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Picture of vegan butternut mushroom ravioli
Mains

BUTTERNUT MUSHROOM RAVIOLI

We’ve had these butternut mushroom ravioli about every other night in December while I was experimenting with the recipe.  Making ravioli from scratch is fun, and with a little practice, you’ll become faster every time. I don’t use a ravioli maker, just a glass and […]

vegan tattoo
Lifestyle

VEGAN TATTOO

(I have paid for the tattoo myself, this is not a sponsored post) I have always wanted tattoos and have always had a lot of ideas, but somehow I didn’t get one. When I applied to the airline I work for now, I was glad […]

picture of butternut apricot curry
Mains, Quick & easy meals

BUTTERNUT APRICOT CURRY

Ever since I enjoyed an amazing butternut curry in South Africa, I have been a fan of that squash and it made me very happy when they started showing up on our veggie shelves here in Germany. In the university cafeteria they once served this vegetarian […]

vegan naked cake with strawberries and lemon balm
Sweet treats

NAKED STRAWBERRY CAKE

Every year in May, little strawberry houses show up all over Berlin and they sell fresh, red, sweet strawberries right from the fields outside the city. And every year I’m so thrilled because that means summer is coming – and strawberry cake!  Last summer I […]

homemade vegan fluffy pretzel corners
Breakfast

FLUFFY PRETZEL CORNERS

Many German bakeries sell these crispy, fluffy bread rolls called “Laugenecken” (lye corners), and I used to wish I could get them without eggs and dairy. But meanwhile I have figured out how to make this delicious pastry myself, without animal products and I also […]

death by chocolate & Irish cream muffins
Sweet treats

DEATH BY CHOCOLATE & IRISH CREAM MUFFINS

I thought, if I’m going to make chocolate muffins, I’ll be really serious about it. And what’s even better than chocolate? Exactly. Irish cream. Luckily, I stumbled across the vegan Baileys recipe by Oh She Glows a while ago and tweaked it a little. My […]

picture of Sesame Noodle Salad
Mains, Quick & easy meals

SESAME NOODLES

These vegan sesame noodles were inspired by a cold packed Asian sesame noodle salad that I once got at a little shop in New York for my flight home, and I liked it so much I took a picture of the label with the ingredients […]