dessert
Fudgey Brownie Bites, Gluten- and Sugar-free + A NuNaturals Giveaway
I always look forward to hosting NuNaturals giveaways not only because I love their products so much – but also because they’ve been so generous with me and my readers. They love sharing their products with …
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Virtual Vegan LINKY Potluck 2
It’s Wednesday and that means that it’s time for the VVLP2! For this week’s Potluck, I’m sharing one of my favorite cool dessert recipes: Mint Chocolate-Mint Pudding and a Black Bean, Corn, & Walnut Burger. …
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Guest Post on Chic Vegan: Pine Bark
You remember Paula Deen, right? She of the sticks of butter, sparkling cups of granulated sugar, and piles of bacon? Yeah, this recipe was inspired by hers. It’s just a smidgen healthier and it’s 100% …
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The Double Chocolate “Everything” Cookie. Gluten- and Oil-Free.
Another cookie recipe hiding out for months in my Draft folder… Inspired by the everything-but-the-kitchen-sink, soft, toothsome cookie from Maggie’s Vegan Bakery in Cleveland, this gentle giant contains all kinds of good things, but shuns …
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Review, Giveaway, & Blondies: Sweet Debbie’s Organic Treats
First things first: thank you all for your sweet words and support. I was feeling like a major heel for canceling the May Potluck, but I needn’t have worried. Big virtual hugs to one and …
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Rawsome Vegan Baking Blog Tour! Review, Recipe & Giveaway
It almost wouldn’t matter if the recipes in Rawsome Vegan Baking by Emily Von Euw weren’t delicious. That’s because the photography and the book itself are stunning – from the heft and size of it, …
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Day 2 of The Best Giveaway Yet! NuNaturals Products! Plus Chai Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Day 2 of the NuNaturals products giveaway! To refresh your memory, here’s what four winners will receive: One bottle of the Cherry-Flavored Stevia Liquid One bottle of Vanilla-Flavored Stevia Liquid One 16 oz. package of …
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Day 1 of the Best Giveaway Yet: NuNaturals Products! Plus Mint Chocolate-Mint Pudding
NuNaturals is one of the most generous companies that I know. Not only have they sponsored the Virtual Vegan Potluck and donated a whole lotta goodies to the “best of” winners, they’ve given me new products …
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Humble Pie: Chai-Spiced Oatmeal Tart with Warm Coconut-Vanilla Sauce
When one is a blogger (and aren’t we all?) sometimes strange ideas come – often while on the treadmill at 6 in the morning. Like, why is it so often the case that in a …
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Heart-shaped Cherry, Chocolate, & Almond Ricotta Hand Pies
Valentine’s Day recipe number two! To my mind, mouth, and tummy there isn’t much better than juicy fruit wrapped up in a buttery, crumbly, flaky crust. Especially when half of that crust has chocolate in …
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Raw Carrot Cake & Cream Cheese Hearts. Sugar- and Gluten-free.
Can you feel the love in the air? Valentine’s Day usually passes me by without so much as a single long-stemmed rose, and I’m very much okay with that. Kel and I aren’t big …
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Meyer Lemon, Lime, & “Graham Cracker” Parfaits. Gluten-free.
I had no idea what I was going to do with the two bags of Meyer lemons I picked up on a recent grocery run – but I couldn’t resist them. Bright yellow and shiny, …
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Sweet Potato Maple Mousse Pie + Eat Well. Party Hard.
‘Tis the season for cozy sweaters, lost mittens, Christmas carol Muzak, and – – e-books! Lucky me, I got the early scoop on the upcoming life-and-how-to-live-it guide by Ms. Claire of Eat Well.Party Hard. And …
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Chocolate Sweet Potato Spice Cake
Chocolate cake reminds me of my mother, who in my humble opinion, baked the best chocolate cake on earth. It was coated in a creamy, buttery frosting that wasn’t too awfully sweet. This cake is …
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Sweet Potato Apple Pie Ice Cream (Only On Cowgirls & Collard Greens)
Saddle up and ride on over to Cowgirls & Collard Greens to meet Ms. Kayle Martin and then slurp up my simple, seasonal recipe for Sweet Potato Apple Ice Cream. While you’re there be sure …
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Vegan Slow Cooking for Two Blog Tour, Giveaway, & Vanilla Fig Oatmeal
I call it kind of brand loyalty. Here’s what I mean: whenever Kate Bush releases an album (and the good Lord knows she doesn’t do it often enough), I buy it. Just as I’ll read …
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Vegan MoFo 13: Peanut Butter Creme with Jam Brûlée. Sugar- & Gluten-free.
