Everyone who cooks with avocado understands the plight of trying to guess the perfect ripeness. You can buy them at almost-perfection and hope for the best, or go from green and wait for the day when they feel just right. More often than not, I overshoot and wait too long, leaving me with a bowlful…
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Fruit Loop Donuts
Cereal as a decoration on desserts is pretty great. I got mixed reactions on these ones since they’re a little off the beat and path, but I like them. These are best made day-of to ensure the freshness and crunchiness of your cereal (“fresh” being a relative term here), but they still tasted good the…
Balsamic Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Brussels sprouts are a newfound glory in my life. Neither of my parents will eat them because they grew up hating them so much, so I’d never really tried them until a year ago when I tried roasting the individual petals and burnt them all (not a great introduction, but it was my fault, not…
How To Make Foolproof Vegetarian Quiche
Quiche is one of the ultimate brunch foods. It’s pretty healthy. There’s no shortage of fat (cream and cheese) and I wasn’t very light handed with the salt on this one either. That being said, each slice is packed full of protein and nutrients from the kale, mushrooms and other veg, so I’ll take it….
Easy Vegan Udon Soup with Ginger Miso Broth
Copycat recipe time! Thug Kitchen has provided me with hours of entertainment and some great meals, and they didn’t let me down on this one. Full disclosure, my boyfriend did most of the cooking on this one, and for once I was the one helping with prep. Sometimes it’s best to get back to basics….
Nacho Fries (plus a look at the T-Fal Actifry)
I’m generally a healthy person, but I’d be lying if I told you I didn’t love fried food. It gets out of hand sometimes. I was talking to a coworker of mine the other week about cookies (what else do I talk about), and she brought up that she made shortbread with her grandma—some of…
Orange Fennel Salad with Hazelnut-Basil Dressing
Fennel is a newly developed favourite for me. It meets all of my criteria for my grocery list: it’s cheap, it’s healthy, and it’s versatile. It’s taste isn’t bland but it doesn’t over-power other ingredients. It can be eaten raw, fried, roasted…ok, you get the point. I like it. This recipe is great for lunches…
Butternut Squash Mac ‘n Cheese
Adding squash to mac ‘n cheese seems simple enough, but it makes such a huge difference in the end result that I’ll be doing this a lot more often from now on. This isn’t some attempt to be healthier, because while it does have more nutrients than plain old mac ‘n cheese, it’s still got…
Pumpkin Sage Ravioli with Browned Butter Pecans (plus a look at the KitchenAid Ravioli Maker Attachment)
Ravioli is one of those dishes that I eat maybe a few times a year, but I could honestly eat once a week with all of the possibility of variations. KitchenAid and Sears Canada sent me this ravioli attachment, available for purchase here, to give it a go and show people some of the things…
200th Post {Recipe+ Cookbook Giveaway}
Hello lovely readers! Welcome to The Vegetarian Ginger’s official 200th post. Along with it is coming a brand new recipe and my first ever cookbook giveaway! I know the past few months have been a little slower than usual, but I haven’t forgotten about you. I have a ton of recipe ideas, some product reviews, and lots…
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