Vegan Italian Sausage Casserole
My Mom used to make a casserole when I was little that was one of my favorite things. It had pasta, a flavorful red sauce, sausage, and cheese. I could have done without the sausage, because I have never been a meat fan, but it always tasted amazing, like lasagna but so much easier to […]
Vegan Sweet Potato Tart with Cinnamon Pecan Streusel Topping
I love, love, love sweet potatoes and yams. One of my all time favorite things is to roast them until they are intense in flavor and then just enjoy them with a squeeze of lime and sea salt, or to make fries out of them with a little olive oil and sea salt. So good. […]
Raw Cranberry Pecan Truffles
It is the time of year when I find myself adding cranberries to everything. Salads, desserts, savory dishes…they are so pretty, like little red jewels, plus they are delicious. I am one of those people who likes tart things. Anyways, I decided last week one night that some cranberry pecan truffles sounded amazing. I […]
Vegan Pumpkin Cinnamon Roll Pancakes (gluten free)
I asked Eric what I should make one night last week and he said cinnamon rolls. But unfortunately it was a work night, and I didn’t have a lot of time to let those babies rise, so I couldn’t make them. But they sounded really good to me too, so I thought I would […]
Peanut Maple Crunch Granola
I asked Eric what type of granola I should make last week. He said something maple. I wanted to make something new not something I had made before because I like to always try something new when it comes to making food, so o decided maple with peanut butter. Because peanuts with a little […]
Vegan Mini Pecan Pies
Pecan pie was always my Mother and Grandmother’s favorite dessert when it came to Thanksgiving desserts. My Grandma would always serve apple, pumpkin and pecan, and the pecan was always the pie that had some left over because most people in my family are not huge nut fans and prefer the apple and pumpkin. I […]
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 […]
Mini Raw Salted Caramel Mounds Bars
I always have to make some sort of Halloween candy every year, and I like to switch it up and make at least one new thing. I have made most of the favorite chocolate candies, but I realized I have never made Mounds bars! I have made Almond Joy, but not Mounds. Both of these […]
Vegan Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes
My favorite Halloween candy was always peanut butter cups. Not that I didn’t love snickers and twix, because I did love anything chocolate. There was just something special about the chocolate and peanut butter combination. I would always trade for it if I could, but it was hard because my friends loved it too. I […]
Vegan Sticky Toffee Apple Pudding
Last week, after Eric and I went to the apple orchard he told me I should make pudding with some of the apples. I have never actually heard of apple pudding, so I had to ask him to elaborate, and what he described to me sounded like sticky toffee pudding but with apples for […]
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. […]
Vegan Roasted Squash and Black Bean Pot Pies
I got my last CSA box of the season and it had some really good stuff in it. Most of all, the butternut squash, black beans, and tomatillos. Those 3 ingredients were just begging to be used in some sort of delicious Mexican inspired dish for dinner. Mondays are my day off, so that […]
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 […]
Pumpkin Pie Dessert Hummus
I have made pumpkin spice everything else, so I decided that some pumpkin pie hummus would be wonderful…since I am still craving pumpkin deliciousness. I like to have either hummus or nut butter with apples or crackers for an evening snack, but I get bored having the same thing, so this pumpkin pie hummus was […]
Vegan Spicy Roasted Potato and Jalapeno Pizza
I saw a jalapeno popper pizza on a menu, and I decided that I needed to veganize it, or at least make something similar. I knew I wanted it to have cheese and jalapenos of course, but it ended up being a bit more than just that, because I am a huge fan of piling veggies […]
Vegan Pumpkin Apple Shortcakes
I love strawberry shortcake in the summer, but what about fall? Shouldn’t there be a fall shortcake? At least those were my thoughts one day last week. I decided I needed to make a fall shortcake. Pumpkin biscuits with sautéed apples and cream…it was all sounding pretty darn heavenly by the time I got home […]
Roasted Pumpkin and Black Bean Salad with Groundnut Dressing
When I was out for my run this morning, I noticed a few people have set out pumpkins on their steps as decoration. Not surprising, official pumpkin season is officially here! I even got one in my CSA box this time. Although it was pretty, and I thought I might want to just display it, […]
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 […]
Vegan Tater Tot Hotdish
Anyone who lives in Minnesota has had tater tot hotdish in their lifetime most likely, it is pretty much a staple here of Grandmothers to serve to their families, or at church basement functions. My Grandma made it. But the funny thing is, I have never been a fan. Usually it is made with cream […]
Vegan Pecan Pie Mylkshake and Sprout Living Giveaway!
