The "V" Word

Full disclosure: I’ve never had a crunchwrap before. I can’t remember the last time I went to a Taco Bell or other restaurant like that – not once since I’m vegan and that’s 10 years!! But everyone is talking about crunchwraps and I love crunchy food so I made my own at home.

Making crunchwraps isn’t hard but it is a lot of components so it’s not a quick, easy meal. It is worth the effort though…

Vegan Jamaican Curried Chicken

One of the things I like to do with this blog is check the stats to see which recipes people are looking up. Lately, the most popular recipes have been my Jamaican ones. Seeing that made me crave Jamaican food (I’m easy) so I had to make some for dinner. What I was craving was the curried chicken I used to get when I was pre-vegan and the curried soy chunks I used to get after I was vegan.

Boy,…

Product Review: Atlas Monroe Vegan Fried Chicken

Before I was vegan, my favorite food EVER was fried chicken. From a very young age, I loved fried chicken. I can remember being about 5 or 6 years old and my mother’s friend bringing over her super-spicy fried chicken. I loved it so much! Then I would beg my mother to make it and she would, handing me a plate with lots of extra napkins because it was messy.

When my family would go out for…

Product Review: Fresh n’ Lean Meal Service

As people’s lives become busier and busier, meal delivery services are becoming more and more popular. Even if you love to cook, there’s something nice about having all the shopping, prepping and cooking done for you once in a while. After a long day, it can be a refreshing treat to just open the fridge and pop a meal into the microwave or oven. On the other hand, you don’t want to trade healthy…

Product Review: Fawen Ready-to-Drink Soups

Eating healthy when you’re always on-the-go can be a challenge. When we are out and about, it’s easy to pick up convenience foods that aren’t the best for us or the planet. Now there’s a choice that’s healthy, delicious and easy – Fawen Ready-to-Drink Soups. Fawen is a small company that’s all about being kind to our bodies and the planet while enjoying every minute of it. They set out to create…

Before I was vegan, one of my favorite foods was chicken cutlets. My mother made them all the time and later, when I was doing the cooking, I made them all the time. I loved them plain, on top of a salad, in a sandwich, turned into parmigiana, you name it. Nine years ago this month, I watched the video “Meet Your Meat” and never ate another bite of meat. At that time, my freezer was filled with…

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Hi everyone! I know it’s been a long time since I’ve posted a new recipe. My computer is STILL in the shop and I’m using their loaner. But I’m done letting that stop me – that and being insanely busy with our shop (Woodstock Reveries). So here’s a new recipe for a dish I’ve been making a lot lately. You may know that there is only one vegan restaurant in Woodstock but others have vegan options.…

The “V” Word Vegan Passover Haggadah

Hey friends! Sorry I’ve been missing for so long but my laptop crashed and Dell has had it for 2 months. They said they fixed it but when I got it back, it had something new wrong with it so it had to go back to them again. I wasn’t able to post anything while they have my computer hostage and who knows when I’ll get it back. I’m using a loaner they sent me. And speaking of hostages, I have some…

Gluten-Free Vegan Spicy Eggplant Sausages

What do you do when you love vegan sausages but they don’t sell them in any markets near you or are just out of your budget? Even worse, what happens if you’re gluten-free? Well, then you make your own at home. It’s really easy. I wanted to make a gluten-free version of my favorite sausages, Field Roast Italian sausages so I read their ingredient list and then set out to modify my…

A Jamaican Vegan Feast

One of my followers pointed out that the Ziggy Marley web site where the recipes for my Jamaican Vegan Feast were posted doesn’t seem to be active. She asked if I could post those recipes right here on The “V” Word and I said you bet! My review for Ziggy Marley Organics was written back in 2013 and this meal is still a favorite in my family. It’s a full meal of Jamaican jerk Soy Curls, Rice and…

Get ready for The Best Vegan Chicken Burgers Ever! Vegan and gluten-free. Please share and enjoy!

The Best Vegan Chicken Burgers Ever!

One of my favorite fast-food things to eat in my pre-vegan era – I guess that would be like 2004 B.V. – was chicken burgers. I would go to Wendy’s and get their chicken sandwich with mayo, lettuce and tomato. Not surprising since my favorite food was chicken and fried chicken cutlets were a staple. When it wasn’t fast food, I would go to a deli near work and get this amazing chicken cutlet…

Vegan “Chicken” Meatballs

It’s been a busy summer and I’ve been neglecting writing up my recipes.  That doesn’t mean I haven’t been cooking or creating new recipes; I just haven’t been good about writing them up and posting them. Today that changes because I promised some people that I would get this recipe up. Meatballs. Meatballs are sooo good and I love them whether I make them with lentils, eggplant or beans. Today,…