The Vegan Butcher

In my city (HALIWOOD!…but seriously, it’s Halifax, NS) you cannot buy vegan graham crackers. I baked some for my Guy Fawkes s’more party on Friday and had leftovers. That means one thing: S’more Cupcakes!

This recipe is, of course, from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World (I told you I bake from it a lot). The recipe was not outrageous to follow, you just need to have access to the VGC. (Vegan graham crackers?! Try to keep up, please.) The fun with this recipe comes from the mess you make decorating them. Check it, yo. (more…)

It’s Guy Fawkes Night! Commonly known as Bonfire Night, the 5th of November is an annual celebration marking the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. As a holder of dual citizenship with Britain, I am allowed to observe this tradition in Canada by making s’mores. God Save the Queen!

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Let me start this post by saying that I come from a small town where the word “mint” is (was? Are you kids still doing it nowadays?) used as a descriptive term for an attractive person. Equivalent to hot or fit or goooood-lookin’. (i.e. “Guuuurl, have you seen Steve today? So mint!” or “I am going to pick him up this weekend, he is MINT.” You get the idea.) Now onwards and forwards…

I am a lifelong member of the Girl Guides of Canada. I started as a Spark at the age of 5, worked my way up through the ranks, and finally ended as a leader. I’m taking this year off, as leading a unit whilst working two jobs is a level of insanity that I am not willing to ascend to. A big part of my childhood was spent selling Girl Guide cookies. During our fall campaign we peddled chocolate mint cookies, and people went (and still go) absolutely ape shit for them. GG cookies aren’t vegan (how wonderful would it be if they were?!), so now I need to find another way to get my chocolaty-mint fix.

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First and foremost, HAPPY WORLD VEGAN DAY! I celebrated by blatantly breaking my office’s business dress code and wearing an SSOV hoodie proudly around my workplace all day.

I decided that since today is a worldly day, I needed to cook something from a different country for dinner. Wait, nix that. Let’s be truthful with one another here. I was just craving spaghetti and meatballs and had been for a couple of weeks.

SIDE NOTE: I am vegan. I eat no meat, dairy, eggs, or other animal bi-products. I will use words like “meat”, “chicken”, “cheese”, “milk” etc. while talking about my food. Understand and deal with the fact that I am talking about vegan substitutions. Obvi. I get sick of using quotation marks all over the place. “OKAY?!?!”

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