Whether Cockroach Clusters are sweets made of cockroaches or just made to look like cockroaches, I couldn’t say. They are sold at Honeydukes Sweet Shop in Hogsmeade and Ron considers using them to take revenge on his brother. Harry Potter…
Kreacher’s Vegan French Onion Soup
Onion soup is a broth-soup made from caramelized onions, sherry, and (traditionally meat-based) broth. It is usually served with bread and croutons where are placed on top and then browned under a broiler. I’ve replaced the sherry in this recipe…
Harry Potter Savory Cheese Wands
Licorice wands are one thing, but any party can have too many sweets—we need some savory foods too! These are one of my absolute favorite party snacks. Marmite is the ultimate umami and even if you aren’t a Marmite ‘lover’, the…
Hogwart’s Halloween Pumpkin Stuffed Jacket Potatoes
Jacket Potatoes, or Baked Potatoes stateside, are simply spuds baked whole with skins intact. They are baked, cut open, fluffed up, and sometimes filled with extra toppings. Returned to the oven and you’ve got double-baked potatoes. Jacket Potatoes were the…
Retro Recipes: Vegan Apple Cheese Ball
Vegan cheeses have become quite a thing as of late. I know of more than a dozen small time artisan and big brand cheeses popping up all over the country—aged nut cheeses, spreadable, wedges, shreds… You name it and they…
Retro Recipes: Vegan Tater Tot Casserole
Another recipe compiled from pre-made ingredients, this one would have been quite easy for the busy 1950s housewife. It’s hardly a recipe that has disappeared, any search will turn up hundreds of blogs using the same formula: cream of mushroom…
Vegan Asparagus Gruyére Cheese Tart
Tarts are great vessels for veggies a little past their prime. It was nearly too late before I remembered we bought a lovely bunch of asparagus. Unfortunately, a large portion of it was no longer so lovely. Yet, I managed…
Vegan Pumpkin Cheddar Stout Pie – Video – Dark Kitchens
It seems like ages since I started writing and planning this video. Now thanks to Follow Your Heart for awarding me 1st place in their recent Gourmet Vegan Shreds Recipe Contest and Monkey Man for all his help, I’m able to produce…
Lemony Cream Cheese Cake
Tender, moist and a little dense this cakes is a cross between quick bread and pound cake. To be honest I haven’t really had a good pound cake since becoming vegan, so I was very pleasantly surprised with the results.…
Extra Bite Marmite Popcorn
Love it or hate it—The UK version is dark brown, sticky, and ever so salty. It’s distinct, powerful flavor has garnered the company’s slogan “Love it or Hate it”. We definitely LOVE IT. Marmite is a yeast extract spread that is…