Vegan Gingerbread Crepes
Thanksgiving has come and gone, so that means Christmas, Christmas everywhere! Pretty soon you won’t be able to go anywhere without hearing Christmas music, or seeing festive decorations. Sometimes I think people go a little overboard, with big decorations but you know what? Whatever makes them happy! My Mom was always kind of a minimalist […]
Vegan Sweet Potato Casserole
Like any mid-western cook, my Grandma would always serve a sweet potato casserole with Thanksgiving. As much as I loved my Grandma’s cooking, it was probably my least favorite thing and I politely would just take a small spoonful. Now, I am sure some sweet potato casseroles are good, and they use real yams, but this […]
Vegan Cheesy Squash Tots with Cranberry Chipotle Ketchup
It’s funny, growing up I was never a big fan of tater tots. Whenever they were included in my school lunches, I just left them there, because for some reason they did not appeal to me. French fries however were another story. Kind of weird for a kid or teenager I know, but that is […]
Mini Vegan Pumpkin Pies
Monday I went for a 24 mile bike ride in the morning to enjoy the scenery and give my legs a rest from running. It is just gorgeous here this time of the year! The trees are all sorts of different colors, and when the wind blows they flutter to the ground like confetti. Not […]
Savory Lentil and Wild Rice Stuffed Squash
I have always had a thing for squash. It is the vegetable that I always used to get the most excited about, and when Fall rolled around, I had to have some in my kitchen at all times. There was a point when I ate it almost every day, and my skin turned slightly orange. […]
Vegan Black Bean Tostadas with Apple Salsa
What do you do when you have a hungry boyfriend who has had one of those terrible horrible no good very bad days arriving at your house and you have nothing made? You improvise and raid the pantry and make a random delicious recipe. I guess I am a softie when it comes to hungry […]
Moroccan Lentil Stew
I visited my Grandpa last Sunday and came home with about 10 lbs of fresh tomatoes from his garden. What does one do with that many fresh tomatoes besides make sauce? Well, I found lots of uses for them! I love my Grandpa’s Tomatoes, and every year I anxiously await them. It is so nice […]
Vegan Roasted Tomato Sweet Corn Pizza with Rosemary
I wish I could have a garden of my own, but unfortunately I can’t. Thankfully I have people who share their garden fresh veggies with me! My Grandpa does every year, he grows cucumbers and tomatoes, and they are always way better than store bought. My coworker brought some tomatoes in to work last Friday, […]
Watermelon Cherry Basil Cooler
When I was little, and into sugary popsicles, I could have cared less about watermelon. It was all about the brightly colored freezes, bomb pops and those sorts of things when it came to keeping cool in the Summer. But now as an adult, I have an appreciation for naturally cooling foods. Give me a watermelon […]
Double Berry Mango Layered Smoothie
On a hot and humid day, something cooling and refreshing is absolutely essential. I have been enjoying my popsicles and ice cream lately, but smoothies do the trick too for when you want something a little less sweet but still filling and refreshing. Last weekend, Eric and I got back from a day outside in […]
Mini Vegan Dark Chocolate Fig Cakes
I get really tired of all of the negativity online. People are so mean to one another, and they think it is ok to say whatever they want just because it pops into their head, and they are not face to face with the person they are saying it to. It is all over, and […]
Tahini Broccoli Salad
My Mom brought me some broccoli, crasins and tahini, and asked me if I would make her a broccoli salad with it. She was thinking, sort of like a twist on the classic broccoli salad that people make and take to picnics. You know the one, with the bacon, mayo dressing, sunflower seeds, and raisins. The […]
Vegan Chili Mango Dark Chocolates
I was given a bag of dried, unsweetened mango. It was delicious! It tasted like fresh mango intensified! I snacked on some, but I wanted to make something with it as well. Something in the form of dessert that I could share with the person that gave it to me. I decided that I wanted […]
Spicy Ginger Garlic Saurkraut
What many people don’t realize is that keeping your gut healthy is important. If it is not healthy, and does not have enough healthy bacteria in it, you might start to have problems with digestion, get sick more often (because much of your immune system is there), have skin issues, and feel tired among other […]
