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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 […]

Quinoa minestrone and lucky chia pudding

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 […]

A bowl full of rice, a mind full of questions

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 […]

Two hills of health

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 […]

Food and calories: How do we measure them?

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 […]

The Philosophical Pumpkin: Reflections on lentil soup, buckwheat, and side …

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. […]

Garlic: food or medicine?

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 […]

A vegan version of Peru food

Do you remember learning about different flavours as a kid? You probably did the time-honoured experiment of eating different kinds of food at school and seeing which tastes you perceived and where on your tongue you noticed them. With this experiment (besides amusing the teachers by having us make funny […]

Four or five basic tastes?

What are proteins? Proteins are molecules composed of at least fifty smaller units known as amino acids. Though many naturalists of the 18th century were involved in studying and discovering these compounds, perhaps it is the French chemist, Antoine Fourcroy, who most deserves mentioning. When this substance was discovered, the […]

Plant proteins? Yes, please.

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The aim of Hungry Pumpkin is to show readers some simple lunch ideas, and that vegan food can be simple, wholesome and affordable. However, since there is also science behind each of our lunches, we have interesting things to say about nutrition in various articles.

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