Chia and banana pancakes from buckwheat and chickpea flours. A few posts ago we mentioned that at some point we would get around to making pancakes. Well, the day has arrived and your patience will be rewarded! Hopefully, you will be as excited by these pancakes as our stomachs were […]
Why does chopped fruit go brown? We’ve all been here before. Life is busy, you prepare yourself a snack and forget about it for a while. Normally this wouldn’t be a big deal, but in the case of some fruits you have them so nicely sliced up, you remember you […]
We’re all familiar with the basic formula that stories should follow: there should be an introduction, a core, and then a conclusion. As much as getting into literary theory would be fun, that isn’t our aim here. You see, it’s not just stories that should follow this outline, but meals […]
Everything you’ve always wanted to know about rice Today, your Hungry Pumpkin team is diving into another of life’s great mysteries for you: rice! Did you know that in some Indian cultures rice is linked with prosperity and the Hindu god of wealth? Meanwhile, in Japan, it’s sometimes connected with […]
One of the main things we advocate in this blog is that vegan food can be very simple. Today we get to prove that in an even more extreme way than usual! What do you think the smallest possible number of ingredients is from which you can make soup? Obviously […]
Some time ago a part of our Hungry Pumpkin team was on a business trip and found themselves eating at the hotel’s buffet. The food was marked with many labels, such as “vegan”, “rich in fiber”, “rich in protein” and “low fat”. Among these others, our observant teammate noticed that […]
This time around we decided to make lentil soup, buckwheat žganci, and a vegetable side dish. Before we get into the recipe though, we have some linguistics to discuss! What are the žganci? Žganci [click] is a traditional dish from Slovenia and Croatia, two Slavic countries that were formerly a […]
You’ve probably heard a lot about garlic. From fighting off vampires, to protecting sailors from magic in The Odyssey, this plant has been wrapped up in folklore for a long time. That’s not all though; garlic was so important in Egypt that it was used as a form of currency. […]
A not long time ago our colleague returned from a trip to Peru, so we asked her to bring us a little bit closer to Peruvian culture. Knowing us, you probably guessed that we specifically asked that she bring our bellies closer to the culture… With this in mind, she […]