Monthly Archives: June 2014

Cherry Pie Filling

Cherry Pie Filling

I love cherry pies! In fact, I think I just love cherries but it takes a bit of patience to make a good cherry pie filling using a limited amount of raw cane sugar. Most cherry pies recipes I have seen over the years use so much sugar in them and I am not quite sure why. I can understand it helps shape it into more of a syrup but I just do not want to consume that much sugar. So, here is how you can make a delicious cherry pie filling using only 1 tablespoon of raw cane sugar:

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Vegan Soy Steaks

Vegan Soy Steaks

Our good friend over at Viva Las Vegans introduced us to these vegan soy steaks. She also taught us how to make them as we had plenty of questions. They are very delicious and can be used in tacos, by themselves or even on a pizza! They come in many different sizes and for this recipe we will be using the smallest size. When you buy them they are basically dry and in a packaged. Here in Greece these can be found at both Botanica here in Patra and at Bamboo Vegan in Athens. I will explain to you how I make them.

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Gluten Free Vegan Italian Pizza Crust

Gluten Free Vegan Italian Pizza Crust Recipe

It should be no secret to our readers by now how much I love pizza. I had developed this recipe for a gluten free vegan Italian pizza crust right before our raw vegan challenge and it was one of the last things we ate before the challenge. We both loved it and so I wanted to make it again. A good Italian pizza crust has to have the right blend of herbs in it or else it will either lack flavor or be too overpowering.

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Tomato Salsa

Tomato Salsa

Who doesn’t love a good tomato salsa? I sure do! It is so easy to make at home too! It’s very simple and by making it at home you can leave out the vinegar which you never find in a fresh made salsa at a high quality restaurant. Why? Because vinegar doesn’t belong in salsa! It is put into canned salsas as a preservative. Here is how you can make a mild to spicy raw tomato salsa:Raw Vegan Tomato Salsa Recipe Continue reading Tomato Salsa

Gluten Free Vegan Soft Pretzels with Cheese

Gluten Free Vegan Soft Pretzels with Cheese

It has been a long time since I have had a soft pretzel with cheese. After our 30 day raw vegan challenge was over this was the first thing I wanted to attempt to make. Working without gluten can be difficult when trying to form shapes with dough but I think these gluten free vegan soft pretzels with cheese turned out great for my first attempt! Here is how I did it:Gluten Free Vegan Soft Pretzels with Vegan Cheese Cheez Whiz Super Pretzels Continue reading Gluten Free Vegan Soft Pretzels with Cheese

Piperomilos in Athens

Piperomilos in Athens

Piperomilos is a great shop in Athens if you are ever visiting or live there. They specialize in high quality herbs, spices, teas, superfoods and much more. Dimitri is a third generation herbal specialist with a wealth of knowledge passed on to him from his father and grandfather. He is also good friends with Athanasia’s sister. They are a new shop and as usual we always like to see little shops succeed so we want to try to help him get the word out. They are located at: Lycurgus 92, Kallithea 17676. Tell Dimitri 2 Broke Vegans sent you for a discount!

Piperomilos in Athens

Piperomilos in Athens

 

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Greek Salad with Vegan Feta Cheese

Greek Salad with vegan Feta cheese

All last summer with Jake we were eating Greek salad, (we call it horiatiki salad here!). Now that it is summer again, well, at least the calendar says so but it hasn’t stopped raining the past two weeks (yay!), we are eating Greek salad every day. Thanks to our friends over at Viva Las Vegans, we now have a great vegan Feta cheese recipe! Which I know doesn’t mean a whole lot to Jake, but to a Greek, it is the most important thing to have a Greek salad with vegan Feta cheese!

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365 Organic Yellow Corn Taco Shells Review

365 Organic Yellow Corn Taco Shells Review

It is very difficult for us to find organic gluten free taco shells here in Greece, in fact, so far it has been impossible. The only taco shells we have been able to find here have been non-organic and may contain traces of gluten. When we have tried these shells, they have made us itch all over and do not agree with our digestive system so well. So, my mom sent me a pack of these 365 organic yellow corn taco shells. There are 12 shells in a pack and surprisingly only 3 of them were damaged on their journey across the Atlantic Ocean!  Continue reading 365 Organic Yellow Corn Taco Shells Review