Sprouts, A Month of Excellent Vegan Food

Four weeks.

A quick setup for an existing space, but designing a new menu and testing it, then going on with it. Sprouts came to life in less than a week and it fully was operational.

Twenty three dinners and six brunches of solely vegan food. The menu is designed to fill you up on nutrients rather than bread (if you came hungry and could not resist nibbling on the delicious bread, I lift the responsibility off my back) with dishes that focus on pulses, grains, beans, and of course vegetables. Cooking vegan is a lot harder than vegetarian cooking or cooking with meats. You need to bring up the flavor with cooking techniques and spice blends, and the main ingredients themselves. It is challenging, and i think I played the challenge well.

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Soft Melt-In-Your-Mouth Brownies with a Main Ingredient You’ll Never Guess

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If you have been feeling guilty for all what you’ve been eating, you have one solution. EAT MORE!

It has been proven, studies suggest (don’t ask what studies, because I just made that up), that eating makes you happier and more relaxed. Preventing yourself from eating something only causes stress and in some cases, might result in extreme weight gain. Continue reading “Soft Melt-In-Your-Mouth Brownies with a Main Ingredient You’ll Never Guess”

Pan-fried Halloumi and Mushrooms, and Gigantic Pain Perdu Copycat Recipes From The Hangout with serVme

Today, I’m sharing 2 recipes in one post. I copied these recipes off The Hangout restaurant’s menu for you to try and replicate them at home. This is part of a new collaboration between Cookin5m2 and serVme where I will be sharing me experience with the chef, not my review because I don’t find myself qualified enough to dictate your taste buds, then share recipes on this recipe dedicated blog.

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I got a date with Chef Salah, the chef at The Hangout, (all thanks to the sponsors serVme) one Tuesday night and I went with full enthusiasm to meet the chef and learn new recipes. Chef Salah was really nice, and we got to talk before and after our recipe session. Continue reading “Pan-fried Halloumi and Mushrooms, and Gigantic Pain Perdu Copycat Recipes From The Hangout with serVme”

Meghlé (Spiced Levantine Pudding) and The Birth of More New Members

In case you didn’t know, we had a recent delivery at the family of 6 new members. It’s Olly, guys, Olly the cat. She gave birth to SIX CUTE KITTENS last Sunday giving us a shock for the number of kitten she had been carrying. Never a dull moment passed for Olly. She climbed the screen door, jumped on the street, played, went crazy and all sort of things a young cat would do. BUT SHE HAD SIX KITTENS GROWING INSIDE HER!!!

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Olly is now at home, taking care of her furry cute little things. She looks so tiny. We still can’t believe that it happened. Continue reading “Meghlé (Spiced Levantine Pudding) and The Birth of More New Members”

Vegan Faux Truffles and Memories

What is it with Christmas and truffles?
There is something about these two.
They both bring joy.

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