Vegan Christmas Cookie- Vegan Spruce Sugar Cookies

Vegan Christmas Cookie- Vegan Spruce Sugar Cookies

Here is my homage to that perfect, cozy, holiday season- spruce sugar cookies with a spruce vegan buttercream frosting. Walking by a Christmas tree lot, or through an evergreen forest, you’re greeted with whiffs of sharp, sweet and refreshing spruce or pine. The smell evokes 

Black Walnut and Maitake Mushroom Pâté

Black Walnut and Maitake Mushroom Pâté

Smooth, rich, and deep in flavor, this vegan black walnut and maitake mushroom pâté highlights the fruity-sweetness of the black walnut, and the rich meaty flavor from the mushrooms lingers in the background. The flavor develops as the black walnut tastes decreases, and the maitake 

Collard Greens and Maitake Steamed Buns (Hen of the Woods)

Collard Greens and Maitake Steamed Buns (Hen of the Woods)

White, puffy buns with a smooth, shiny, glossy crust. Break inside to reveal a center filled with savory collard greens and meaty, delicious, maitake (hen of the woods) mushrooms. These maitake steamed buns are everything you might want out of these filled doughy delights- they 

Cream of Chicken of the Woods Mushroom Soup

Cream of Chicken of the Woods Mushroom Soup

Cream of mushroom soup is a beloved classic. So is cream of chicken soup. Imagine if you could have both, and have it still be vegan? From this was born my vegan cream of chicken of the woods mushroom soup. Creamy, and velvety on your 

Milkweed Mushroom Moo Shu

Milkweed Mushroom Moo Shu

For a Print-Friendly Recipe, Click Here Moo shu- thin, delicate pancakes wrapped around a savory shredded mixture (typically pork). But, pork not being my thing, I decided to go with a different take on the dish- milkweed mushroom moo shu. Milkweed’s thin blossoms perfectly lends 

Vegan White Chocolate Granola with Wild Blueberries

Vegan White Chocolate Granola with Wild Blueberries

White chocolate coated oats with creamy cashews, crunchy pumpkin seeds, and sweet, dried, flavorful wild blueberries. How could that be anything but delicious! Vegan white chocolate is a little bit of a novelty for me, but this vegan white chocolate granola really hits the spot. 

Wild Garlic Mustard Tartlets

Wild Garlic Mustard Tartlets

For a brief few weeks in my teen years I worked for a catering company, and formed a very strong association between fancy parties and spanakopita. It’s very possible I need to go to fancier parties, but even so these spinach filled phyllo dough bundles 

Wild Morel Mushrooms and Christmas Lima Beans

Wild Morel Mushrooms and Christmas Lima Beans

There is no finer luxury of spring than cooking up a fresh, wild growing, vegan morel mushroom recipe. Wild morel mushrooms have a rich, savory quality that no other mushroom can match, but Christmas Lima beans provide a similar, more earthy umami element. To make 

Invasive Japanese Knotweed Salsa (Vegan)

Invasive Japanese Knotweed Salsa (Vegan)

Some salsas are chunky, some are smooth. This one is smooth. Some salsas are sour, some salsas are sweet, some spicy. This is all of the above, plus a little sour. Some salsas use tomatoes, or tomatillos, some salsas use wild invasive plants. This one 

Almond Shortbread Vegan Rosehip Cookies

Almond Shortbread Vegan Rosehip Cookies

One of the best parts of the holidays is blending sweet, comforting flavors into warm freshly baked cookies. The cookies I ended up making use a simple, crispy shortbread cookie with sweet, nutty almonds and pops of tart, fruity, winter rosehips. The rosehip cookies are