Author Archives: canadianveggie

About canadianveggie

I enjoy exploring the great outdoors, eating good vegan food, cycling around Vancouver, solving problems with software, learning about urban planning, and discussing politics.

Happy Father’s Day

Posted on June 16, 2013

Happy Father’s Day to the man who taught me how to be a man, my role model in life. I’ve been lucky to pick up my dad’s athleticism, sense of adventure, mischievousness, and frugality. I wish I had more of … Continue reading →

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Vegan Carnitas

Posted on June 10, 2013

Emily made these amazing vegan carnitas with jackfruit substituting for pulled pork, plus Daiya cheese, shredded beets, tomatoes, peppers, and salsa. Delicious. Emily used the second recipe on this page, with canned green jackfruit in brine (make sure you don’t … Continue reading →

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Improved Cambie Bridge Cycling Connections

Posted on June 8, 2013

The engineers working at the City of Vancouver are awesome. Check out the proposed redesign for the north end of the Cambie Bridge. A two-way separated bike lane is planned to connect with the bike lanes on Beatty. Currently, the … Continue reading →

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Ups and Down of a Canadian Kickstarter Backer

Posted on June 7, 2013

I’m still addicted to kickstarter. I love the quirky videos explaining the projects. I love the creativity being showcased. I love that for a small price you can help make the projects a reality, influence the design, and get early … Continue reading →

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Pescovegan – Adding Oysters to My Diet

Posted on June 2, 2013

Flexitarian diets seem to be all the rage these days. Vancouver has proclaimed June 10 as Meatless Monday. Bill Gates thinks the Future of Food is in fake meat. Mark Bittman, New York Times food critic, recently created the VB6 … Continue reading →

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Why I Can’t Work at Home

Posted on June 2, 2013

Chai loves sitting on my laptop.

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5km in 17:56

Posted on June 2, 2013

I have no plans to run another marathon anytime soon. I can’t commit to running 3-5 days a week. But it does seem like a shame to stop running when I’m in the best shape of my life. I ran … Continue reading →

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Adanac Bikeway Improvements

Posted on May 17, 2013

The City of Vancouver is looking to upgrade one of its busiest bike routes, Adanac/Union. Although the project hasn’t garnered the same media attention as the proposed greenway along Cornwall, this is a very exciting project for cyclists. I use … Continue reading →

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Happy Mother’s Day

Posted on May 12, 2013

I’ve been blessed with an amazing mother, a wonderful mother-in-law, and several spectacular grandmothers. I’ve always admired their strength, compassion, tenacity, and abundance of talents. Hopefully Mom is taking it easy today. If today was any other weekend, she would … Continue reading →

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Data Nerd: Analyzing the BMO Vancouver Marathon 2013 Results

Posted on May 9, 2013

Now that my marathon training is over, I thought I’d use some of my free time to analyze the race results. Registration in the 2013 BMO Vancouver Marathon was capped at 5000 and there were 4958 registered runners, but the … Continue reading →

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