About

Every recipe here is one I’ve actually cooked. If something needs a specific brand or a particular swap to work, I’ll say so directly – no guessing games.

Alongside recipes, you’ll find straight answers to the “is this vegan” questions that come up constantly once you start eating this way: what’s hiding in condiments, which brands to trust, and what to actually check on a label.

How I develop recipes

I cook every recipe in my own kitchen before it appears here. If a version doesn’t work, I don’t publish it – I rework it or I drop it. What you see on the site is the version that actually worked, written down the way I made it.

• Plant-only ingredients, named explicitly. I write “oat milk” or “vegan butter”, never bare “milk” or “butter”, so there is no guessing about what belongs in the pan.
• Measurements and times I actually tested. If I haven’t verified something, I leave it out rather than invent a number.
• Storage and reheating notes from the real batch – what keeps well, what goes soggy, and what is better eaten fresh.
• Photos of the actual dish, so what you see is what the recipe makes.

How I check “is it vegan?”

Packaged foods and drinks hide animal ingredients in plain sight, so I read the actual label or the manufacturer’s ingredient list first – never a rumor or a cached forum answer. When I say something is or isn’t vegan, I say why, and I link the source I checked.

• Label first: confectioner’s glaze (shellac), gelatin, whey, casein, isinglass in beer and wine, and similar quiet animal-derived ingredients are the usual reason a product fails.
• Sugar nuance: some refined sugar is processed with bone char. I flag where that matters and where it doesn’t, rather than giving a blanket yes or no.
• Drinks get extra care: for beer, wine, and spirits I cross-check community-verified databases alongside what the producer states, because fining agents rarely appear on the label.
• When the label is unclear or formulas vary by region, I say so directly instead of pretending to be certain. Products get reformulated, so always re-check the current package.

My editorial standards

Every post reflects my own cooking and checking, and I stand behind what’s written here. If I find a mistake after publishing, I fix the article itself – I don’t leave a wrong version up with a note buried in the comments.

• No invented numbers: nutrition, times, and amounts appear only when tested or sourced. Unsure means omitted.
• Internal links point only to real posts on this site – related recipes and is-it-vegan guides that genuinely help the reader.
• No health-professional claims: I’m a long-time vegan home cook sharing what works in my kitchen, not a dietitian. Anything resembling health advice is general information, not personal guidance.

Corrections and contact

Found a wrong ingredient, a changed formula, or a link that no longer matches its source? Tell me via the contact page and I’ll re-check and correct the article. For how I handle data and content rights, see the privacy policy and terms of use.