restaurant review #304 – This is from a visit a couple of weeks ago, when we were in Enschede. Foodbar Rauw is located just a little bit outside of the city center in the Twentsche Foodhall.
Shop review #56 – This new vegan waffle place just opened a couple of days ago. VeganWaf’ is not a tea room or restaurant where one can sit down, but a walk in food stall in the Galerie Agora, near the Central Market. On ground level, about 20 meter from the entrance. We were there on the first day it opened. VeganWaf’ only offers one type of waffle, which resembles the Liegeois type of waffle (sugary waffle). Waffles are gluten free and vegan and cost 3,50€ On the opening day, they only offerend banana or chocolate sauce as a topping, but I’ve seen that meanwhile they have added some more options. We loved the waffles! Great to have this new addition in the city center of Brussels. VeganWaf’, location GalerieAgora 48 1000 Brussels no website facebookpage: https://www.facebook.com/Veganwaf-470671810006715/ View this post on Instagram A vegan waffle place in Brussels! Opened today 😊👍👍and we already tasted them 😋 #veganwaf in Galerie Agora. 🌿🍁🌿🍁🌿🍁🌿🍁🌿🍁🌿🍁 #veganwaffle #vegangaufres #vegan #veganbrussels #brussels #galerieagora #waffle #wafel @veganwaf A post shared by trudi_brugesvegan (@trudi_brugesvegan) on …
shop review#38 – Yorica is a vegan icecream shop in London. There are two locations, one in Notting Hill, and one in Soho. Upon our arrival in London this Summer for a short city trip, the one in Soho was our first stop, as it was just around the corner from where we stayed! All the products sold at Yorica are not only vegan, but also free from nuts and gluten. You can buy icecream, waffles and pancakes to take away, or to eat at Yorica’s itself, although there is not that much space inside (some bar stools inside and a bench in front of the shop). One orders at the counter and the order is immediately delivered. After the order is handed to you, you can add some sprinkles on top if you wish. We were a bit overwhelmed by all the possibilities on the menu (not being used to having that many options 😉 : several flavours of icecream, frozen ‘yoghurt’, waffles, and pancakes. There was some queuing up to the counter, but …
I haven’t posted many entries on The Bruges Vegan lately, because I was busy posting a series a vegan baking recipes on our other blog veggieleven.be. In April 2015, I posted a vegan baking recipe daily, to match the Vegan Challenge (a campagne of the Dutch organisation NVV). So all in all 30 recipes for pies, cookies and muffins! We’ve been vegan for quite some years now, and I’ve baked many goodies in that time, so I thought it would be a good occasion to show newbie vegans or those trying a vegan lifestyle that baking pies, cupcakes and cookies without animal ingredients is … easy as pie! 🙂 Some of the recipes were already posted on the Bruges Vegan, and some other are favourites of mine or recipes which I consider to be good introductions into the world of vegan baking. You can see the overview of all recipes in this blogentry on veggieleven.be. Here are some more pictures. I’ll be posting some of the vegan baking recipes here too in the upcoming months!