Sprout Living was kind enough to send me some of their FD Sprout Mixes (which can be found here: https://www.sproutliving.com/shop/fd-sprout-bundle/ ). I sprout things myself, and I love to serve sprouts on top of salads, but I had never tried the dried variety that they offer before. Sprouts are a good thing to add to your diet […]
Vegan Firecracker Apple Pie
One of my coworkers said to me a few days back “I don’t know how you have the energy to do all that baking you do.” The truth is though, baking is relaxing to me. The main things that really relax me are running (well more afterwards after I have gotten out all my frustrations […]
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 […]
Vegan Maple Pecan Pumpkin Cookies
Happy first official day of Autumn! Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy Summer but crisp fall mornings are one of my favorite things. I have been enjoying wearing sweatshirts and feeling a bit of a chill in the air. This weather makes for great runs and comfortable walks, all the while crunching the leaves on […]
Vegan Marshmallow Coconut Almond Cups
I always get suggestions from family and friends on what I should veganize or make, and a few weeks back, Eric suggested Cup O Gold candy. My first reaction was, “What the heck is that? I have never heard of it!” I had to google it. They sounded good, chocolate cups with marshmallow coconut almond […]
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 Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Dessert Hummus
I have been on a huge hummus kick lately, and when I was making my last batch of hummus, I thought I would go about it a little differently and make something sweet. Yep! You heard right, sweet hummus. It may sound weird, but actually it turned out wonderful! People make cookie dough from chickpeas […]
Vegan Asian Edamame Noodles
A while back, I had bought some edamame pasta and forgotten to use it. That is, until this week, when I remembered I had it and decided I was hungry for pasta. I had gotten it because it only has one ingredient…edamame! Kind of shocking I know, but since I love edamame I had to […]
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, […]
Pumpkin Spice Overnight Oats
Pumpkin everything season has arrived. People are gaga over pumpkin everything from lattes to muffins, and I totally get it because I love it too, and Autumn is my favorite season. I have started making the pumpkin delicacies myself too. I had made a cake last weekend and had leftover pumpkin, so I decided […]
French Lentil and Kale Salad with Almond Dressing
My CSA box is always a source of good meals and inspiration, and this week was no different. It was overflowing with deliciousness. I did not have a lot of time one night last week, so I made a quick salad for dinner. I had a gorgeous bouquet of kale I wanted to use. […]
Vegan Cream Cheese Apple Galette
Last Friday, I decided to face my fears and run a race. I haven’t ran a race in 4 years. Yes, I run all the time, I haven’t stopped with that. It is a source of joy and makes me feel good and gives me time to think every morning and relieve stress before it […]
Key Lime Pie Ice Cream
I am anxiously awaiting fall and cooler temps, but I am not quite ready to say goodbye to all summer food yet. Like ice cream. Luckilly I don’t have to though, and I do eat my ice cream year round. Just have to eat it in my warm kitchen instead of outdoors when the temperatures […]
Raw Caramel Pecan Peach Granola
After I made my last batch of Granola, I promised Eric I would make another batch soon because he loved it so much. So I had to get on it fast, because I always keep my word on things like that. I was kind of excited about it too because it sounded good to me […]
Raw Mint Chip Cheesecake Bars
I have always loved mint chip ice cream (or peppermint bon bon as we call it here). There is just something so refreshing and summery about it, and the green color makes me happy. I enjoy it even more now that I make my own and use natural green color and unrefined sugars. I was […]
Vegan Peach Buckle
I saw a buckle a few weeks back in a cooking magazine, and I decided that I seriously needed to make one, because it sounded amazing! Cake with plenty of fruit, and a crumble topping, two of my favorite things! I had loads of peaches, so I thought, what better way to use them than in […]
Roasted Tomatillo Hummus and Chia Hemp Flax Crackers
Most people make green sauce or salsa with tomatillos, but I decided to make hummus. My first experience this year ever with tomatillos came when they were in my CSA box and I had no idea what to do with them since I had never worked with them before. But I was excited to try […]
Vegan Nectarine Strawberry Lavender Almond Cobble Pie
Lately I am trying to always see the positive in things. I was working on it yesterday on my run when it was very hot and sticky (it has been hitting 90 the last few days here), and I was feeling pretty miserable. Yes it was hot, but I had so many good things […]
Raw Caramel Peanut Clusters
Just as you should never judge a book by its cover, or a person by their looks, you should never judge a food only by its appearance. Unless it has mold or something…but that is not what I am talking about. I am talking about freshly made food here. I have had so many people […]
Vegan Salted Caramel Peanut Butter Brownies
