Tag: dinner

  • Vegan Vietnamese Hoagie (Bánh Mì Chay) & Sweet Potato Fries

    Being married to a Vietnamese-American means that I get the low down on all of the restaurants that have authentically made Vietnamese dishes. My husband is a hard critic of Vietnamese food and rightly so. I’ve had a few Vietnamese hoagies (the good, the bad, and the ugly). Yeah, I called them “hoagies.” I’m originally […]

  • Chickpea Shepherd’s Pie

    One of the great things about following hundreds of other VeganMofo’ers is the creativity and variety of recipes you stumble upon. For the first Vegan Iron Chef Challenge, the secret ingredient was chickpeas. I ran across this divine recipe at the Unhealthy Vegan’s blog for a chickpea-based shepherd’s pie. Oh my! It had complex flavors […]

  • White Bean & Cauliflower Soup with Truffle Oil

    One of my all-time favorite vegan upscale restaurants was Horizons in Philadelphia. It is closed for business, as the owners Rich Landau and Kate Jacoby are opening a new restaurant called Vedge (to be open in the coming weeks hopefully). A great recipe that I made from their Horizons: New Vegan Cuisine cookbook is the […]

  • Mock Chicken Noodle Soup

    One of my favorite soups that I’ve made from the endless vegan cookbooks I own is this Mock Chicken Noodle Soup from Vegan Soups and Hearty Stews for All Seasons by Nava Atlas. When given a variety of options of what I dinner I might put together, my omnivorous husband frequently picks this soup. Instead […]

  • Maple-Apple Cider Tofu with Stuffing & Apple Cranberry Chutney

    Around this time last year, I stumbled onto this amazingly creative and delicious recipe by Vegan Dad. It’s a perfect meal for Canadian or American Thanksgiving. The flavors were intricate and, while a little time-consuming to make, the final product was worth it. Here is my picture, but feel free to check out the link […]