Chipotle Daal Rice Burger

This recipe came out of a dilemma I had: I really wanted to make veggie burgers, but we had let someone borrow our can opener and had not yet gotten it back, so I couldn’t open any of the cans of black beans in our pantry. What we did have was a big bag of …

Falafel-Breaded Tofu Fingers

Reasons to use falafel mix as a breading: Falafel is deliciousYou can use the extra to make falafel later There are probably other reasons, but honestly, what else do you need? Falafel mix sticks and crisps up very well as a breading and already has a great mix of spices in it — plus extra …

Easy Steamed Seitan

I was really turned off by seitan the first time I tried to make it. It’s not that I didn’t like the taste or texture, just that it felt like a huge chore to make. It took a long time for me to come around to trying to make it again. What finally won me …

Pigeon Pea & Potato Turnovers

Turnovers seem to be a kind of universal food. Everywhere you look around the world has their own version. And it makes sense. There’s something nice about the portable, all-in-one meal of something delicious cooked inside dough. If you were to classify these ones, they’d be the closest to bolani from Afghanistan since I based …

Not-Too-Bad Vegan Mac & Cheese

This recipe will not change your life. It is not the magical exact copy of the Kraft blue box macaroni and cheese you’ve been searching for since you went vegan. But … It does taste vaguely like cheese, and it has a nice, creamy consistency, and it’s pretty easy to make. It also comes out …

Creamy Broccoli Rotini

Do not make this recipe the way it is written. When I started this blog, I didn’t want it to be a place for perfectly polished recipes. I wanted to share all sorts of the different things I try, the good, the bad, and the mediocre. This recipe happens to be the first one to …

Easy “Meaty” Vegan Burgers

I’ve been through a few levels of vegan inception (veganception?) to get to this recipe. It’s an imitation of a recipe that was an imitation of a product that is itself an imitation of meat. It all started one day when I made a batch of veggie burgers that accidentally tasted almost exactly like Morningstar …