thai green curry

as you may know, curry is one of my very favourite dishes. it's one of the easiest things to find vegan when you eat out, and so i have eaten many a curry in my day. it's also one of my go-to dishes to cook at home - there are just so many options!

making good curry is all about the spices. if you've bought something labeled "curry powder" please do us both a favour and throw it out. there ARE good powdered spice mixes to be found, if you have any good import food stores nearby, and i do use those... but my favourite by far is curry paste. cock brand, to be specific (teehee). for making thai curries, there is nothing better. 

gluten free chewy bars

so remember my tasty mcfabulous chewy bar recipe?

well i was making it again the other day, and thought i'd try making it gluten free. i know that some things are better gluten free than others, and i'm thinking of you, my gluten free brothers and sisters! 

i used gluten free oats, and replaced the wheat flour with bajra flour (a mix of rice and millet), and they turned out just lovely! they were CHEWY, you guys! they were moist and delicious and i couldn't even tell the difference between them and the gluten-y ones. score! 

vodka smoothies

oh yes. it's THAT time of year again. ok, i know it's been summer in most reasonable parts of the world for months, but i live in CALGARY, the weather is SHIT here. 

so, when we get nice days, we have to seize the moment! put on our shorts! make vodka smoothies!

you may recall that last summer i shared a couple of vodka drink recipes using fresh berries and melons. wellll, it's not quite fresh fruit season here yet, but when we had a nice day (16 degrees!) a while back, i raided my frozen fruit stash, and whipped these babies up. 

they are thick, and not too boozy, and just spectacular for an (almost) summer day!

banana pecan bread

yeah yeah, i know - you're probably sick of pecans by now... but i gotta tell you, matt and i aren't! they are actually probably my favourite nuts. you can do so many fabulous things with them! you can add them to vegetables, put them in pies and tarts, they go well with pumpkin, with apples and cinnamon! you can eat them for breakfast, snacks, or dessert! (those are only about half of my pecan-related recipes, BTW!)

so annnyway... i have a freezer full of frozen bananas right now, and when i offered to make matt banana pecan bread, his eyes lit up so fast! 

sweet pecan broccoli

first off, this recipe was inspired by this recipe. i love this girl's tumblr and blog, and you should totally check them both out!!

ever since i added pecans to matt's favourite cookie recipe, it's been pretty much pecans in everything around here. (today i'm making banana pecan bread!!) so, when i saw that recipe on i love vegan, i knew i had to make it. 

however, matt does not do brussels sprouts. personally, i love them, but i settled on broccoli since we both like it. 

i made some adaptations to the recipe, and this served us both a very large side dish portion.

baking powder biscuits in a muffin tin!

i made my tasty baking powder biscuits in a muffin tin the other day. i found it was easier to portion them up evenly that way, as opposed to just spooning onto a pan. 

i also think they look extra pretty!