Unhealthy. Yes, I know. Too much sugar. Yes, I realize. Not really ‘baking’ since I’m using a premade mixture. Yes, I confess. But I just couldn’t resist this premade mixture to make vegan waffes de Liège (a type of Belgian waffles). It had been several years since I had last eaten Liegeois waffles. These waffles (non vegan unfortunately) are sold at food stalls in nearly every Belgian city. I have even spent a whole summer selling these waffles (and ice-creams) at such a food stall at the Belgian coast as a teenager, earning some pocket money. Since going vegan around 2010, I hadn’t eaten any Liegeois waffles anymore, and although I’m planning to try different recipes myself, I just couldn’t resist trying out this premade mixture for vegan Liegeois waffles. It doesn’t require much effort. Even the pearl sugar is included in the mixture. Just add 125ml lukewarm soy milk and 120g plant butter to the 500gmixture, mingle for about 5 minutes, and the dough is ready for baking. I have a waffle iron with changeable irons, and …
These waffles have a nice light texture, and a subtle touch of corn. I made them with the heart shaped waffle iron. Ingredients vegan lemon corn waffles Makes 10 waffles (like in the photo, totalling 50 heart waffles). Feel free to replace the sugar with another sweetener (or you could also try leaving it out altogether). 3/4cup (165g) all purpose flour 2 ts baking powder 1 ts baking soda 1/2 ts salt 2/3 cup (75g) cornmeal +++++++++++++ 3 tbs canola oil (or corn oil if you have that) 2 cups (475 ml) soy milk 4 tbs soy yoghurt zest and juice from 2 lemons 4 tbs sugar Making vegan lemon corn waffles Grease the waffle iron with a little bit of canola oil. Preheat the waffle iron. In a large bowl, mix the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cornmeal. In another large bowl, mix the wet ingredients: oil, soy milk, soy yoghurt, lemon juice and lemon zest and sugar. Mix the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients. Bake the waffles according to the instructions of your waffle …
It’s that time of the year! Pumpkins! As you could see in one of our previous posts, we have dozens of pumpkins from our garden. Luckily pumpkins are very versatile and can be used in anything from soups to desserts to baking. I like these pumpkin waffles a lot: light and crispy! Feel free to replace the sugar with another sweetener (or you could also try leaving it out altogether). I either use freshly made pumpkin puree, or a portion that I prepared previously and stored in the freezer, on those occasions that I don’t have the time to cut and clean the pumkin. Ingredients vegan pumpkin waffles Makes 6 double waffles (like the one in the photo) 1 + 3/4 cup (275g) all purpose flour 2 1/2 ts baking powder 1/2 ts baking soda 1/2 ts salt 2 ts ground cinnamon 1 ts grated or ground ginger 1/2 ts ground or grated nutmeg 1/4 ts ground cloves +++++++++++++ 2 cups (475 ml) soy milk 2 cups (425g) pumpkin puree (= a small hokkaido pumpkin, see photo) 5 …
These are rather savoury waffles, but sweet nonetheless. These vegan waffles are without normal sugar, but made with maple syrup. Ingredients (makes 5 double waffles – like the one in the photo) 130g regular flour 2 ts baking powder 1 ts baking soda 1 1/4 ts ground cinnamon 1/4 ts ground nutmeg 1/2 ts salt 90g small rolled oats 1 ripe banana 350ml soy milk 3tbs maple syrup 3 tbs canola oil 115g raisins Making oat raisin banana waffles Grease the waffle iron with a little bit of canola oil. Preheat the waffle iron. In a large bowl, mix the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and oats. In another large bowl, mash the banana well with a fork. Mix the banana with the wet ingredients: soy milk, maple syrup and vegetable oil, till only very small lumps of banana left. Mix the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients. Fold in the raisins. Bake the waffles according to the instructions of your waffle iron (in our case, being 6 minutes on the nearest highest heating level) The …
This overview of 13 typical Belgian foods appeared in The Huffington Post recently. They are listed as thé tourist attraction and appealing feature to come and visit Belgium: the food! Although the Huffington Post has spent a good deal of attention to the rise of veganism in the US (see this overview with keyword vegan), it’s obvious the author of this article clearly wasn’t thinking about the growing popularity of plant based foods or veganism in general. Let’s take a closer look at these 13 typical Belgian foods, and see whether there’s something for vegans in there. 1. Endives in slices of ham, covered in cheese sauce. You could try and veganise the dish, but it’ll take quite some years to come before any traditional restaurant will standardly have a vegan version of this dish on their menu! 2. Mussles with fries. Nope. Mussles are animals. I don’t now if ‘faux vegan mussles’ even exist, but I wouldn’t fancy them anyway! 3. Belgian waffles. Dairy and eggs. Of course you make these vegan yourselves, but …
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