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Other People’s Food (6): Life is Sweet
What to do with that 5-pound behemoth of a zucchini that eerily resembles a lethal weapon wielded by an ogre in a Grimm’s Fairy Tale? Grate that puppy up and make zucchini bread. Lots of zucchini...
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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: Roasted Pear, Roasted Pepper Chedda’& Sauerkraut Quesadillas with...
This is one of those combinations that – on paper – doesn’t seem at all reasonable. Sauerkraut in a quesadilla? With pears?? In the mouth, however, it works with delicious synchronicity. There’s...
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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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Savory Pumpkin Pie with Shiitake Mushroom Streusel
If you’ve had your fill of sweet pumpkin pie already, you might want to try this one. Nothing sweet (save for a hint of maple syrup) here. This recipe is an adaptation of one from the November 2012...
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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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Other People’s Food 7: The Comfort Food Edition
If you had to pick the ultimate comfort food, what would it be? Pot pie? A spicy curry? Macaroni and cheese? Or maybe hot cocoa (hot cocoa sounds more comforting than hot chocolate) or a warm...
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Slightly Sourdough Almond Butter Biscuits with Cacao, Orange & Tart Cherries
This biscuit is truly a collaborative effort. I modified a recipe from The Joy of Vegan Baking, by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau by replacing the vegan butter with almond butter, trading out the AP flour...
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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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Gluten-Free Chocolate Granola Pancakes w/ Chocolate Coconut Sauce. Sugar- and...
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 pancakes come...
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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 I’ve seen creamy pies....
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Peanut Butter-Maple-Pecan & Coconut Bacon Granola
This granola was to be the crowning glory on top of one of my Vegan MoFo 2013 recipes, but the base – ice cream – failed. Not once, but twice. The third recipe, Peanut Butter Banana “Ice Cream,”...
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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...
View ArticleLickety-Split Banana-Pecan Upside Down Cakes
I admit it. I don’t get very excited about bananas. Sure, I eat at least one a day, usually sliced and put on top of my morning oatmeal. I feel it’s my duty to my ...
View ArticleWild Rice Salad with Sweet Potato, Orange, Cherries & Toasted Pecans
I just finished reading The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America, by Michael Ruhlman and while it was interesting, it made me realize a couple of things. One is, ...
View ArticleOther People’s Food (6): Life is Sweet
What to do with that 5-pound behemoth of a zucchini that eerily resembles a lethal weapon wielded by an ogre in a Grimm’s Fairy Tale? Grate that puppy up and make zucchini bread. Lots of ...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleVeganMoFo: Roasted Pear, Roasted Pepper Chedda’& Sauerkraut Quesadillas with...
This is one of those combinations that – on paper – doesn’t seem at all reasonable. Sauerkraut in a quesadilla? With pears?? In the mouth, however, it works with delicious synchronicity. There’s...
View ArticleRaw 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 ArticleOrange-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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