Vegan Matcha Chocolate Chip Pancakes
What do you make for dinner on a rainy day when you need a mood booster? Pancakes. At least that is what I made. Colorful pancakes, because those are fun right?! Well, I was just in a matcha sort of mood, so I made matcha chocolate chip pancakes to share with Eric, because he is […]
Spicy Quinoa Veggie Black Bean Salad
I had one really busy day last week where I got home late from work, was feeling stressed and didn’t want to fuss over dinner. A pre-dinner walk with Eric helped, but I was still not in the mood to cook something complicated. It was a warm day so salad sounded awesome. You wouldn’t think I […]
Coconut Matcha Mint Mousse with Berries
I am not a coffee drinker, but I do love a good matcha latte once in a while. I was thinking about how good it is to top off your matcha latte with coconut cream, and I decided that making a coconut matcha mousse was a good idea. I had some fresh berries, and I […]
Vegan Blackberry Chocolate Chip Coffeecake
I wanted cake last weekend, but I did not want to have to make one that I had to frost. I wanted it to be bake and bam! It was done, and once cooled enough, ready to enjoy. I knew it was going to be a busy day and I didn’t have a lot of […]
Vegan Loaded Chili Yam Fries
Yam fries are my favorite thing in the world. I know I have mentioned it before, but I could eat them for every meal of the day. So, I decided that I needed to make a legitimate (well sort of) dinner out of them and make it a full meal with other things besides just […]
Vegan Yellow Butter Cupcakes
Looking back at my Grandma’s old cookbooks that I inherited, yellow butter cake seemed to be all the rage back in the day. You can’t page through an old cookbook and not see photos of one, usually with some sort of rich chocolate frosting. I admit I drooled over them when I was younger paging […]
Vegan Chickpea Chorizo Stuffed Yams
I eat yams at least 4 times a week if not more. I am addicted to them honestly, they are sooo good. Yam fries are my favorite thing in the world, and I could live off of them if that were ok. Like for breakfast lunch and dinner and never get sick of them. But […]
Vegan Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Popcorn
I often get asked where I get my recipe ideas. Well, I have several sources of inspiration. First, my friends and family. They often ask me if I can veganize and healthify things that they enjoy or make something with a specific flavor that sounds good to them. All the while, of course knowing full […]
Vegan Cinnamon Roll Scones
All day at work in the deli yesterday, I was engulfed in the heavenly aroma of scones. My work station is near the cooling rack, and my coworker had been making blueberry oatmeal and lemon poppy seed scones. They smelled amazing. It is like free scent therapy. You can not close your eyes and smell that and […]
Irish Lentil Stew
We make an Irish Stew in the deli I work in, and every time I make it I think of St. Patrick’s Day. Well now St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner so I should definitely make it soon! Seems appropriate. Well, I thought I should make my own version of it at home. […]
Coconut Curry Roasted Romanesco with Chickpeas
The first time I ever saw a romanesco I thought it looked like a beautiful green alien cauliflower with crazy geometric shapes. What an awesome veggie! I had to buy one of course, and it tasted wonderful too. One of my favorite ways to eat them is actually roasted with a bit of sea salt. […]
Mini Lucky Green Vegan Cupcakes
I felt like making cupcakes on my day off. Because what could be better than baking cupcakes on your day off while relaxing and listening to good music? I find it extremely relaxing to bake, and cupcakes are fun I was feeling pretty lucky. In a good mood, and everything was going right. While I […]
Vegan Lemon Blackberry Cream Pie
I got my hands on loads of lemons and all could think of that I wanted to make was pie. Lemon meringue sounded wonderful, since I love that tart lemon curd filling, and billowy cloudlike meringue frosting, but so did lemon cream pie with some sort of berries. In the end, the lemon cream won because […]
Beet and Chickpea Curry
I was in the mood for curry a few nights back, but I didn’t have many traditional ingredients to make one. I did however have beets. I have never heard of a beet curry (not that I am a curry connoisseur or anything), but I decided I was going to make one. It sounded good. […]
Vegan Citrus Corncakes (gluten free) with Kumquat Syrup
