Category: This & That
FOUND! Better Replacement Travel Lids for the Ninja Foodi Smoothie Blender!
Yay! We found replacement travel & sip lids for our Ninja Foodi smoothie & bowl blender, and they are MUCH better than the sip lids (i.e. travel lids) that come with the blender (official name “Ninja Foodi Smoothie Maker & Nutrient Extractor”, which is, yes, a mouthful).
Fabulous Bircher Muesli Recipe – the Original Healthy Overnight Oats Recipe That Doesn’t Have to be Overnight
Did you know that the healthy overnight oats recipe fad is based on the Bircher muesli recipe which is more than a century old? The whole overnight oats recipe fad seems to have exploded on the scene along with Covid, but back in the 1900 (that’s no typo) Dr. Max Bircher invented the original overnight oats recipe, and called it muesli. Prescribing it for his patients, Birchermüesli, named after the good doctor, or, simply, müesli, became a staple breakfast food; muesli is a derivation of “mus”, which basically translates to “mush”. Dr. Bircher’s muesli was made by – wait for it – soaking rolled oats, and adding some other yummy stuff to it. The original Bircher muesli recipe involved soaking the rolled oats in water overnight, and then mixing them with milk or cream, some nuts, some lemon juice, and then grating an entire fresh apple into the mixture, stirring and eating. The lemon juice was to keep the apple from browning. By the way, it doesn’t even have to soak overnight, in modern times that whole thing is more about the convenience (stick it in the fridge before you go to bed, it’s ready for you in the morning).
The Best Vegan Chili Dogs Recipe – Just in Time for the 4th of July!
Vegan chili dogs! Get your vegan chili dogs! (Note, it’s ‘chili dog’, not ‘chile dog’; chile refers to the pepper, Chile refers to the country, ‘chili’ refers to the mixture of spices and beans or meat). This vegan chili dog recipe is going to fill a void for something that you may not have even known you were missing: chili dogs! As any chili dog aficionado will tell you, the sort of chili that you use to top a hot dog, to make it a chili dog, is very important. Typically the chili for a chili dog has no beans, and no vegetables, just pure meat. So how to create an authentic yet vegan chili dog? TVP, baby! TVP, and the right sauce and spicing. Here you go!
The Top Recipe Websites for Gluten-Free Vegan Recipes (That You’ve Never Heard Of)
These are our picks for the top recipe websites for vegan, gluten-free recipes. Adhering to a gluten-free vegan diet plan is challenging enough, finding gluten-free vegan easy recipes is often even more difficult. Our criteria for inclusion in this list of top vegan and gluten-free recipe sites is that the casual, or even harried cook will be able to make their recipes without too much fuss, or exotic ingredients.
Easy Peasy Gluten-Free Vegan Coconut Bacon
Our easy peasy gluten-free vegan coconut bacon recipe can be whipped up and ready to eat in just 20 minutes, and it’s delicious! This vegan coconut bacon recipe is the third recipe we offer for vegan bacon or vegan bacon bits. The first is for vegan bacon made from dulse. The second is for vegan bacon bits made from textured vegetable protein (TVP). The third, this one, is for vegan bacon made from coconut. Coconut bacon has been around, and even ‘all the rage’ for a bit now, and so we have, we believe, perfected it. This is the vegan bacon that we use in our gluten-free vegan egg cups, which are like vegan mini frittatas.
Get Tested for Gluten Sensitivity through Our Partnership with HealthLabs
We’ve partnered with HealthLabs to offer you a gluten sensitivity test that costs only $29 through a lab near you, no doctor referral needed!
It’s So Easy to Make Your Own Homemade Tofu That You Won’t Even Believe It!
You will not believe how easy it is to make your own homemade tofu, and once you do you will never go back to store bought tofu! There are so many advantages to making your own tofu at home, not the least of which is that fresh, homemade tofu tastes…
Homemade Dual Ingredient Baking Powder Recipe – Gluten-Free, Vegan, and Aluminum-Free!
