When you start to believe that your kitchen has the magical ability to take you anywhere, that’s where the joy in cooking comes for me. As a self proclaimed escape artist, I have packed everything up and left one too many times. For the sake of the story, buying one-way tickets and ending up on neighboring continents is my familiar comfort. Forever captivated by things like a spinning globe or random map, knowing I can point my finger and daydream about a certain destination is fuel for my soul. How to Serve Carrot Dip Recently I sat daydreaming about the…
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Continue ReadingThis recipe has been one of my most highly requested recipes in recent months. I guarantee this one-pot Indian Butter Chickpea recipe will have you sold on garbanzo beans in 30 minutes. It has been one of my go to favorite for a nutritious plant-based meal prep ready in 30…
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Continue ReadingChicago holds a special type of magic for me. I moved to this city about 2 years ago and found a profound amount of peace while skipping through these city alleyways. To many this may just be another American metropolis, but to me this city has opened up a creative…
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Continue ReadingMy love language every single time is sitting in an alleyway with a cheap bowl of spicy noodles. It takes me back in time, to the months spent backpacking through Asia. For a moment, those countries felt like home. With a motorbike to call my own and alleyways begging me…
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Continue ReadingThis plant-based soup only take 30 minutes and it so refreshing. A classic Greek avgolemono soup contains egg and chicken, so I have made a few changes. We have replaced the chicken with some shredded jackfruit and the egg with some unsweetened cashew yogurt. My avgolemono turned better than I…
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Continue ReadingI am a firm believer that you are what you eat. You put trash in your body and you will feel like trash. That’s why whatever it is that I’m cooking, from a messy Sloppy Joe to an elegant blini caviar… I remember that how I treat my food is…
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Continue ReadingOnly in my recipe collection would I go from cooking moms Sloppy Joes to blini pancakes with homemade crème fraîche. We love to see a walking contraction. I like to think that the polar opposites keep me balanced in life. These little appetizers look so fancy and aesthetic but in…
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Continue ReadingAs Veganuary begins in full force, I have been getting many requests for quick and easy vegan recipes. January is the month of rebirth. Resolutions run rampant as everyone plots how they will become the best versions of themselves this year. So whatever that version of you is, I hope…
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Continue ReadingEvery so often I get a dish that takes me far away. The feeling becomes real, that I am right back wandering around the streets of Hanoi in search of a vegan banh mi. Vietnam is where I was taught how to stop eating animals. By wandering through the Asian…
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Continue ReadingThe constant echo of a posh French dialogue is always chiming in the back of my mind. It’s daring me to get the infamous one-way ticket to a cottage in the village, while I pace the flickering cobblestone in search of a hideaway. Preferably one serving a steamy bisque and…