After an exhausting day last week, all I wanted was to make some breakfast for dinner when I got home. I had been running around all day and wanted nothing more than to relax and make some pancakes. Something wintery with seasonal ingredients preferably made from things I had on hand, since I didn’t feel like […]
Vegan Mint Double Chocolate Brownie Cookies
Some people like to lie around in their PJs on their day off, or go see a movie or something, but on my day off I like to go for a run then bake and relax the rest of the day. This time of year with Christmas music in the background and baking a […]
Festive Pomegranate Slaw
It has been really unseasonably warm here lately. It is supposed to be almost winter, and normally we have lots of snow on the ground by now and I am running in a Winter wonderland with solid lakes and sparkling icicles hanging from the trees, but instead it is brown. Don’t get me wrong, I […]
Vegan Molten Dark Chocolate Cakes
Last weekend was Eric’s Birthday. We have spent 3 years together and in those 3 years he has been my best friend. We do pretty much everything together when we have days off, enjoying nature most of the time, visiting new or familiar places and seeing things we have never seen, and having long talks […]
Vegan Mocha Pumpkin Bread
I had some leftover pumpkin from another recipe needing to be used in the fridge, and I did not want to put a lot of work into making something with it. Cake sounded good, but I have made lots of pumpkin spice cakes this year. Plus cake was a little more work than I wanted. […]
Vegan Cheddar Thyme Biscuits
I haven’t made biscuits in ages, and I know I have never made vegan biscuits, so I decided to make some last Monday on my day off. Honestly, I had seen someone making some on a cooking show and they started to sound really good to me. I told Eric I was going to make […]
Vegan Apple Raspberry Pie with Almond Streusel Topping
My Mom recently told me about a pie she had enjoyed at a restaurant that was so good. It was an apple raspberry pie with an almond crumble topping. It sounded so good to me, that I decided I wanted to enjoy some too, so I decided to create one myself. Apples are plentiful […]
Sweet and Spicy Double Squash Salad
I can never get enough of squash when it comes into season. It is so good roasted especially, and butternut and buttercup are so sweet that they almost taste like dessert to me. So I eat it about as much as I can while I can get the local varieties. It is kind of addictive. […]
Vegan Butternut Squash Apple Pie
Eric recently made his own pumpkin pie from scratch (like roasting the pumpkins and all). His turned out so cute, he made mini ones, and it made appreciate the fact that he can bake if he wants to. I can’t say I can say that about any other guys I have had in my life […]
Spicy Raw Apple Salsa and Pumpkin Chia Chips
I saw an apple salsa somewhere on TV (not sure where because I can’t remember now), and all I remember about it was that I wanted to make apple salsa of my own after seeing that! I don’t even remember what was in theirs, but that’s ok because I had an idea of what I wanted […]
Creamy Vegan Pumpkin and Leek Penne Pasta
I don’t look at a bad day as a reason to throw a pity party. Instead I think of it as character building. If you can survive a really bad day, then the next one won’t be so bad because you know you will get through it. Right? And when you have good days, […]
Vegan Crabapple Rustic Tart with Gingerbread Rye Crust
I was given a bag of organic sprouted rye flour which I have never had before. I always thought rye flour was just for rye bread and so I never tried it since I have never tried to make rye bread. But since I had a bag, I wondered if it would be good in […]
Raw White Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake
I was hard core craving some pumpkin spice cheesecake last weekend. But just plain pumpkin spice wasn’t going to cut it, I wanted to add white chocolate as well. oddly enough it has been a while since I made a raw cheesecake since I have been working on my book making other types of cakes. […]
French Lentils in Mushroom Gravy with Mashed Sweet and Gold Potatoes
It was kind of chilly last Thursday, and so I decided that I wanted some warming comfort food for dinner. I really wanted something like shepard’s pie, but I didn’t want to have to go through of the work of making it so I ended up making something simpler that still had gravy and […]
Vegan Pumpkin Chocolate Chunk Doughnuts
It is finally starting to feel like fall. I have broken out the jackets and sweaters, and it is long sleeve running weather. But I love it. It makes me feel cozy inside when it is a little chilly on the outside and I have to move a little faster or snuggle a little more […]
