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Vegan Meatball Marinara Sub – Gluten Free

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Vegan Meatball Marinara Sub - Gluten Free

Before I was a vegan I used to love to eat the Subway meatball marinara sub. It was the inspiration behind making this vegan meatball marinara sub and I must say it was delicious! We used a Schnitzer’s gluten free vegan bread from Botanica Bio-market (we have noticed Bamboo Vegan carries Schnitzer’s bread in Athens as well) as the bread for this sub. You could always make our simple gluten free vegan bread (click here for recipe) as well. Other than that, here is what else you will need to prepare to make this sandwich yourself:

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Roasted Eggplant Sandwich

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Roasted Eggplant Sandwich

We have been on a sandwich kick lately and for good reason… they are delicious and there are so many ways to make them! Ever since we found Schnitzer’s gluten free vegan bread at Botanica Bio-mart I have been able to focus more energy on what to put in the sandwich (instead of using energy to make the bread).  Don’t get me wrong, I love making bread, but it is time consuming! So, one day Athanasia brought home another kind of bread from Schnitzer’s and that’s when the idea for this roasted eggplant sandwich was born. I would say it is a fairly simple recipe too. It can take a little bit of time to slice the eggplants I suppose, but it is worth it!

Roasted Eggplant Sandwich

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Vegan Italian Sausage Pizza – Gluten Free

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Vegan Italian Sausage Pizza Gluten Free

We recently discovered how our walnut “meat” bakes so nicely on pizza while making our vegan bacon cheeseburger pizza. So, obviously this meant we had to make a vegan Italian sausage pizza! When I developed the Italian sausage recipe I mentioned how it reminded me of the flavor of Rocky Rococo’s Italian sausage I had growing up. Well, this pizza certainly did not fail to deliver on those flavors I remember from childhood! We both loved this pizza and it is even more delicious than it is beautiful to look at. Here is what you will need to make it:

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Billie Jean Burrito – Gluten Free Vegan Chili Cheese Burrito

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Billie Jean burrito gluten free vegan chili cheese burrito recipe

You may be wondering what a Billie Jean burrito is. I am sure there is a former Taco Bell employee somewhere in Minnesota that is still wondering what a Billie Jean burrito is as well…

As the legend goes, back in 2005 I was the bass guitar player in a band known as Sonic Alchemy. Continue reading Billie Jean Burrito – Gluten Free Vegan Chili Cheese Burrito →

Easy Tomato Soup – Raw Vegan Gluten Free

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Easy Tomato Soup

This easy tomato soup was another post-wisdom tooth extraction food I made for Athanasia. It’s delicious and savory and can be made raw if you leave out the vegan cheese. I used a Vitamix to make it become completely smooth. However, you may be able to achieve a not so smooth texture in just about any powered blender large enough to fit all the ingredients. From start to finish this recipe should take 10 minutes or less. Let’s get started!

Gluten Free Raw Vegan Easy Tomato Soup Recipe

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Vegan Chicken Nugget Sub

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Vegan Chicken Nugget Sub

We recently found a Schnitzer gluten free baguette at Botanica here in Patra so we had to try it. It’s not a marble rye but it was still delicious! There are many ideas we had as how to make them but in the end Athanasia had the most interesting idea, vegan chicken nuggets. That’s right! I had never heard of doing this but she has so I had to try it. Here is how we made this gluten free vegan chicken nugget sub: Continue reading Vegan Chicken Nugget Sub →

Kiwi Strawberry Smoothie

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Kiwi Strawberry Smoothie Raw Vegan Gluten Free

I made a lot of smoothies and blended soups this week after Athanasia’s wisdom tooth extraction. It’s very easy, even easier than cooking and much quicker thanks to our Vitamix (click here in North America or click here in Europe). One of the days this week I made this kiwi strawberry smoothie and we both loved it very much! This smoothie is raw vegan and gluten-free of course. I am especially proud of this smoothie because it has wheatgrass powder in it and Athanasia still loved it! She usually hates wheatgrass so it doesn’t have very much, but it does have some. Continue reading Kiwi Strawberry Smoothie →

Happy Spring from Patra, Greece!

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Happy Spring from Patra, Greece

The weather today was absolutely beautiful here in Patra, Greece. Athanasia wanted to go for a walk down by the sea and I asked if she wanted to bring our camera. She began taking photos and some of them are really gorgeous! The sunset tonight was amazing and the clouds were just right to help her capture some of these “almost like a painting” snapshots. We thought it would be nice to share some of this beauty on our blog here and get back to sharing recipes tomorrow. There is so much beauty in nature so enjoy the scenery, happy spring and welcome to Patra! Continue reading Happy Spring from Patra, Greece! →

Vegan Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza

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Vegan Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza

*Sigh* Vegan bacon cheeseburger pizza. As a boy growing up there were three things I loved: music, American football and bacon cheeseburger pizza from a joint known as Godfather’s Pizza. In this recipe I wanted to make my favorite kind of pizza on my favorite style of pizza crust: stuffed crust! To make this pizza vegan and gluten free was a nice treat for me. Here is how it’s done:

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Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free Pizza Crust Product Review

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Bobs Red Mill Gluten Free Pizza Crust Product Review

Today we are going to do a Bobs Red Mill Gluten Free Pizza Crust product review. I have quite a bit of experience with this flour mixture from Bob’s Red Mill already. When I first began making homemade pizza in Minnesota this was my favorite flour mixture to use. When I found a way to acquire some of this flour here in Greece I was very happy!  Continue reading Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free Pizza Crust Product Review →