Glögg is the Swedish version of mulled wine and is immensely popular in December. My wife and I have been making our own for more than a decade, even before we left Sweden and could still buy it everywhere. Here in Canada, we still make it and bring it to […]
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This week, we visit Finland and cook a vegan lanttulaatikko. This rutabaga casserole with nutmeg, cinnamon, and ginger is a Finnish Christmas classic, continuing the theme set by our recent visit to Venezuela where we made vegan hallacas, a local Christmas favourite. Read on to learn more about Finnish cuisine […]
We’re back in South America for a visit to Venezuela were we make vegan hallacas, a Venezuelan Christmas must-have. These treats are cooked in banana leaves and consist of corn dough filled with a sweet and sour stew, raisins, olives and almonds. Read on to learn more about Venezuelan cuisine […]
Today we are visiting Rwanda to cook vegan agatogo. From our last stop in Eastern Europe, we head south and find ourselves once more in East Africa. Agatogo is a Rwandan tomato-based stew with plantain or matoke. Read on to learn more about Rwandan cuisine and agatogo or jump straight […]
For today’s visit to Bulgaria, we bake vegan tikvenik. Tikvenik is a traditional pumpkin and phyllo dough pastry spiced with cinnamon and often eaten at Christmas. The multiple layers of crispy phyllo dough, the cinnamon and the sweetness create a dish that reminds me a lot of baklava but with […]
It is time to make some vegan pupusas from El Salvador! From our last stop in West Africa, a quick skip over the Atlantic Ocean brings us to Central America where we visit El Salvador. Pupusas are a very popular street food in both El Salvador, neighbouring countries and across […]
For Burkina Faso, we cook a vegan babenda recipe, a simple one pot dish with rice and leafy greens with flavour from fermented locust beans.
This week, we are visiting Japan and cook some vegan takoyaki. From our last stop in Oman in West Asia, we headed straight across the continent to East Asia. Here in Japan, we make takoyaki, a delicious streetfood dish consisting of savoury, fried dough balls. This vegan takoyaki recipe uses […]
It is time to head back to West Asia and pay a visit to Oman and cook a vegan madrouba. After a brief blogging break, we are ready to leave Burundi and our beans and bananas, cross the Horn of Africa and the Gulf of Aden to land back on […]
From our vacation in The Bahamas, we return to East Africa where we visit Burundi. For this visit, we are making a filling and simple dish of beans and bananas, a Burundi classic featuring two important Burundi ingredients. Read on to learn a little of Burundi cuisine and the dish […]