Difficulty: Easy Serves 6 Recently, my mum brought home some Lamyong Vegetarian Tom Yum Paste and I was super psyched to try it. Since seafood is popular around Easter I decided to get in on the action, vegan style of course! Lamyong Vegetarian Prawns put the YUM in this super simple, super tasty Tom Yum [...]
Archive for April, 2011
April 22, 2011
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Hot Cross Buns
By Chelsey in Desserts & Sweet Treats, FoodDifficulty: Medium Serves 16 I thought I would try my hand at some Hot Cross Buns since it is the season and all. I’ve never made them before and was surprised at how simple it was, if not a little time consuming. With all cooking though, it’s the thrill of making something from scratch that [...]
Tags: Easter, Good Friday, hot cross bun, traditional, vegan
April 17, 2011
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Individual Caramel Tarts
By Chelsey in Desserts & Sweet TreatsDifficulty: Medium Serves 4 Caramel Tarts are a classic bakery treat that rarely touch the compassionate lips of a vegan. Textures of a shortcrust pastry base, thick, sweet caramel and light creamy top culminate in the mouth to create a few moments of heaven! I understand that sometimes we can get a little lazy, so [...]
Tags: caramel, cream, individual servings, tart
April 15, 2011
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Triple Chocolate Brownies
By Chelsey in Desserts & Sweet Treats, Food, RecipesDifficulty: Easy Serves 12 One of the most common questions I get from people regarding my veganism is “don’t you miss chocolate?” When you can eat these Triple Chocolate Brownies, missing chocolate is near impossible! I’ve tried many vegan brownies in my time but I until now I had only made them once myself from [...]
Tags: afternoon tea, baking, brownie, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, sweet, vegan, white chocolate
April 9, 2011
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Al’chemy Shampoo & Conditioner
By Chelsey in Haircare, LifestyleWhere to Buy: Visit The Purist Company for stockists RRP: $14.50 per bottle Always looking for new wonderful vegan products, I thought I would give Al’chemy a try. More expensive than some vegan shampoo and conditioner on the market but certainly not the most expensive, I was thoroughly impressed with the results. Al’chemy products are [...]
Tags: Al'chemy, conditioner, haircare, scented, shampoo, vegan
April 7, 2011
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Crispy “Duck”, Fig & Blue Cheese Salad
By Chelsey in Food, Lunch & DinnerDifficulty: Easy Serves 4 Out of the three items in the title, typically only one of these is vegan. With the advent of wonderful meat and dairy substitutes, a slightly more fancy salad is easy to make. We can spend all day coming up with a good title for fake duck but we all know [...]
Tags: blue cheese, Cheezly, fig, mock duck, salad
April 1, 2011
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“Tuna” Salad Sandwich
By Chelsey in Food, Lunch & DinnerDifficulty: Easy Serves 2 This isn’t really a recipe, just a simple serving suggestion for a light lunch or dinner. In saying that, you’d be forgiven for thinking the ingredients and process are way more complex than they are. I used focaccia for mine but it really works with any type of bread you have [...]
Tags: bagel, dinner, focaccia, light, lunch, mayonnaise, tuna, vegan