Vegan Pumpkin Spice Crepes
Eric has been telling me I should make cinnamon sugar crepes for months now, and I was a bit stubborn saying that they sounded boring, and they did a little to me…until I realized it is now fall, and I could make pumpkin crepes with cinnamon sugar! Because that makes ALL the difference, at least […]
Raw Pumpkin Spice Granola
I am heading into pumpkin bliss at full speed. Pumpkin does not last long in this household lately after I buy it because I am finding all sorts of delicious ways to use it in recipes. Of course I have baked a few things, and made a few savories, but snacks are not off limits, […]
Lentil Ragout over Pumpkin Gnocchi
The last time I attempted to make vegan gnocchi, it ended in disaster. They fell apart, and I was so disappointed because I was excited about the recipe. That was about 6 years ago, and I decided it was time to attempt them again. After all, I have nailed several things since then that had […]
Raw Spiced Carrot Apple Granola
The aroma of Autumn is in the air. You can especially smell it in the morning. As I head out for my runs, the air feels crisp and dry. The trees are just starting to show signs of color, reds, yellows and oranges appearing on a select few, and a few are falling to the […]
Vegan Apple Streusel Doughnuts
My Mom recently suggested I make some apple doughnuts. She said she heard someone else talking about some, and they sounded so good…and I agreed, so I had to make some. I hadn’t made baked vegan apple doughnuts ever so I was excited about this. I had just picked up a bunch of honeycrisp apples, […]
Simple Vegan Vanilla Maple Sweet Corn Ice Cream
I was given loads of fresh corn in my CSA box this week and I was trying to think of creative uses for it. I love to just eat it raw and plain sometimes, and so does Eric. The organic local varieties are so sweet and delicious without anything on them. Because they are sweet, […]
Vegan Veggie Lentil Enchiladas with Green Sauce
I have never actually used tomatillos before. I have seen them many times at the store or farmer’s market, but passed them up thinking I don’t know how to use them, and I prefer to just buy what I know. But that mind set is boring. And I was wrong to pass them up. I […]
Simple Vegan Vanilla Bean Cake
When Singing Dog Vanilla contacted me and asked if I would like to try their product, I was like heck yeah! I use vanilla in almost every dessert I make, and it is one of my favorite flavors. If I were asked to choose between chocolate and vanilla it would always be vanilla. So, I […]
Vegan Roasted Tomato and Kale Quesadillas
I used to be a huge cheese lover. My favorite sandwich (and all I would order in a restaurant for years) was always good old grilled cheese. But I would never say no to a quesadilla. To me, it was just good old grilled cheese with tortillas. It was actually the first thing I ever […]
Summer Lentil Stuffed Pattypan Squash
Pattypan or sunburst squash as they are also called, have to be one of the most adorable things ever! I remember the first time I saw some at the store I had to buy them just because they were so cute, not knowing for sure how to prepare them. Little did I know they can […]
Vegan Mini S’mores Bites
I have been making marshmallow fluff weekly since I first discovered aquafaba (chickpea liquid that creates vegan marshmallows and meringue) and how fun it is. I thought marshmallows were off limits to vegans, something I could only hold in my past memories as a child…boy was I wrong. I have been trying to create recipes […]
Vegan Avocado Potato Salad
I got my hands on some of the most beautiful potatoes I had ever seen last week. They were a mix of purple, pink and yellow. I have seen a lot of these potatoes at the farmer’s market lately and I have been wanting to buy some, but didn’t get around to it until […]
Vegan Chocolate Dipped Basil Mint Sugar Cookies (gluten free)
I had lots of beautiful basil and mint from my CSA box, and I wanted to make something delicious with it. Sure, some of it made its way into salads, but I wanted something sweet as well. I couldn’t get my mind off of sugar cookies. Eric and I had spent most of the day […]
Vegan Jalapeno Cheddar Mashed Potatoes
Who doesn’t like mashed potatoes?! They are after all one of the quintessential comfort foods. I remember when I was little I loved them…especially when my Mom made them out of a box. Sad, I know. But my 5 year old self did not have the best tastes. Funny because she made them the old […]
Vegan Chocolate Mint Gelato
