Vegan Vanilla Cheesecake Ice Cream with Blueberry Jam Swirl
What does one do with 3 lbs of blueberries? Eat them all in a big bowl and end up like Violet Beauregarde in Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and turn into a giant blueberry? To be completely honest after seeing that movie as a kid, I always thought about that scene of the movie when […]
Vegan Toasted Almond Fudge Ripple Ice Cream
So, I ran my first race in a year last weekend. It was actually only my second in 4 years (after previously running about 20 a year), because I took a long time off of running in races after a string of injuries that had me feeling burnt out about it. I have still been […]
Vegan Marionberry Peach Crisp
There was a time in my life that I loved fruit crisps so much that I made them every single weekend for months on end. It may sound weird, but it was something I looked forward to. I do tend to get stuck in ruts sometimes when I really like something (or more so […]
Watermelon Basil Slushie
When I was little, I used to love getting things like Sno Cones, Mr. Mistys at Dairy Queen, and Hawaiian Ices at the fair. They were so refreshing…and so sugary. Just what my 10 year old self loved! I can’t say I have had anything like that in about 15 years, but good memories go […]
Cooling Cucumber Miso Almond Noodles
My Grandpa grows a garden of just cucumbers and tomatoes every Summer, and he always shares a bunch with me. I am extremely grateful for that. They are honestly the best tomatoes and cucumbers I have ever tasted and every time I get one at the store I am disappointed because they don’t measure up […]
Vegan Blueberry Maple Cobbler with Pecan Biscuits
When I was younger I used to go to the library every week and check out cookbooks. I would sit with a big old pile of them and page through them looking for new recipes to try. This is how I taught myself to cook in fact! One Summer in college, I would make 1 […]
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 […]
Vegan Chipotle Peach Cobbler with Pecan Biscuits
When I see a recipe that looks amazing on TV or Facebook or wherever I happen to be, I say to myself, I need to veganize that. I saw someone making peach cobbler a few weeks back on a cooking show, and it wasn’t vegan at all but I said to myself, I need to […]
Vegan Strawberries and Cream Doughnuts
When I was little I was a big Strawberry Shortcake fan. As in the popular cute kids TV character with her own show. My Grandma had taped the episodes for me and I would watch them over and over again. If you never watched the show, Strawberry Shortcake was the main character and she had […]
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 […]
Vegan Roasted Red Pepper Basil Chevre Roll Ups
When I was in college, my Mom and I liked to go to a Spanish tapas restaurant that served these amazing, flavorful little plates (tapas), and the best part about it was being able to try a bunch of different things and share them with each other. I liked them all, but there were a […]
5 Ingredient Vegan Mango Almond Cardamom Ice Cream
It was super hot the last part of this week in Minnesota where I live. Like the type of heat that when you walk outside your hair frizzes, your mascara starts running, and your armpits decide to cleanse their pores by sweating profusely. Also, so humid that you feel like it is extra effort to […]
Summer Roasted Vegetable Pasta with Nut Chevre
Do you ever go to the farmer’s market or store and see loads of beautiful fresh local veggies and just decide to buy a bunch thinking that they would make some sort of beautiful dinner? Well, I do that, and I did that last week. I was really craving some sort of roasted vegetable dish […]
Vegan Herbes de Provence Chevre
I used to be a huge cheese eater before I went vegan. There was a point in time, I would go to the local cheese shop every week and pick out a different cheese to try. There are hundreds to choose from, so I always had a new one to try. Usually, it ended up […]
Vegan Black and Blue Berry Cheesecake Pie
Cheesecake anything always gets me going. From the time I was little I would always choose cheesecake over any other dessert hands down. There is just something crave worthy about the texture and flavor of it. For a while when I was in college I would buy a piece of cheesecake from the local co […]
6 Ingredient Vegan Chocolate Fudge Gelato
For most of my life I have been a vanilla girl. It was always vanilla cupcakes over chocolate, vanilla cheesecake over chocolate mousse cake, and vanilla ice cream over chocolate any day. I don’t know if maybe the chocolate was just too intense for me when I had a good sized piece of dessert with […]
Vegan Galaxy Berry Swirl Ice Cream
