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Easy peasy banana cake!
When I was growing up as a child in my family home, I was brought up to be vegetarian. Vegan food was also commonly incorporated into our diets a lot too (although we were all big cheese lovers so couldn't fully commit!).Being vegan boasts so many benefits, both environmentally and of course for our health. A really great idea you can bring into your family if you aren't willing to declare yourself a vegan, is by having a few days a month dedicated to it! You might learn to love it, and realize just how delicious it can be, and that it isn't all rabbit food! My family have "vegan Monday" every week , which I'm hoping to gradually increase over time. It's a great start, and so much opportunity to find and try new yummy recipes!A favourite of mine is my mum's banana cake. Despite it being sooo delicious and quick to make, the recipe is so very simple! Worth a try right?! The ingredients are commonly found in your kitchen already, prep time is just 5/10 mins. Because it's so simple, its firm favourite to bake with children too!Banana cake is perfect for old bananas that have gone really soft. A bonus in my house, if you have children like mine who decide 1 week they love banana's and demolish a whole bunch in an afteroon.. then the next they could all be sat untouched for days until they are turning black (typical!).
By Anna mouse 5 years ago in Feast
Vegan Lasagna
I started my vegan journey a year ago. I liked the idea of veganism on a conceptual level because I saw plenty of PETA videos about factory farming. It made me physically ill to watch little piglets and cows be physically abused just so I could eat meat and dairy products. I knew that ethically it was wrong to eat meat after seeing these videos. Like most people who jump into a vegan lifestyle, I felt overwhelmed because I realized very quickly that veganism requires a commitment to reading labels and researching preservatives. I then ended up down the rabbit hole of forum posts for vegans. For the first 6 months I always felt unsure of myself... my shopping was taking 3 times as long as normal.
By Elizabeth Grant5 years ago in Feast
Saskatchewan Sweet Rolls: A Blueberry Bannock Recipe For The Adventurous Vegan
For years I have chased a connection to my ancestors. Growing up in a particularly Caucasian community as an indigenous youth, I had very little connection to my heritage. Although my paternal grandmother was a full-blooded Cree woman, her assimilation as a child had been thorough and complete. After being adopted from a residential school my grandmother was raised entirely away from her culture, leaving our connection to the past irrevocably severed. She was stripped of her language and retained none of the ancestral knowledge that should have been passed to her descendants. I have always felt this left a great chasm of unanswered questions in my life. Something essential was missing. History, connection to my truest self, lay vacant in my heart.
By The Creative Chimera 5 years ago in Feast
Light Coconut Cake
Ever since my mother and I won a cake baking contest in her unassisted living facility. This light coconut cake with pineapple filling and cream cheese frosting has been our favorite. I call it light coconut cake because I do not like chewing on coconut shreds so the coconut flavor is not strong in this recipe. If you love shredded coconut please by all means add it to the frosting and it will increase the coconut flavor. I just learned how to make it into a vegan recipe by changing the butter, sugar, and egg whites. Which I am excited to share with you. I hope you enjoy it as much as we have.
By Greer Collins5 years ago in Feast
Versatile Vegan Scones
I love scones. I miss scones. Scones are the perfect treat - not quite a cookie, not quite a muffin. A slightly crunchy outside with a denser, yet tender inside; mildly sweetened and ideal with your cup of coffee. Mmm, so good! But long gone are the days where I could walk into a coffee shop and grab a scone on my way to work with a strong cappuccino.
By Dana Maxwell5 years ago in Feast
Pride-Full Bagels
A burst of color unexpected, I got this idea from the Great British Baking Show! In California, I worked for a company that specialized in care for individuals with intellectual and physical disabilities. The client that I worked with loved to bake, I would supervise my client while they baked. Occasionally, we would play bake with a Play-Doh baking set. I wanted to connect more with my client, I know that I loved to bake as well and thought, hmm? What can we do together that would be exciting? One day while we were watching TV, I turned on Netflix and put on the Great British Baking Show. We saw the most amazing, creative, and simple dish. It was a rainbow bagel! Both captivated by the art, I made a promise to recreate this dish and share my results! This was around Halloween, and I lived in a student artist housing facility. My house had 24 members at the time. I love to cook, and almost every holiday, I would host a party with one other roommate of mine. She and I would make a stunning menu for our house members, and Halloween would be our biggest yet. It would require a lot of work, considering the tediousness of making a rainbow bagel and the amount needed to supply a party. I had waited for what seemed like forever to create this astonishing creation. Here's the twist, a number of my housemates just happened to be vegan. Uh oh! I looked up vegan bagel recipes and you know, bagels aren't bagels without the cream cheese. A majority of the menu wasn't vegan and I wanted to incorporate some items that way everyone could participate. This would be a challenge, but I was up for it. When I was finished, it was worth all of the craziness!
By Michelle Golston5 years ago in Feast
Vegan Gluten-Free Black Bean Brownies!
First off, what does being vegan even anticipate? The word vegan initially defines a diet free of animal-based foods (such as meat, dairy products, eggs, and honey.) Nowadays, the word's definition refers to non-food products. But today, we are going to make Vegan Gluten-Free Black Bean Brownies. Black bean brownies (vegan and gluten-free) require one bowl and about 30 minutes to prepare! One of the best kinds of desserts.
By Ceo Of Dying5 years ago in Feast
What's the Trick to Making Awesome Corned Beef?
The best way to prepare corned beef? That is simple. Beer! Yep, soak (or I should say "marinate") that baby in beer overnight and then simmer it in a bath of beer and water for 6-8 hours the next day. This imparts a wonderful flavor to the meat, as well as tenderizing it.
By Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warrior5 years ago in Feast