It has been quite warm here lately which has me thinking about ice cream a lot. Not that I don’t like ice cream year round, because I enjoy it in the winter too, but now nice cool desserts sound amazing after coming inside from a hot humid day, or working in a hot kitchen. I […]
Roasted Vegetable and Lentil Salad with Lemon Hemp Seed Dressing and Mint
Windy City Organics sent me some Dastony hemp seed butter to try out and create a recipe with. I was super excited because I love hemp seeds, and I use them in my salads often, or mix them into the nut butters I make at home. However, I have never made hemp seed butter myself […]
Vegan Salted Caramel Maple Meringues
The first meringues I ever tried to make had coconut sugar in them. The ones that fell flat as I popped them into the oven making my heart sink. I had so much hope for them! The problem was that the aquafaba (chickpea liquid used to make vegan meringue) had not been whipped long enough […]
Vegan Double Berry Rhubarb Galette
I have been really craving pie lately. A delicious fruit pie with a jammy filling, crisp rich crust, and sweet fruit inside. I’m not very picky when it comes to the fruit. It is all good…peaches, cherries, berries. They all are amazing in a pie in my opinion. So, I made a sort of pie […]
Raw Strawberry Rhubarb Cheesecake Bars
I was over at my Dad’s house on Father’s Day and I picked a whole bunch of rhubarb. I almost left without it, but Eric reminded me it was there, and I was all like… “Are you wanting me to bake something with it, or is that a hint?” Of course it was, and he […]
Blueberry Muffin Batter Overnight Oats
This may sound kind of odd, but I like blueberry muffin batter even more than regular cake batter. I know it is slightly less sweet but that is what I love about it. That and the few berries that I may or may not have purposely left behind in the bowl so I could enjoy them […]
Vegan Banana Split Parfait
Sometimes I run into writer’s block in the recipe department when I have a lot of other things going on in my life. Luckilly though I have a few special people around me that help to inspire me when I am feeling a little uninspired. I asked Eric what I should make last week, […]
Raw Raspberry Dream Pie
Cream pies are the perfect thing for summer as far as I am concerned. But I guess I consider them somewhat of a special thing to make since I don’t make the often. There was no special occasion last weekend, but I decided to make it special and make a cream pie. Raspberry cream pie […]
4 Ingredient Banana Cream Pie Popsicles
Although I am all about the fancy desserts sometimes, other times I am all about the super easy ones. And nothing beats popsicles for easy in the summer. Don’t get me wrong, I love my elaborate ice cream flavors, but it is nice to simply blend something, pop it in the freezer and half a day later […]
Vegan Double Berry Lemon Doughnuts
Ever since I made my German Chocolate Doughnuts last week with my new pan, I have been wanting to make more doughnuts. Something about the idea of baking healthier doughnuts is pretty amazing in my mind. I guess because I have never had a doughnut pan before. So anyways, I got these beautiful berries on sale […]
Spicy Pink Jalapeno Saurkraut
An unhappy tummy is an unhappy person. At least with my personal experience. Which is why I like to keep my gut happy. Eating probiotics is one way to help with that. So why is it important to have a healthy gut? Well, a lot of your immunity lives in your gut. The healthy bacteria are […]
Vegan Lemon Corncakes (gluten free) with Raspberry Rhubarb Sauce
Last week, I had some beautiful raspberries and rhubarb just begging to be used in some sort of delicious dish. Although just dessert would have been wonderful, I thought something a little more substantial and meal oriented might be a good idea. It was after work, I was hungry and I was talking to Eric […]
Red Velvet Smoothie
I love Red Velvet Cake. Or Red Velvet anything dessert…like doughnuts, or ice cream sandwiches or strawberry shortcake. The classic cake cented with vanilla, such a beautiful eye popping color, and creamy frosting…heavenly. My favorite flavor is after all vanilla. No offense to chocolate. In all of my red velvet desserts I always use beets […]
Vegan Gluten Free Sugar Free Raspberry Cupcakes
Since my Gluten Free Sugar Free Vegan Marble Cupcakes that I recently made turned out so good, I decided to try making some more sugar free cupcakes last weekend. This time though, it was raspberry. I had raspberries on hand and I had thought about making muffins…but when I talked to Eric about it he said […]
Vegan Strawberry Rhubarb Mini Pies with Lemon Crust
