Above is a series of 3 photos that my husband, Brian Grogan, took last Wednesday when we went for a walk on the south end of our home island, Denman Island, BC, at Boyle Point and Eagle Rock. The herring run is happening now and lots of wildlife about. We could just make out the sea lions congregati...

Homemade vegan peanut butter cookies with a glass of homemade soymilk! Low-fat peanut butter cookies? Well, not exactly, but lower in fat (especially the saturated kind) than most! Mine are also made with whole grain flour, which provides more nutrients and fiber. I used a combination of applesauce ...

We hadn't had quiche for quite a while and I had a craving for it the other day, so I made one utilizing the vegetables I had in my refrigerator that sounded appetizing to me-- bell peppers and mushrooms. If I didn't live on an island, it might have been asparagus (certainly my choice for Valentine'...

I'm mixing the Far East with the Middle East today! It's almost a year since I did a blog post on baby bok choy-- they are so tempting this time of year! The flavor is much sweeter than in mature bok choy and I didn't want a sauce that would compete with or overpower that sweetness. So this stir-fry...

When I was last in Portland,OR I couldn't help myself from buying several 29 oz. cans of hominy. Why? you may ask. Well, hominy is not a common table item in Canada, and thus hard to find, and expensive when you can find it (Safeway is the only place I can find it in my shopping town of Courtenay, B...

Vegan Vietnamese "Fisherman's Soup" My first blog post of 2009-- didn't think it would be this late! I'm afraid I've been in a bit of a funk, being snowed in etc.. I've been cogitating on the whole business of cooking and writing and the recession and agriculture and global warming......I was thinki...

"Nonna's house in the woods", as my 4-yr-old grandson calls our house Fruitcake I made yesterday. It is snowing alot in the Pacific Northwest, or what we like to call"Canada's Banana Belt". Hmmmm. Look at these pics: It's beautiful-- I'll grant you that! But it's very hard to get around in. The West...

Using my new Mini SuperPeel to load the pizza onto the peel. NOTE: This is a long mish-mosh of stuff today! I'm going to be pretty busy until next week, so I thought I'd just post everything I have! I was fascinated by the SuperPeel, The Ultimate Baker's Transport Tool. It's a fantastic way to get p...

Back in May, I developed a recipe for a vegan "parmesan" utilizing dried okara-- the residue or pulp leftover from making soymilk or tofu. It was not bad, but I have been wanting to improve on it. I love Galaxy vegan soy parmesan, but it is only available in Canada online at one venue that I know of...

An experiment we love, made with some of the apple bounty from my last post. BRYANNA'S ROASTED APPLESAUCE/AMARETTI VEGAN GELATO Makes 8/ 1/2-cup servings. This is really delicious. The brown rice syrup adds a faintly caramel-like flavor that makes the ice cream seem very rich. 2 1/3 cup plain soy mi...