Plant-Forward Living with Rebecca Coleman
Now, not to sound like I’m totally fawning, but like many of you, I really love my Instant Pot. I got one at Christmas, and I have yet to put it away. It lives on my counter, and I use it a few times a Read more
This is my second cookie recipe this week, both of which feature aquafaba. When I was doing research for this recipe, I had to go a bit further afield–Commercial Drive to be exact. I hadn’t had amaretti cookies in quite some time. They may not Read more
Gentle reader, please permit me to start with a bit of a rant. There are two words that are very similar, but describe two very different cookies. The first, macaroons (two o’s) describe coconut-based cookies that are relatively simple to make. The second, macarons (one Read more
Let me just paint you a picture. First, you have to think about caramel. Smooth, sweet, with a hint of darkness to it. Chunks of apples are drowned it it, bathed in it, until they take on that same caramel colour. Then all of it Read more
Find Julia Child’s Vegan Apple Tarte Tatin here. I have long been a fan of Julia Child. I admire her immensely, because she was a pioneer in her field. Before Julia, there were very few female cookbook authors, and there were no TV chefs. She Read more
There is a photograph of me, somewhere, in a dusty old album, probably at my dad’s place, a grinning 2-year-old, happily splashing in the surf at Long Beach near Tofino. We were there for a family vacation, and showed my true colours early—any time I Read more
I am Top Chef obsessed. Always have been. I’ve watched them all. My favorite, of course, were Top Chef Canada, because I loved seeing my local chefs (whose work I was a big fan of) shine on a national level. The Top Chef Canada franchise Read more
When I first started writing my cookbook, I got pretty deep into the whole vegan egg substitutes scene. Oh, yeah, it’s a scene. So, here’s the thing about eggs: you might think of them as those little protein bombs that you eat for breakfast (and Read more
After a year of hard work, my cookbook has been published! Yup, my cookbook, Aquafabulous!: 100+ Egg-Free Vegan Recipes Using Aquafaba is now in bookstores! You can also order it from Amazon.ca or Amazon.com and Chapters-Indigo. The book has 125 recipes featuring Aquafaba, and here’s a Read more
So… this Aquafaba stuff. You’d think that I’d completed experimenting with it while I was writing my cookbook, but it turns out I’m still discovering new ways to use it. I did quite a bit of experimenting with concentrating AF while researching the book. I Read more