare a meal. This was my situation a few weeks ago.  I came home to one carrot, one orange, some broccoli, red and green pepper, and zucchini. In my pantry, I found a handful of raw cashews, some long-grain [...]