raw
Spicy Chipotle Salad Dressing. Oil-free.
The past few days I’ve had one recipe failure after another: the waffles stuck to the non-stick iron; the gluten-free cupcakes turned into spongy hockey pucks; the pecans burned in the pan, and the “creamy” …
View Full
Plant Fusion Review, Giveaway: Banana, Cookies ‘n’ Cream Shake AND Chocolate Caramel Apple Pancakes. Raw and Gluten-free.
Many, many weeks ago, NutraSpark Nutritionals generously sent me a whole bunch of PlantFusion plant protein powders – and during that time I sampled some of the varieties in beverages and also developed a couple …
View Full
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 …
View Full
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 …
View Full
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, …
View Full
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 …
View Full
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 …
View Full
Giveaway: 40 Days of Green Smoothies!
A little over a year ago, I wrote a review of Becky Striepe’s (Glue and Glitter) 40 Days of Green Smoothies. I’m pleased to once again share this simple, colorful, and delicious e-book with you all – …
View Full
Keepin’ It Kind, Cookies, Gingerbread Tartlets, Christmas Morning Bread, & Granola
You probably already know that Kristy at Keepin’ It Kind hosts a wonderful annual Christmas cookie swap where vegan cooks from around the blogosphere share their favorite recipes. We are deep into 25 days of …
View Full
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 …
View Full
Practically Raw Desserts: A Review, Giveaway, & Dulce de Leche “Spooncream”
Besides being refreshingly flexible, every recipe in this book has the added bonus of being free of dairy, eggs, gluten, wheat, soy, peanuts, corn, refined grains, refined sugars, yeast, starch, and other nutrient-poor ingredients. Many …
View Full
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 …
View Full
Corn & Black Bean Chips. Oil- and Gluten-free. Almost Raw.
My roving tastebuds are on a continual quest for yummy, healthy chips – and I think this is my most successful recipe yet. The inspiration comes from a bag of Garden of Eatin’ Black Bean …
View Full
Bloody Mary Green Smoothie
Look at that bad boy!! That’s a humongous Brandywine that came out of our garden. I have no idea how it didn’t break the vine on which it was growing. State Fair material, don’t you …
View Full
A Weird & Wonderful Salad: Paulie’s Slaw. Oil-free.
My friend Paul sifts through the raw, rocky ore of the Internet like Yukon Cornelius searched for silver. You might remember Paul from my Hibiscus-Cherry Cooler post – he’s the one who sent me 3 …
View Full
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 …
View Full
Chai-Chocolate Green Smoothie
My favorite hot beverage transitions right into summer with a cool, creamy version that also features another favorite: chocolate. Kale included at no extra charge. You’ll need a spoon for this one. Chai-Chocolate Green Smoothie …
View Full
Sunshine Smoothie: Anti-Cancer Superhero
When it comes to smoothies it seems like green gets all of the attention. Don’t get me wrong, I think a proper green smoothie is a sight to behold, but every once in a while, …
View Full
Raw Parmesan “Pita” Chips. And A Contest.
I told you I was going to make a raw version of Stacy’s Pita Chips…and here they are. Stacy’s, I’ve kicked you to the processed and over-salted curb! (Pssst! I’m sharing this recipe on Healthy …
View Full
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 …
View Full
Raw “Granola Bar” Crackers
I’ve now about worked my way through the entire list of cracker and flatbread recipes in Matthew Kenney’s book, Everyday Raw. (Raw ice cream – you are next! As soon as I can source young …
View Full
(Raw) Cheez Crackers with Almond (or Peanut) Butter
Why do you want to climb Mount Everest? Because it’s there. – George Mallory to a New York Times reporter, 1923 Why did I want recreate a former teenage favorite – Austin Cheese Crackers with …
View Full
Dehydrator Love
I don’t have a recipe to share today, just some low-quality, iPhone photos of a raw pizza that kinda rocked my sheltered plant-based planet. You see, I recently acquired an Excalibur 9-tray dehydrator, an item that …
View Full
“I Survived the Green Smoothie Challenge” & Lunch in Las Vegan
Not only survived – thrived. From January 7 through January 13, Kel and I joined Somer and lots of other folks in the first Green Smoothie Challenge of 2013. This was a positive, healthy and …
View Full
VeganMoFo: Cocoa PB Balls
Sigh. The last peanut-milk-meal + chocolate post of the 2012 MoFo season! This recipe is based on Cookie Bites by Erika over at Good Clean Food. With my first taste of those nutty-chocolatey bites, I knew …
View Full
Black Bean Soup & Ginger Slaw: The Unprocessed Giveaway
Tip: Add broccoli slaw for extra crunch. Ginger Slaw and Nutrient Rich Black Bean Soup from Unprocessed: How to Achieve Vibrant Health and Your Ideal Weight, by Chef AJ. Details on how to enter the …
View Full
The Cooked and the Raw (and a Virtual Vegan Potluck Question)
This is a hybrid of the cooked and the raw. Seems that some kindly neighbor folks have taken pity on Kel and me – being transplants and all – and have been sharing with us …
View Full
Searching for the Holy Grail of Raw Broccoli Soup
I am on a quest. A quest to replicate the raw broccoli (a.k.a. The Nectar of the Gods) soup from Omar’s Rawtopia located in the Sugarhouse neighborhood of Salt Lake City. It’s thick and creamy and nutty and …
View Full
I Meant To Do That: Date, Cherry, Walnut & Ginger Crumble
With great enthusiasm I set out one morning to make Build-Your-Own-Energy-Bars, courtesy of Amber Shea Crawley and her cookbook, Practically Raw. I knew I could bang out a batch of bars, pop them in the …
View Full
Dry Fried Tofu with Asian-Inspired Cilantro Pesto
I had something like this dish at a Whole Foods somewhere in suburban northern California. I’d just finished up an appointment with an Apple Genius – replacing my iPad which I’d dropped (after having it …
View Full
If you order by clicking on any of my links and have never ordered from Tropical Traditions in the past, you will receive a free book on Virgin Coconut Oil, and I will receive a discount coupon for referring you.
