The Vegan Atlas

Lemon Poppy Blueberry Muffins

March 12, 2019Updated June 26, 2021 By Nava Atlas Leave a Comment

There are lemon blueberry muffins, and there are also lemon poppy muffins. Why choose? You can take two classic muffin recipes and overlap them to make vegan lemon poppy blueberry muffins. These muffins are fantastic with fresh blueberries (when they’re in season), but you can make them all year round with frozen blueberries (preferably organic).

I like to use smaller wild blueberries if using frozen; the regular-size frozen blueberries tend to get mushy and will bleed into your muffins even more than the ones I used here. Either way, frozen berries make the muffins a bit purple, or perhaps lavender, but no matter — they taste fantastic.

Pasta alla Norma (Italian Pasta with Eggplant)

March 11, 2019Updated March 21, 2022 By Nava Atlas Leave a Comment

Pasta alla Norma is one of those great classic Italian dishes that’s simple to make and hugely satisfying to eat. Flavored with plenty of eggplant, onion, and garlic, it’s on the table pretty quickly, too. In the time it takes to boil the water and cook the pasta, the sauce is started and finished.

Be generous with the red pepper flakes if you like a little spice to your pasta dishes— they really give the flavor a boost. And make sure to see below for a super-easy way to make a vegan Parmesan topping, which is entirely optional, but makes a good dish even better.

Hot & Cool Buffalo Cauliflower Chickpea Salad

March 10, 2019Updated April 7, 2021 By Nava Atlas Leave a Comment

There are quite enough vegan Buffalo cauliflower wings recipes floating around. But I enjoy this mash-up of flavors so much that I’ve transposed them into this hearty Buffalo cauliflower chickpea salad.

Okay, you know the drill on Buffalo anything — a special hot sauce (most often, Frank’s) envelopes something chewy and is served with cooling, contrasting ranch or bleu cheese dressing and raw carrots and celery. In the vegan world, either tofu or cauliflower have been swapped in for wings, and the dressing is dairy free.

“Jsem Vegan”: Vegan Restaurants in Prague

March 9, 2019Updated March 12, 2022 By Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Here’s an overview of vegan restaurants in Prague, gathered by Ellen Kanner on her 2019 sojourn to this beautiful city. Ellen writes: Prague prides itself on its millennia-old history, and my family is part of it. My visit would be an interesting challenge — would there be enough vegan restaurants in Prague, and other vegan dining options?

Prague’s cobblestone streets twist and turn in on themselves, wrecking your boot heels and sense of direction. Its castles, churches and towers reach high above the city, their spires glittering in the sun.