Mondays are my day off. So, besides sleeping in I like to bake things! I thought long and hard about what I wanted to make last Monday, and I decided on brownies. I know I have made many forms of brownies to share with you all, but they just sounded so good I couldn’t resist. […]
Chipotle Chickpea Salad Sandwiches
I was never a huge fan of chicken salad growing up, so I am not sure where my urge to make vegan chickpea salad sandwiches came from. Maybe because chickpeas are way more delicious to me than chicken ever was, and I can make my own plant based mayo (I was never a fan of […]
Vegan Mocha Almond Granola
On a whim last weekend I decided that I needed to make chocolate granola. I had not made oat granola in ages…probably a 4-5 years, so it was about time. I had just been bragging to Eric about how good my oat granola was when I realized I had not made him any, ever! So I […]
Raw Red Velvet Bars
I saw a recipe for Red Velvet Bars on Pinterest when I was browsing recipes, and I thought to myself, hey I could veganize this! Because I love everything red velvet. And surprisingly I had not yet created red velvet bars. So, it was time. It was a good day, and I was in a […]
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 Banana Caramel Crepe Cake
I am recently into crepe cakes. I made my first one about a month ago, and I fell in love. It was always something I had wanted to make, but never got around to it. I thought it would be too time consuming, so I always brushed it off. That is until now. I tried […]
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 Spicy Chorizo Veggie Pizza
I had made some vegan pepperjack cheese last week, and I used some for quesadillas, but I wanted to make a pizza out of the rest of it. Some sort of spicy Mexican pizza because I haven’t had a pizza like that in a while with melty cheese. I thought long and hard all day […]
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 […]
Vegan Fluffernutter Doughnuts
I have been wanting to make doughnuts again for a few weeks now, and then when I finally got around to it I could not decide on a flavor. You see, there are so many different possibilities, all of which sounded amazing. So whenever I have a problem like that I talk to Eric and […]
Amy’s Vegan Monster Cookies
Monster cookies used to be a weekly thing I made back in college, since I would bring them to cross country meet for the team to enjoy after the race. We all loved them, but there was someone else who loved them even more. My Dad. To this day, he asks me often, “When […]
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 […]
Vegan Mango Nectarine Pie with Almond Oat Crust
Philippians 4:6 “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.” This is the verse I so often forget and yet need to hear. It is when things don’t go so smoothly in life, and it feels like things are falling apart 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 […]
Vegan Carrot Cake Overnight Oats
I love carrot cake. And now, I can have carrot cake for breakfast. Not just a slice of carrot cake though, an actual nutritious breakfast that will not leave me with a sugar rush. Carrot cake overnight oats! My new favorite thing, and they could not be easier to make. Ok, the truth is I […]
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 […]
Vegan Blueberry Pluot Galette with Hazelnut Oat Crust
I was really craving some blueberry pie last week. But I had two problems. First, not enough blueberries to make a whole pie, and second, not enough time to make a pie. Because all that rolling and chilling and shaping, then waiting an hour for it to bake…yeah I did not have time. But I got […]
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 […]
Vegan Chocolate Hazelnut Macaroons
I was given some hazelnut meal and the first thought I had was to pair it with chocolate. I was always a big fan of Nutella growing up, but I am an even bigger fan of home made hazelnut and chocolate butter. The flavor is just wonderful! Hence the hazelnut and chocolate choice for the […]
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 […]
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, […]
Vegan Strawberry Basil Pizza
About 5 years ago, I had a tradition of making pizza once a week. Trying out different toppings and cheeses every time, experimenting with something new. It was never just the standard usual recipes…it was things like caramelized fennel and onions with lemon, walnuts and pine nuts with pecorino romano…or apple gruyere with caramelized onions, […]
Raw Peanut Butter and Chocolate Dream Bars
If you read this blog often, then you know I have a thing for chocolate and peanut butter. Hasn’t changed since I had my first peanut butter cup and fell in love. So, every so often I just have to make a peanut butter and chocolate dessert. I do not think I will ever tire […]
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 […]
Raw Mocha Crunch Pecan Butter Cups
I hadn’t made any chocolates in ages, and I was really craving some sort of nut butter cup really bad…so I had to make some. I never ignore these things you know. Peanut butter cups were always my favorite growing up but that is because I never got to experience any other type. The […]
Vegan Coconut Almond Macaroons
A few weeks ago, I was experimenting with making a fluffy almond cake with whipped aquafaba, and it was going pretty well. The batter tasted amazing, and I had popped it in the oven and it was smelling amazing…when suddenly my oven had a malfunction and I started to smell it burning. It had cranked […]
