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Vanilla Creme Pie with Toasted-Pecan-and-Chocolate Crust
A luxurious companion pie to the Chocolate Creme Pie posted earlier. This is for those of you who are all well and good with chocolate, but really prefer the taste of vanilla to be the star of the...
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A Real Orange Julius is Green
Sometimes after dinner on summer evenings, when the days stretched into 9 pm, mom and dad would herd us kids into the burgundy-colored station wagon and we’d drive the 15 miles or so over to Mentor and...
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Chocolate-Cherry-Banana (Green) Smoothie
A few days ago while doing a sort-of, kind-of inventory of my canned goods, I noticed four cans of tart cherries staring back at me. Wow. When did I buy those?? I grabbed one and checked the date:...
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A Month of MoFo: Banana Bread Pancakes with Cacao, Pecan & Walnut “Butter”
So a month of VeganMoFo begins. I’m imaging the Internet staggering under the blow of vegan bloggers submitting their first posts today and I kind of like the thought. I’m aiming for 20 posts this...
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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,...
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Deep Dark Chocolate Chai Truffle Cakes & The Giveaway Winner
I once worked briefly for an Army Colonel. He could’ve stepped off of the movie set of Apocalypse Now: tall and wiry with a stiff and graying crew cut, a brisk manner and a lopsided, slightly maniacal...
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Vanilla Chai Truffle Cakes (aka Black & White Cakes)
Much more prim and proper than their deep dark chocolate cousins, these vanilla cupcakes with a chai truffle center also pack a less powerful caloric punch. The cupcake is based on a recipe from The...
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Creamsicle-Coconut Cookies
The inspiration for this crumbly, buttery cookie came from Whole Food’s winter coupon book. Their cookie is also vegan, but called for mandarin oranges – which I couldn’t find that particular shopping...
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Red Velvet Waffles with Cream Cheese Sauce
This recipe comes thanks to my friend, Angela, at Canned Time. Angela puts me to shame when it comes to Pinterest so I often poach ideas straight from her – like this recipe. She’d pinned a photo of...
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The Great Vegan Bean Book Tour: Enchanted Vanilla Pancakes w/ Chai-Spiced...
I love the noble sound of Kathy Hester’s newest cookbook, The Great Vegan Bean Book. I know beans are considered to be one of the humblest of foods, but considering how often I eat them and how...
View ArticleGuest 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 ...
View ArticleHumble 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 ...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleFudgey 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...
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