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Seitan Hot Dogs. Oil-free.
With Memorial Day approaching, hot dog season will soon be in full swing. It’s a bummer sometimes as a vegan to miss out on the traditional back yard party/picnic offerings – but of course, we …
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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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Orange-Triple Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies. Oil- and Sugar-free.
This is it! Today is the day…for this recipe to see the light. This post has been knocking around my Draft folder for months and it’s high time I moved it into the Published list. I was …
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5 (Revamped) Vegan Breakfasts. Recipe #2: Strawberry-Vanilla Pinwheels with Sweet Cashew Icing
My second revamped breakfast is based on Half-Pint Pinwheel Rolls, a recipe from waaaay back in February 2012. For that recipe, half of the diminutive pastries were filled with a savory mixture of garlic, walnuts, and …
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Raw Black Bread. Gluten- and Oil-free.
With vegan “replacement” foods like tempeh (or coconut) for bacon; nuts and nutritional yeast for Parmesan cheese; seitan for sausage – the key to satisfaction and appeal is replicating familiar flavors. This is what makes transitioning from a …
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BabagaHummus. Oil- and Gluten-free.
Have you ever made a recipe based solely a name? This was the case here. One morning I made hummus and I made babaganoush. As the food processor was doing its thing, the frankenword babagahummus …
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Cashew Coconut Cream Cheese. Oil-free.
Back in the Stone Age of my college years, my stomach was a bottomless pit. I was hungry all of the time – but especially so at about 7 or 8 pm at night. When …
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Whole Grain Banana-Date-Flax Muffins. Oil- and Sugar-free.
We eat a lot of bananas – at least according to almost every grocery checkout person at our local store. Between us, Kel and I eat about 3-4 bananas a day. I shop once a …
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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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Guest Post on The Sweet Life: Ginger Green Matcha “Panna Cotta”
Before I send you off, I want to say thank you for the enthusiastic response I got for my Help Me Choose My E-book Cover post. That was really cool. Here’s how the voting sussed …
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Big Reds: Raw Cherry-Chocolate-Coconut Cookies. Sugar-, Oil-, & Gluten-free.
If Valentine’s Day had a flavor, certainly chocolate would be involved, right (duh!)? But it’s not as simple as that. To me, there’s also a hint of cherry in there. I guess that’s because the …
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Tempeh, Date, & Olive Marbella. Oil-free.
The first time I ate this dish – with chicken and prunes instead of tempeh and dates – I was blown away by the flavors from this seemingly strange combination of ingredients. Prunes and olives?! …
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Virtual Vegan Potluck: Red Lentil, Couscous, & Vegetable Stoup. Oil-free.
(Yes, I did use a dreaded Rachel Ray word in the recipe title. I apologize for that, but it fits for this recipe. It starts out as a soup but turns into a stew the …
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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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Quick Chocolate Chip Banana Squares (only on Vedged Out)
Woohoo! Today is the second anniversary of An Unrefined Vegan and I would really love to be celebrating in person with my friend, Somer, instead of virtually – but the next best thing is guest-posting on …
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Cinnamon Apple “Toast.” Raw, Gluten- and Sugar-free.
When low, gray clouds scud across the blue and mornings are cool enough for a flannel shirt and the leaf tips of the winged elms, hackberrys, scrub oaks, and bois d’arcs turn brown, I feel …
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Vegan MoFo 17: Peanut Butter-Banana “Ice Cream” with Mixed Berry Sauce. Sugar- & Gluten-free.
This MoFo recipe taught me that the simplest method is almost always the best method. I went through three incarnations of ice cream – two that were too fussy and required ingredients that made me …
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Vegan MoFo 15: Peanut Butter-Banana Waffles with Blueberry Macadamia Nut Sauce. Low-gluten. Sugar- and Oil-free.
What should be here is a recipe similar to Liv Life’s PBJ Banana Waffle Sandwiches, except that at this point in MoFo, I’m kinda done with PB & J sandwich iterations. First was the mile-high French Toast …
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Vegan Mofo 12: Peanut Butter & Jelly Banana Pancakes. Gluten-, Sugar- and Oil-free.
At first blush (much like the soft rosy hue at the center of these pancakes), this recipe comes across as mildly fussy, but it comes together pretty quickly, especially if you use the overnight method. …
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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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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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Mexican-Spiced Roasted Vegetable Sandwich with Green Chile-Chipotle-Cilantro Dressing
For the sloppiest sandwich ever, look no further. Tons of spicy roasted veggies and a quick guac topped with my Sweet & Tangy Green Chile-Chipotle-Cilantro Dressing. Go at it with a fork and knife or bare …
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Sweet & Tangy Green Chile-Chipotle-Cilantro Dressing. Oil-free.
One of the biggest stumbling blocks I encountered after making the decision to severely reduce the amount of oil I used in cooking and baking was how to make salad dressing. I was completely stumped. …
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Potato/Sweet Potato Chipotle-Cheez “Chips.” Oil-free. Gluten-free. Nut-free. Not Raw, Exactly.
I’m feeling pretty good about the fact that I haven’t consumed a bag of salty snacks in months thanks to my dehydrator (the various tiny bags of chips that come in my Vegan Cuts Snack …
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Raw Double Chocolate Mint Bars. Sugar-, Oil-, & Gluten-Free.
Among the many fun things about receiving a Vegan Cuts Snack Box each month is that it’s a treasure trove of inspiration. A lot of the goodies inside are not readily available to me so …
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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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Gluten-Free Chocolate Granola Pancakes w/ Chocolate Coconut Sauce. Sugar- and Oil-free.
My continuing gluten-free story…over the past few months I’ve been trying out more GF recipes and using different mixes to see how they bake up. I’ve found that – for me, at least – GF …
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