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. […]
Savory Vegan Zucchini Cakes with Creamy Roasted Tomato Sauce
I got a huge zucchini in my CSA box, and I had to make something with it. My oven was broken, so zucchini cake or bread was out of the question. But what else could I make? I really did not want to make something sweet anyhow, I thought using it for dinner was a […]
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 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 […]
Matcha Almond Fig Overnight Oats
I got my hands on some gorgeous figs, and although I enjoyed some plain, some made it into my breakfast as well. I have been making special variations of overnight oats on the weekend. During the week I am pretty boring, just the same old spices that are cheap and quick. But on the […]
Vegan Fluffernutter Sandwich Cookies
Ever since I discovered vegan marshmallow fluff made with aquafaba, I have wanted to make something fluffernutter. Mostly because I have never actually had anything fluffernutter…and it is a fun word to say, and the combination sounds delicious to someone craving salty and sweet. Also, I have had really good luck with my marshmallow fluff, […]
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 […]
Raw Hemp Seed Cacao Fudge
Windy City Organics sent me some Dastony Hemp Seed Butter to create recipes with, and although I love it in savory applications, sweet is wonderful too. I love to include hemp seeds in my brownies sometimes, so I thought the butter might just make amazing fudge. So, I created a simple fudge recipe with it. […]
Raw Peanut Butter and Jelly Cream Pie
Today I turn 30. But I still feel 21. I know I have done a lot of growing up in the last 10 years, but I don’t think I will ever think of myself as my actual age. I still enjoy things like wearing Hello Kitty Bandaids, running through sprinklers (even if it is during […]
Spicy Jalapeno Mint Hummus
Windy City Organics had sent me some nut butters to try including some Dastony Sesame Tahini. I am pretty picky about tahini, and I have to say theirs is wonderful! Smooth and perfect for drizzling over things like roasted veggies. I was super excited to use it in recipes! I was not sure exactly what […]
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 […]
Raw Banoffee MylkShake and Raw Cherry Mylkshake
Windy City Organics was kind enough to send me some of their Dastony nut butter to try, one of which was a brazil nut butter. I love brazil nut butter because it is neutral and makes awesome nut mylk. All you need to do is whisk some of it into filtered water, I like to do […]
Vegan Chocolate Dipped Hazelnut Butter Cookies with Raspberries and a Giveaway!
Windy City Organics was kind enough to send me some Dastony Nut Butters to create recipes with, and I could not have been more excited. In case you haven’t noticed before I am in love with all things nut butter. I have at least 6 types in my pantry at all times. One of the nut […]
Garlicy Kale Salad with Roasted Potatoes and Chickpeas
I always try to think of what I can make out of ingredients I already have at home to save on money and not waste things. So, last week I had lots of kale and potatoes. I thought about making a soup or vegan frittata or something, but what I ended up really wanting was […]
Vegan Mocha Walnut Brownies
On at least one of my days off every week I need to spend time with just myself. Maybe it is the introvert in me, but that is something I look forward to and it is very important. I do things like go for a walk, bike ride, or run (sometimes all three if I feel […]
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 […]
Vegan Matcha Raspberry Meringues
With all of the vegan meringues that have been popping up lately on social media I had to try my hand at making some. I admit that these types of things have always intimidated me a bit, especially macarons which I used to love before I stopped eating animal products. Funny because I like […]
Raw Berry Almond Tart
My Mom liked to make berry desserts on to celebrate the 4th of July. She made a frozen cake topped off with berries that looked like a flag, and a tart with cream and berries which was my favorite. I decided this year that I needed to make a version of a berry tart with […]
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 Mississippi Mud Cookies
I was watching one of my coworkers drizzling chocolate over the freshly baked cookies at work and I decided that I had to make something with chocolate when I got home. Chocolate cookies. Because that was what I was suddenly craving after smelling that chocolate. I didn’t want to make something I had made before, […]
Sunshine Curried Chickpea Stew
Love is about taking care of those who are close to you when they are having trouble taking care of yourself. We all need a little help sometimes, and you never know when it might be you that needs it. At least that is how I feel. Eric wasn’t feeling the greatest last week, […]
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 […]
Exciting Nut Butter Recipes You Need To Try!
I don’t know about you but I am in love with nut butter. Of course it started as a child when my Mother would make me peanut butter and raspberry jam sandwiches. I loved those. I refused to eat sandwiches with lunch meat (even then I was meant to be vegan). Or when she used […]
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 […]