This homemade baking powder recipe is gluten-free and vegan, and it’s so easy to make that you will never run out again!
The Best Homemade Gluten-Free All Purpose Flour Mix Recipe! Easy to Make, Clean Ingredients and No Potato Starch!
This is the best, cleanest, homemade gluten-free all purpose flour recipe that we have found! It has no potato starch, and is easy to make!
Meat Glue: the Secret Non-Vegetarian Non-Vegan Ingredient that Is Used in Tofu and Other Things
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the supermarket, meet Meat Glue. Just what is Meat Glue? Meat Glue’s chemical name is transglutaminase, and it is sold under the brand names Activa and Moo Glue.
How to Eat Healthy on a Budget
Following a tight budget or looking to get the most food you can for your money? Want to eat healthy while you’re spending frugally? There are many ways you can eat great while keeping to a budget or when you simply don’t feel like spending hundreds of dollars every week on groceries.
Humane, Slaughter-Free Cheese
Why are we posting about humane cheese on a vegan site? Because we are so thrilled to discover a small, slaughter-free dairy farm that is dedicated to providing a wonderful life to their cows, treating their cows as family pets, never slaughtering them – male or female – and who…
Review of Kite Hill’s Vegan and Gluten Free White Alder Artisanal Cheese
Vegan and gluten-free cheese has come a long way. Gone are the days of unpalatable soy cheeses with crumbly or rubbery textures. Not only are delicious every day vegan cheeses available, but so are artisan vegan cheeses such as those made by vegan cheese company Kite Hill.
Parmela’s Creamery Vegan and Gluten Free Cheese
We love our vegan and gluten-free cheese, especially when it’s non-GMO. Parmela’s Creamery, which started out with their signature product, parmesan-style cheese, will not disappoint. Their vegan cheeses are fermented like regular dairy cheese, offering a whole new vegan cheese experience.
Neat Meat Gluten Free and Vegan Meat Replacer
Natural Foods Expo West has come and gone in the city of Anaheim, and it did not disappoint. This yearly conference is a who’s who of natural foods and it did not disappoint this year. From cashew ice cream, to coconut fake bacon, to the finest organic and vegan juice cleanses, the offerings were delicious and bountiful. One product that stood out is the gluten-free, vegan meat called Neat.
Miyoko Schinner’s Vegan and Gluten-Free Rejuvelac
Rejuvelac is a fermented liquid that is the perfect culturing agent to make vegan cheeses. Here is vegan cheesemaker Miyoko Schinner’s recipe for rejuvelac.
Vegan and Gluten-Free Cold & Flu Care Kit
While we normally focus on vegan and gluten free meals, books, and food products, it can be challenging to find other consumables that are both vegan and gluten-free. For instance, what do you get to cheer up your favorite vegan and gluten-free loved one who is ill? We have all the products you need to put together a vegan and gluten free cold and flu kit that will put a smile on anyone’s face.
Gluten-Free and Vegan Parmesan Alternative, a/k/a Poor Man’s Parmesan or Pangritata
You can make your own vegan parmesan alternative! Known as Poor Man’s Parmesan or Pangritata, it’s quick, delicious, and easy! Here’s the recipe
Our Top Five Favorite Vegan and Gluten Free Stocking Stuffers
It’s that time of year to get in your last minute holiday shopping. As both vegan and gluten free lifestyles are growing in popularity, and necessity, so are new products that appeal to both worlds. Vegan and gluten free sweets and treats are now increasing in popularity and make an excellent stocking stuffer.
The Vegan Conscious Box: One of the Hottest Vegan Holiday Gifts of 2012!
Looking for a Christmas gift for that tough-to-shop-for vegan? Vegan chef and YouTube show host Vegan Zombie has teamed up with Conscious Box to create the Vegan Conscious Box for conscious consumers.