Category: Condiments

Hello All, Wayne AKA the Mad Food Scientist here.Today in the hopper is a How-To for a versatile building block ingredient. I make my own because I am a frugal sort and don’t buy canned beans any longer.Considering that a typical 15oz can of beans only contains 9oz of actual beans,...

        Hello All,Wayne AKA The Mad Food Scientist here.I’ve made vegan butter before, however, recently while exploring mayonnaise made from Tofu and Aquafaba I stumbled across a recipe for vegan butter that uses aquafaba. I’ve tried it and it’s the best vegan butter I’ve made. Here’s the...

        Hello all,Wayne AKA the Mad Food Scientist here.A while back I made an attempt at Vegan Worcestershire Sauce.I used the recipe on the Loving It Vegan blog( https://lovingitvegan.com/vegan-worcestershire-sauce/#recipe ). For this attempt, I tweaked it a bit. ORIGINAL: Ingredients▢½ cup Apple Cider Vinegar (120ml)▢¼ cup Water (60ml)▢2 Tbsp Light Brown Sugar▢2 Tbsp Maple Syrup▢3 Tbsp Soy Sauce▢½ tsp Onion Powder▢½ tsp Garlic...

Hello all,Wayne, the Mad Food Scientist here.Today I’m exploring making mayonnaise from tofu. Don’t get me wrong, I like the flavour of the vegan mayonnaise I’ve been making and using. However, they never seem to get the thickness that I’m looking for.  I’ve recently seen a few videos of mayonnaise made from tofu.So,...

  Hello All, I know it’s been a bit since last I posted.Today, I decided to try making mayonnaise from eggs, to balance out my experience and to contrast it with the vegan mayonnaise I’ve been making. Azzie, a friend of mine, gave me the link to this recipe:( https://www.justonecookbook.com/japanese-mayonnaise/  ) INGREDIENTS:Base...

Welcome back to the Domestic Culinary Lab!  I’m Wayne aka The Mad Food Scientist.Today I’m going to talk about making vegan butter. For the past few months, I’ve been tinkering with various recipes for vegan butter out of curiosity and, let’s address the elephant in the room. The sticker...

Hello Everyone,Wayne, the Mad Food Scientist here.It’s interesting how experiments occur to me to do.For example, I recently saw a video about making non soggy granola ( Yes, you guessed it, a future post ).However, to make the non soggy granola called for almond butter. Small problem, I don’t...

Hello all,Wayne, the Mad Food Scientist here.Last summer I was low on mayonnaise and the store was closed. Since I was attempting to keep my cholesterol down I did some YouTube research and viewed a fair few videos and found this simple recipe and method. This past weekend, I...