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October 25, 2013
Recipe from Home-Cooked Vegan Comfort Food and a Giveaway
No one knows comfort food like Joni and Celine. I just wish I lived on the west coast so I could “drop by” for dinner on a regular basis. (Well, at least until they got tired of me.)
This book is a re-design of their book Hearty Vegan Meals for Monster Appetites and contains the same recipes. If you have one you don’t need both. However, you definitely need one copy on hand at all times. Make sure to scroll down to the bottom of this post and enter the giveaway to win one of your own!
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October 24, 2013
Come See Me at Boston Veg Fest this Saturday!
I will be doing a demo and answering some of your burning slow cooker and bean questions. Oh yeah, I’ll be making Lemon Chickpea Muffins, Gluten and Soy-free Chorizo and my signature chai tea for you to try too.
You can read more about my demo here. I’m the very first speaker and I’m on at 11am. The title of my presentation:Bewitching Beans and Enchanting Slow Cookers. Yes, it’s true, I can add Halloween into anything!
Can’t make the demo? I’ll be signing books all day. Look for me at the Fair...
October 22, 2013
Ricki Heller Tells Us All About Coconut Oil and Shares a Recipe too!
I’m sure you’ve heard about Ricki Heller’s new book, Naturally Sweet & Gluten-Freebecause the vegan bloggers (like me) just can’t stop talking about it.Ricki is also well known for her blog full of wonderful allergy friendly recipes.
Below Ricki tells us all kinds of information on coconut oil and shares a delicious recipe from her book.
Why I love to bake and cook with Coconut Oil!
Even though I’ve been baking since I was a child (with help from Mom, of course), I had never really tried coconu...
October 21, 2013
Easy Slow Cooker Date-Sweetened Apple Spice Creamer
Here’s another new vegan creamer to spice up your fall coffee or tea. It’s full of cinnamon and apple all wrapped up in a creamy So Delicious Coconut Milk. It’s cooked down thick and sweetened only with virtuous dates.
This was my first recipe with So Delicious’ new Culinary Coconut milk and I decided to try the lite since my last creamer used full fat coconut milk. I think it worked well and held together just as expected in my slow cooker.
Try this creamer in some plain black tea – that was w...
October 18, 2013
Natalie Slater’s Halloween Candy Bar Cupcakes
Continuing on my Halloween theme, I have a delicious cupcake recipe that’s perfect for your Halloween party. These cupcakes may not be super-healthy, but it’s still better than a real candy bar full of unpronounceable things given out by people you don’t know. Plus you made them yourself!
I am please to be part ofNatalie Slate’s Halloween blog tour.Natalie is the author of Bake and Destroyandhas given me an awesome recipe to share with you along with a little Halloween advice:
“There are over 7...
October 17, 2013
Gruesome Forbidden Rice Halloween Mousse
This is not only a spooky dessert worthy of a campfire, it’s quite gruesome too.If you have kids (or grownups) that love gross things they will love this, because it’s meant to be a horror-worthy end to your Halloween meal!
In all honesty it’s a simple and even wholesome chocolate dessert that’s simply made with chocolate chips, coconut milk, sweetener, vanilla and forbidden black rice. It cooks in your slow cooker and thickens up a ton in the fridge.
Mine was very runny before I put it into th...
October 15, 2013
Trio of Halloween Spooky Spreads
I love Halloween and spend entirely too much time thinking about what I can add a spooky twist too. Last night when I looked into my fridge and took inventory of my leftovers I had an inspiration to make Halloween themed sandwich spreads.
One can of white beans makes all three spreads. Each taste completely different but are similar enough to make all three in minutes. The longest part was waiting for my little food processor to make each one smooth enough.
I got some pumpernickel bread and use...
October 14, 2013
Pumpkin Spice Cashew Creamer
So by now you know the dirty little secret that most pumpkin spice lattes and syrups have dairy in them. But did you know most of them don’t have pumpkin at all?
The pumpkin spice refers to a blend of spices you use in pumpkin pie. My other pumpkin lattes include pumpkin in their ingredients, so I thought I needed to make one with no pumpkin too. Also if you are not a pumpkin-in-your-coffee kind of person you can still revel in pumpkin spice season!
Making your own creamer is a very fulfilling...
October 11, 2013
Super-Scary Spicy Chili Stuffed Jack-O-Peppers
Today is the finale for Roland Foods week and I’m pulling out all the stops. It’s close enough to Halloween to give it a spooky twist! Even if Halloween’s not your holiday no one turns their back on a warm bowl of hearty chili when the temperatures drop. So enjoy it in a scary bell pepper, a plain bell pepper, or even by itself in a bowl.
This chili get’s its spice fromRolandⓇ Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce. It’s pureed into a sauce with the juice from the canned tomatoes, so you can make it...
October 10, 2013
Kale Rosemary Pistachio Oil Pesto
We’re getting near the end of Roland Foods week, and today we visit another nut oil.This recipe usesRolandⓇ Pistachio Oil. I knew I had some kale I wanted to use up and I thought the pistachio oil would go great in an autumn pesto with a little of my favorite smoked salt.
Scroll down to enter today’s giveaway ofRolandⓇ Pistachio Oil.
I’ve started to get the roasting veggies bug again. It seems to start at this time of the year and go through spring. On Sunday I cut up a small acorn squash, abou...
