Plant-based Fresh and Foraged Recipes
Lightly sweetened, bright, vegan lemon scones with a sweet and sour, spiced turmeric glaze. The flavors give a delicate touch to these hardy pastries, which beg to be placed in a basket near a steaming pot of tea. These biscuit-like treats have become a favorite …
Back when I was young, on Halloween after trick-or-treating, came the all important affair of candy sorting, tasting, and trade negotiations. Almond joys and Mounds bars were immediately discarded into the “donate to dad” pile. Snickers, Skittles, KitKat and others were all open for negotiation. …
What could be better than rich, smooth, dark chocolate brownies? Sweet and bitter all in one. Maybe if you added a fruity component- a little bit of tartness. Sprinkle a little salt on top, and all the sudden we’re hitting four of our five major …
Baking tends to be a more time-intensive, technique-heavy form of cooking. But it doesn’t have to be! I’ve recently started making these super easy fruit dessert (vegan clafoutis), and my smile and my waistline are both a little broader. These delicious, cake-like desserts are as …
For a long time I thought banana bread might be the best thing in the world. Sweet (but not so sweet you feel the cavities coming in), moist on the inside, crisp on the outside. Fragrant, filling, and not very fussy. I recently realized I had been wrong- cranberry banana bread is better. It’s everything banana bread is, but every bite is punctuated by bright, sharp, sour notes from the gem-like cranberries. The contrast in the flavors is wonderful, and really elevates the already amazing banana bread.
Well, the title already gave away almost half the recipe, but I still have 3 more ingredients to share with you for these delicious 5-ingredeint vegan banana peanut butter cookies. And a whole lot more to write before I get to those three ingredients. If you’re not interested in learning more about how I got to this recipe, you can click on the link for a print-friendly version to get straight to the baking- if not, follow me in an adventure of laziness, cookies and non-human primates.
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 …
I’ve always been a little frustrated at the lack of vegan instant hot chocolate mix in stores. Don’t get me wrong, I always choose to use a cashew or soy milk whenever I have it around (it does make any cup of chocolate much richer). But …
Have you ever bit into a chocolate coated candy, and been met with a jelly-like cranberry flavored center, and thought “oh yay! A mushroom!”. No? Well I’m here to make that a possibility for you. These chocolate coated cranberry wood ear mushrooms are perfect for …
This pumpkin, pecan and pineapple upside-down cake is rich, moist and dense without being heavy. The sweet and earthy tones of the pumpkin are enhanced by the nutty quinoa flour, and brightened by the sweet and tangy pineapple shining on top. Pecans add a wonderful …