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Published date July 16, 2021
I recently spotted O’Sole Mio Vegan Tortellini, Rosee, and Alfredo sauce while placing an online grocery order from Metro. O’Sole Mio is a family owned company started in the 90’s based in Quebec that makes a variety of fresh pastas and frozen entrees – they currently have four new vegan...
Published date January 7, 2021
I recently got a copy of In Bibi’s Kitchen, and I ran through it to see which recipes were vegan or easily veganizable (replacing milk/eggs). I realized as I was making my list that it might be helpful to other people considering the book. I think it’s a beautiful cookbook...
Published date May 11, 2020
Updated: 2021-05-18 Hello, hope you are doing as well as possible. It’s been a heck of a few months, and I know many of us have been impacted in a variety of ways. It’s hard to imagine how drastically things have changed in a short period of time – I...
READ MORE Some Toronto Vegan Businesses Doing Delivery/Pickup during Covid19 Social Distancing.
Published date September 21, 2019
I had the opportunity to go to The Basil Box for the first time this week, and I really liked it. I checked out their website in advance and noticed they had a bunch of great looking vegan sauces, and a tasty looking tofu option – I was really happy...
Published date September 9, 2019
We made it to Toronto’s Vegfest, this will be my 8th year attending. I think I might have missed a year somewhere along the line, but I’m there pretty much every year. The past week was spent cottaging in Muskoka, and we got back mid-way on Saturday so I wasn’t...
Published date September 8, 2019
It’s become increasingly more important to me that a place be kid friendly when we go out to eat as a family. That can’t be surprising, we have a three year old, and since he was born, our eating habits have changed. Sometimes that involves eating at home more often...
Published date February 20, 2019
I went away to Montreal with a friend last month. We took the train from Toronto, and it was just a lovely little trip all around – it was the first time I’d been away from our son for so long, and it was nice to have a bit of...
Published date December 28, 2018
Hello there, did you just get an instant pot? Are you wondering what to do with it? I am here for you. Here are 10 of my favourite instant pot recipes. We have had an instant pot for a few years, and at first, I was totally scared of pressure cookers,...
Published date November 30, 2018
I spend a lot of time thinking up ideas for special events at our house – and I tend to go a bit overboard. We are a family of three, and very rarely, are we accompanied by my in-laws. They have additional dietary restrictions to consider that can be a...
Published date November 1, 2018
Back in August, we did a two week roadtrip through eastern Canada. We stopped in a few places along the way, starting with Montreal – Quebec City – Riviere du Loup – Rimouski – and Camping in Forillon National Park and Kouchibouguac National Park – and then onward to our...