Here we are at lucky number 13 – just over halfway through MoFo. One of my favorite pre-gan desserts was creme brûlée, so much so that I bought one of those handy-dandy kitchen torches just so …
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Vegan MoFo 9: Crisped Brown Rice PB & J Thumbprint Cookies
Is it just me, or is there something kind of icky about the thought of a big thumbprint in the middle of a cookie? I get this flashback to the Man Hands episode on Seinfeld; …
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Vegan MoFo 5: Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich Cookies. Oil-free.
Can you detect the slight green color in the cookies? Nope, me neither. However, some avocado did find its way into these soft, moist cookies, completely replacing oil. (Okay, so I didn’t say fat. There’s …
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Vegan MoFo 4: Peanut Butter Creme & Raspberry Chiffon Pie. Gluten-free.
Day 4 of what could be called My 20 MoFo Ways to Honor Peanut Butter & Jelly brings us to a peanut butter and jelly pie. I’ve seen baked, brownie-like PB & J pies and …
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Vegan MoFo 3: Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cupcakes with Orange “Marmalade” Frosting & Chocolate-Peanut Butter Drizzle
Don’t be fooled by the diminutive stature of these cupcakes. They are studly in flavor: chocolate, peanut butter, and tangy orange. My jumping off point for these cupcakes came in at Number 4 on BuzzFeed’s 29 …
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Vegan MoFo 1: (Chocolate) Peanut Butter & Jelly Bars, For Two. Gluten-free. Mostly Raw.
Let’s start out this MoFo thing with a super-simple recipe that lets the flavors of peanut butter and sweet fruit (the jelly stand-in) shine – along with their good friends, chocolate and cinnamon. These treats …
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Another Month of Mofo
The short answer is: Peanut Butter & Jelly The long answer is (for those of you with the time): This MoFo journey began back in April 2013 (April 2nd, to be exact) with an article …
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Chocolate-Mint Mousse & Berry Mousse Parfaits: Recipe on One Green Planet
This dessert and I had a few go-rounds – mostly involving tofu and lots of strawberries. All of the versions tasted good, but I just wasn’t satisfied, so I decided to go back to the …
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Oil-free Banana Fig Cakes with Date-Coconut Drizzle
Last week I spotted a gigantic purple fig hiding amongst the leaves in one of our potted plants. Kel and I watched its progress carefully; we didn’t want to let this one go to the …
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Chocolate Cake Banana Splits, Oil- & Gluten-free; A Xylitol Review & Mini-Giveaway
Xylitol Canada was kind enough to send me some freebies (with absolutely no expectation of a review, let alone a positive review), including a bag of their Xyla crystals. I baked a chocolate cake (recipe …
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Independence Day! NuNaturals Giveaway & Cherry-Coconut Creme Pie. Gluten-, Sugar-, & Oil-free.
Sweeteners and I: Sweeteners and I have a long and storied history together. We’ve been through the good times and the bad; hit the (sugar) highs and the (sugar) lows; and have weathered various …
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Plum & Mango Tart with Gluten-Free Crust. Sugar-free, Oil-free
The standard pastry crust makes me feel guilty. Me, the one who snarfed down the cinnamon-sugar coated scraps that my mom baked up after completing an apple pie. Me, the one who carefully ate around …
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Super-Quick Poppyseed-Orange-Coconut Cakes for Two
I’ve been sticking like (well, something like) glue to my Sweets Only On Days That Begin With An S commitment, but even on those days, I’m finding that I don’t have a craving for over-the-top, …
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Gluten-Free? I Can Do That! A Guest Post at Vegan Richa
Some have said, “An Unrefined Vegan? Yeah, girlfriend can’t do gluten-free!” Well, I’m here to tell you not only that I can, but that I AM doing GF over at Richa’s blog today. That’s right …
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