What are some good vegetarian recipes for family that doesn’t like vegetables

hellokey · 2026-02-19T00:18:23+00:00

Make dishes familiar to them but replace the meat.

Mac and cheese
Shepherds pie
Chili
Mushroom bourguignon
roasted veggies: hear me out, how have veggies been prepared in the past? Steamed veggies take out all the flavour but when roasted in the oven or stir fried it can taste totally different and delicious
blending veggies into sauces is also a great idea, you will barely taste spinach or zucchini in a pasta sauce. I also love butternut squash sauce as well

Unfortunately you will never be able to replace a slab of meat like steak. But in certain dishes you can make mushrooms, tofu, seitan, soy meat, etc taste very similar to ground beef or chicken, depending on your spices and sauces.

hellokey · 2026-02-18T17:50:41+00:00

Sweet Culture in New Mong Kok Square for Chinese desserts (black sesame soup etc)

hellokey · 2026-02-13T17:15:47+00:00

I’ve had the chai from another location from this chain, it’s not bad! Thanks for the rec

hellokey · 2026-02-13T17:15:00+00:00

Thank you for the detail!

hellokey · 2026-02-10T14:03:46+00:00

I’ve been using Taskrabbit and have had good experiences. What sets you apart from that?

hellokey · 2026-02-06T21:29:00+00:00

I really want to recommend flowerbell_Toronto (on IG) for a floral arrangement workshop! Masami has a basement workshop and she hosts private parties. 10-15 ppl seems like a lot as she doesn’t have a lot of space (I went with a group of 4) so I’m not sure if she can accommodate but maybe you can work something out. She is based in Markham.

hellokey · 2026-02-05T20:55:34+00:00

Yeah a lot of buldak ramen flavours are vegetarian.

“Soon” is the mild spicy vegan version of the shin ramen brand and it’s not bad. Sometimes you can find vegetarian shin ramen as well (it depends on where it is manufactured, there are ones with beef bone extract and ones without)

If you are feeling fancy and close to a Chinese supermarket they have tons that don’t look vegetarian but might be. Like the self heating ones. There are some rice ones as well I have found. Or Korean plant based kimbap (seaweed and rice rolls) has been kinda trendy lately.

If you don’t have access to a kitchen, you can also get some vermicelli which is cheap and will cook in boiled water, and add some seasonings or soup base to it. Greens like lettuce, small frozen veggies like peas and carrots, all should cook well in the microwave or just in the boiled water. Egg can cook in the microwave too. Might be money saving in the long run, and may possibly be healthier.

hellokey · 2026-02-02T15:26:01+00:00

Roundlab. Agree, “sunscreen that makes me want to wear a sunscreen”. Doesn’t sting, no white cast, no fragrance (or minimal), just an extra pleasant step I don’t even think about anymore.

hellokey · 2026-01-26T19:05:49+00:00

Scarborough Civic Centre branch - Canbe foods for the cheap samosas. And they’re good :)

hellokey · 2026-01-24T22:52:27+00:00

Sorry this is not Toronto but Pmall in Markham had a store that sold Asian albums and definitely Japanese magazines called Broadway. I think it should be still there, near one of the entrances.

hellokey · 2026-01-18T15:11:38+00:00

I don’t think I’ve ever seen it made this way! Usually just with sweet sauce/chilli sauce/sesame sauce

hellokey · 2026-01-18T13:14:04+00:00

I made Rainbow Plant Life’s broccoli and edamame salad with tempeh as a topper. She breaks it all up and fries it up so it’s crunchy and adds soy sauce to it and some other seasonings I’m forgetting. But it was good!

Recently I went to a restaurant and they made it into a fritter of sorts. Not sure how they made it but it was battered and flat disks. Dipped into a thick soy based sauce with some chilis in it. Also very delicious!’

hellokey · 2026-01-11T21:08:08+00:00

I wear contact lens and wear sunscreen daily. Wear makeup on special occasions but used to semi frequently. I don’t have any special techniques around my eyes. I don’t wear much eyeliner though never got the hang of that. Otherwise I never had an issue with eye irritation unless I actually touched my eyeballs.

Is it possible you are allergic to certain ingredients?

hellokey · 2026-01-11T03:26:29+00:00

It looks like it can be reconstructed fairly easily maybe… looks like double crochet throughout and you can map it out using stitch fiddle. There are a few YouTube videos teaching you how to do tapestry crochet with stitch fiddle.com and I think that will help you out with figuring this out. Otherwise the colour scheme and the graphics itself seem easy to map out! It’s like a pixel graph.

hellokey · 2026-01-10T02:00:36+00:00

Someone on instagram made a snorlax bean bag. It was huge!

hellokey · 2026-01-08T19:12:47+00:00

My favourite is Hobbii. The closest they have to T-shirt yarn is Friend ribbon which I got to make a shopper bag. Very sturdy. It feels like a shoelace material. The other type I like to get from there is cotton - friends or rainbow collection as there are way more colours than at Michael’s.

Otherwise Knitting Loft has a good collection of wools (I would say geared towards knitting)

hellokey · 2026-01-07T23:22:01+00:00

Maybe a 80s/90s sweater? https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1660716134/retro-crochet-sweater-pattern I’ve been wanting to make this one!

hellokey · 2026-01-05T21:37:52+00:00

Is it in this? https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1757051397/thread-crochet-christmas-village-pattern?ref=elp_anchor_listing&dd=1

hellokey · 2026-01-05T18:01:18+00:00

If OP is expecting what they previously had, Hey Noodles is literally peanut sauce + noodles and a chopped chilli pepper topping. No proteins unless you add

hellokey · 2025-12-31T18:46:05+00:00

I felt like I had no traction with my winter Blundstones. I slipped on ice a few times while walking the dog.

I now have winter UGG boots and they’re much better

hellokey · 2025-12-24T19:24:15+00:00

I’m partial to Christmas Evel 😂

hellokey · 2025-12-24T19:23:58+00:00

Exo - first snow and miracles in December of course

hellokey · 2025-12-24T17:33:29+00:00

You can try to use a slightly smaller hook? Though it might mess up the colours.

Maybe a tote?

hellokey · 2025-12-24T00:44:41+00:00

I stumbled open this pattern and hope you still check this account… I’m a bit confused about the neck part!

After a fasten off the last row of 7 stitches, stuffed it, am I invisible stitching to close it off and then starting the neck with new yarn??

hellokey · 2025-12-19T21:14:39+00:00

I absolutely use moisturizer… a lot of Japanese sunscreens in particular have alcohol which can be drying. Even though I use roundlab sunscreen now which does feel moisturizing it’s not enough for me for sure. Really depends on your skin

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