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Vegan Cinnamon Roll Coffee with Homemade Brown Sugar Cinnamon Coffee Syrup

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The leaves are starting to turn and the weather is finally sweater-worthy. Well, at least in the mornings. Right this minute my dog, Maxx, is curled up in from of the fireplace while I’m writing this post.

I’m on my second cup of Vegan Cinnamon Roll Coffee with Homemade Brown Sugar Cinnamon Coffee Syrup. It’s a simple recipe that y...

Vegan Halloween Dessert: Gruesome Forbidden Rice Mousse

This is not only a knee-knocking dessert worthy of a campfire story, it’s quite gruesome too. This Forbidden Rice Mousse is a horror-worthy end to your Halloween meal!

This wholesome chocolate dessert that’s simply made with chocolate chips, coconut milk, sweetener, vanilla and black forbidden rice. It cooks in your 1 1/2 to 2 quart slow cooker and thickens up a ton in the fridge.

Mine was very runny before I put it into the fridge and still came out in a super-thick mousse. To make it thinn...

One Pot Veggie Vodka Sauce and a Peek into Last Year’s Gothic Dinner Party

Photo by Anne Oliverio

It’s so nice to be back in North Carolina. I love going on vacation, but it sure is nice to come home again. No matter how much I try to get ahead there’s always a ton to catch up on – like a Gothic dinner party to host!

Since I talk about it all the time, I thought it would be nice to give you a glimpse into my favorite party of the year. All of the photos are from phones and in particularly difficult lighting. But I think it still will make you feel like you were the...

Vegan Pumpkin Ice Cream from The Complete Guide to Vegan Food Substitutions

Photo by Celine Steen

I’m back traveling again, so I want to share a fun fall recipe for you to try. Since this ispumpkin everything season I thought you’d like to try Joni and Celine’s recipe for vegan pumpkin ice cream from their bookThe Complete Guide to Vegan Food Substitutions.

In case you don’t have access to some of the premade ingredients in the recipe I have a few links to DIY recipes for you:

speculoos cookies or find a gluten-free version here pumpkin puree vegan cream cheese (but...

Free Vegan Menu Plan: Halloween Edition

Halloween is my favorite holiday of the year, and one of those reasons is all the fun food I get to cook. Here is a spooky meal plan to help you celebrate with some delicious meals to eat anytime or to serve at your Halloween dinner party.

Monday:A perfect autumn dish to start off the week, my Vegan Slow Cooker Curry Pot Pie Topped with Whole Wheat Biscuits just screams fall. Make it creepy for Halloween by using pumpkin or skull cookie cutters for the tiny biscuits.

Tuesday: Serve this Sl...

Vegan Deviled Potatoes for Halloween

This may bemy favorite week of the year. Halloween is just around the corner, but there’s still time for me to create some new dishes for my Gothic dinner party on Saturday. We’re just beginning to decorate for the party and that’s fun too. This year I will do some of the decorating which will make Cheryl happy!

This post is sponsored byTasteful Selections and I know you’ll love their teeny-tiny colored potatoes!

Be sure to scroll to the bottom of this post to get the must-make recipe for yo...

Vegan Halloween Treat: Purple Sweet Potato Spice Monster Biscuits

Halloween is so close I can taste it! Every dish I’m making these days I see through my spooky decorating glasses. I have a pile of edible delights to make “eyes” with and a list of recipes I want to put them on.

Last week I found some purple sweet potatoes at the farmers market and thesePurple Sweet Potato Spice Monster Biscuits are the result of my inner mad scientist.

I look forward to purple potatoes every fall. They are such a treat to cook with.I also make a monster oatmeal with them,...

Swamp Monster Slow Cooker Jackfruit Gumbo

Photo from The Ghoulish Gourmet

This chunky Swamp Monster Slow Cooker Jackfruit Gumbo is full of okra, tomatoes, vegan sausage and stringy jackfruit. One of my testers, Robin Fetter of The Real Vegan Housewife, says the soup had “an awesome foamy green effect on top” when she served it immediately, but that the green became less bright after twenty minutes. She highly recommends puréeing the greens into the soup.

This recipe is vegan, gluten-free, soy-free, and has no added oil so it’s perfec...

Vegan Challah from Aquafaba by Zsu Dever

Photo by Zsu Dever

I bet most of you have already heard of aquafaba, which is just a fancy name for bean water. You can make your own or just drain the liquid from a can of organic chickpeas. Use it to whip up vegan meringues, make dairy-free cheese, ice cream, and even vegan butter.

Zsu Dever has the recipe for all of those and many more in her new book,Aquafaba. I was drawn to her recipe for Challahbecause I’ve only had a vegan version once and it was delicious. There’s something magical ab...

Slow Cooker Maple Pumpkin Spice Latte

It’s fall and there’s two things that bring to mind: slow cookers and pumpkin spice. Why not combine both of my loves into oneSlow Cooker Maple Pumpkin Spice Latte? I went ahead and added some organic pumpkin puree too!

This gets a little chunky in the slow cooker so you can either strain it before servings or give it a careful whirl in your blender. Heck, you can even do both if you want to.

Just so you know, the pumpkin spice syrup at Starbucks contains dairy, so if you want a pumpkin-spic...