I wanted to make a red, white and blue ice cream for the 4th, but I never thought that I would end up with a beautiful galaxy ice cream. Most of the time in my kitchen, recipes sort of go like this. It is an experiment, I am not exactly sure how it will turn […]
Vegan Summer Berry Sweet Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting
My perfect summer day off involves going for a run in the morning and having it be cool and refreshing outside, then enjoying some berry picking and more time outside maybe going for a walk in the woods, and later making something fabulous with those berries, and afterwards relaxing with my favorite person and a […]
Vegan Matcha Mint Chip Ice Cream
There is nothing more refreshing to me than mint lately. My favorite thing to do after a workout or being in the hot sun is to take a bath with peppermint oil, or use my home made peppermint body spray after. It is so cooling and it smells amazing. Another favorite refreshing thing, iced matcha […]
5 Ingredient Vegan Blackberry Hazelnut Ice Cream
When I bought an ice cream maker about 10 years back, I had no idea how much I would use it. But I ended up using it almost every week for a few years. I originally bought it because I wanted to create healthier ice cream than the store bought that wasn’t full of weird […]
Vegan Mixed Berry Pie with Pecan Crumble Topping
Berries make me think of summer. Eric and I always pick the wild raspberries and mulberries that we come across on our walks, as sort of a little sweet treat. They are kind of special, like little jewels in the forest because you don’t see that many of them, and they are only around for a short time. […]
Vegan Peach and Blackberry Cobbler with Pecan Biscuits
Eric calls me kitty because he thinks I act like a cat. Including hating getting wet. I am not much of a swimmer and I can’t stand getting rained on and wearing soaked clothes. So, I surprised myself last week and actually enjoyed getting rained on while running. It was not raining when I started, […]
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 Triple Berry Cobbler with Hazelnut Biscuits
I was craving something fruity…like a pie or crumble, but I was also craving scones…what to make? This is what I was thinking about on my walk after work on Friday. I had lots of berries and I knew I was going to use those, but I equally wanted a pie (for all of that […]
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 Summer Spice Cake (gluten free)
I apologize for my lack of sharing cake recipes lately, but it is all for good reason. I am working on a vegan cake book, which I will tell you more about in the future since it is a ways from being published, but the cake recipes I have been making weekly have been going into […]
Cool Cucumber Salad
When I was younger, my Mom made a cucumber salad with a creamy dressing made with sour cream, vinegar and dill plus a little honey to sweeten. I think this must be a classic that most people’s Mothers or Grandmothers made, because most people you ask can relate to it. We sell a version in the […]
2 Summer Berry Smoothies- Double Berry Lavender and Blackberry Basil Ginger
If I could enjoy fresh berries year round I would be all for it. But then I would have to move…and I do like it here in Minnesota despite the short berry season. So, when it is berry season I eat as many of them as I can. Just straight up (since they are like nature’s […]
40 Vegan Ice Cream Recipes
I love ice cream year round, but this is the time of the year when I really, really, really appreciate it. There is nothing like enjoying a bowl of cool ice cream on a hot Summer day to cool off. There was a point in time I made an ice cream recipe a week. And, […]
Raspberry Basil Mint Salsa and Spicy Lentil Chips
My Mom always tells me about these pinto bean chips that she buys that she loves so much. I decided to try one, and they were pretty good, but I decided that I could make something similar at home. I do love crunchy salty snackables after all. I decided to make mine with lentils though. […]
Vegan Strawberry Shortcake Shooters
The strawberries are amazing this year! I have been eating them up like crazy, but I like to do a little something special with them once in a while in the form of dessert too. Last week I wanted to make something easy and fun with them and Eric suggested shooters. Like alcohol shots. Since […]
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 […]
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 […]
Pretty In Pink Ice Cream Sundae
Since I was a child, I have always been attracted to all things pink. It is just a happy color! Things have not changed now that I am 27. I wanted a pink Birthday cake this year, and it was pink, inside and out! So when I saw a challenge on Sweetly Raw to create a […]