I had tons of strawberries and tons of rhubarb on hand last weekend, and I had a serious craving for strawberry rhubarb pie. So I had to make some. Strawberry rhubarb pie has been a favorite of mine ever since I had it in a diner with my Mom when I was about 5. That […]
Spicy Roasted Potatoes with Tahini Cheddar Sauce
Sometimes you just need a little comfort food. Which is exactly why I decided to make some roasted potatoes last week. To me, roasted potatoes are comfort food. Just like mashed potatoes are to some people. But they have more texture because the middle is soft and the outside is crispy so I can not […]
Raw Strawberry Rhubarb Bars
My Grandma always had a large amount of rhubarb growing behind her garage. And she knew just what to do with it. She made the most amazing strawberry rhubarb sauce and I looked forward to it every year. She made jars and jars of it to give away, I feel like most of it went […]
Raw Strawberries and Cream Truffles
We have all had one of those days. You know, the ones where you wake up on the wrong side of the bed, repeatedly drop things, ruin things…like spilling something that stains on your favorite pair of shoes or burn a huge pot of soup and have to throw it out. Or have to face rude […]
Vegan Piña Colada Scones
I remember the first time I ever had a Piña Colada. I was about 8 or so, and my Mom had just taken me to a play which was in and of itself exciting, then we were going out to eat at a fancy Asian restaurant where they cooked your food at your table. I was pretty excited. […]
Raw Raspberry Lemon Doughnut Holes
I love, love, love this time of the year. It is the perfect temperature in the morning 50 degrees for running, in the afternoon 70 degrees for chilling out or walking. Plus nature has dressed itself up beautifully. The tulips are opening, the wild violets are blooming and the trees are clothed in the most […]
Raw Key Lime Pie Shooters
I am a big key lime pie fan. It is one of my all time favorite desserts. It has to be the perfect balance of tart and sweet though and not too sweet. My Mom used to make a really good traditional key lime pie that I loved. I have since veganized it though, and […]
Gluten Free Sugar Free Vegan Marble Cupcakes
Last weekend a reader sent me a message asking me to try and find her diabetic friendly cupcake recipe for her parents 50th wedding anniversary. Since I didn’t have one to share with her at that time, and I am always up for a challenge, I decided to make some! Marble cake is always […]
Spicy Simple Veggie Lentil Soup
I am trying to teach my Man the habit of healthy eating, showing him recipes that are delicious, easy to make and simple, so that he can make them for himself during the week when he is not working. Things using staples like lentils for protein that require little cooking time compared to beans. I […]
Vegan Black Forest Cookies
My Mom gave me a bag of dried cherries, and asked me if I would make her some cookies. They were really good ones. Not those flavorless super sweet sugary dried cherries but the natural ones with a pop of tart with the sweet. What came to mind immediately was black forest cookies. Chocolate cookie, […]
Raw Coconut Lime Doughnut Holes
Doughnut holes were treasure when I was a child. It was pretty awesome picking one up, and getting all full of powdered sugar while doing so. Enjoying the sweet cakey doughnut, then licking the powdered sugar off of my fingers. At that point in my life, the more sugar the better as far as my […]
Roasted Sweet Potato and Chickpea Salad
Since it is Earth Day, I thought sharing a beautiful salad was in order. Why a salad? Well, eating lots of veggies and going vegan instead of consuming lots of meat is good for the planet. Did you know plant based food production uses a lot less land and water? Or that is produces less […]
Raw Carrot Cake For Two
Being in a relationship isn’t about everything being perfect and like a fairytale. It is about appreciating the little things like never having to worry about what he thinks about your embarrassing habits and loving you anyway. Or how he will drop everything to help you when you need it or give you a hug and […]
Raw Mango Berry Coconut Yogurt Cake
I used to eat tons of yogurt as a kid. It was packed into my lunch as a child, because I was pretty picky, and it was something that I would actually eat. And, it was my go to snack. Usually strawberry. That was my favorite. This habit continued until a few years back when […]
Raw Veggie Paella
I used to make a lot of dishes with Arborio rice, like risotto, or paella. There was just something so delicious and comforting about it when paired with the right ingredients. So satisfying and hearty. I have found a grain free way to create rice dishes that I enjoy just as much using celeriac […]
Raw Strawberries and Cream Doughnuts
I have been all about the strawberries lately. Mostly because I have been missing them all winter and suddenly they reappear looking so delicious and begging me to buy them and make something delicious with them. I was going to make some strawberries and cream scones last week with some, but that didn’t work out because […]
Raw Strawberry Lemon Chia Seed Granola
I sometimes tend to get weird looks when I tell people about a dream of mine, or an idea I have for something I want to create. Maybe that would bother most people, but not me. After all, no one who created anything great ever thought inside the box, and inside the box thinking is not […]
Vegan Mango Carrot Cake
You know what makes me happy? Spending the day with someone I love doing simple things. I am not one of those types of people who needs to spend lots of money in order to be happy. A day spent outdoors exploring, walking and enjoying the fresh air with one special person is enough to […]
Key Lime Pie Smoothie
I have been enjoying a lot of limes lately. Just been craving the flavor for some reason. Especially key lime pie. So I made some Key Lime Pie Bites, and those were wonderful, but I wanted to bring that flavor to my smoothie as well! Smoothies are actually a treat for me when I have […]
Vegan Strawberry Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies
I recently had a good amount of strawberries, and I decided to dry some. I thought the intensely flavored strawberries would be wonderful in recipes like granola. But I was craving some oatmeal cookies, and I didn’t want to just make the usual (I never do, it has to have a twist on it). So, I […]
Raw Spring Sugar Cookies
When I was in college, I used to love to make sugar cookies. You know, the ones you could decorate with all of the fun frostings. I used my Grandma’s sugar cookie recipe, which was amazing, topped off with buttercream in all sorts of shades of eye popping colors. Now gone are the days […]
Vegan Spring Shepard’s Pie
It is probably not traditional, but I wanted to make shepard’s pie this year for St. Patrick’s Day. I actually made one a few weeks back using veggies I had on hand, and it was so good I wanted to make another to enjoy on the Holiday and that I could share with you […]
Raw Matcha Coconut Cream Pie
Matcha coconut lattes are amazing, and one of my favorite warm drinks lately. If I want something a bit jazzier than tea since I don’t drink coffee they do the trick. The sweet flavor of the coconut along with the earthy matcha is simply heavenly! Which got me to thinking, a coconut cream pie with […]
Raw Key Lime Pie Bites
I got my hands on a bunch of limes, and all I could think to make with them is key lime pie. It sounded sooo good to me because I love key lime pie any time of the year. Especially the very tart kind. It has to be the perfect balance of tart and sweet, […]
Raw Strawberry Chocolate Chunk Blondies
I love making every variation possible of berries and chocolate this time of the year. Yes, it is because Valentine’s Day makes me feel like it is ok to use berries in the winter even though they are not growing here in Minnesota because there is snow on the ground. Good thing I can still […]
Raw Samoa Macaroons
Every where you go practically this time of the year, you hear about buying Girl Scout cookies. I used to indulge in them myself up until I decided to eliminate refined sugars and transfats from my diet. Samoas were always my favorite. Don’t get me wrong, Thin Mints, and Tag Alongs were a close second, […]
Raw Vanilla Mint Chocolates
I have always wondered why mint is part of the St. Patrick’s Day tradition besides the fact that it is green and green is of course the color of St. Patrick’s Day. I mean, did they eat lots of mint stuff over in Ireland? I am not Irish so I do not know, but probably […]
Red Lentil Dal Stuffed Yams with Avocado Lime Cream
After a very active day, I want nothing more than to indulge in a humongous roasted yam filled with some sort of hearty filling. Running 8+ miles in the morning then working all day will leave me pretty hungry and although I eat throughout the day, I don’t get time to have a relaxing sit […]
Raw Lemon Bars
I used to love classic lemon bars. You know, the ones with the super tart lemon curd filling, shortbread crust, and dusting of powdered sugar on top? I remember making some when I was in high school with my Mom and I thought they were one of the most delicious things ever. None of that […]