Today, May 26th, is National Blueberry Cheesecake Day so it’s the perfect day to sing the praises of Sirabella’s Vegan Cheesecake. Growing up, my mother always made cheesecake with ricotta and cream cheese. Everyone loved it. I wasn’t a fan of cheesecake; it was too tangy for my not-yet-grown-up taste buds. Since I’ve been vegan […]
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Sweet Crepes with Chocolate Sesame Spread and Soom Tahini
Lately, I’ve been on a roll of finding products that make me suddenly like foods I normally don’t. Tahini is one of those foods. I know I’m in the minority on this. Most people love tahini and put it in everything. I’ve just never liked the taste. It’s fine in hummus but on its own, […]
Vegan Ice Cream Bon Bons and Review of NadaMoo Dairy-Free Desserts
Let me tell you about me and ice cream. Don’t expect a love story, though, because that’s not it. As a kid I liked ice cream. Of course I did; what child doesn’t like ice cream? But I didn’t love it. When the ice cream truck would drive by, the “Pop Goes the Weasel” […]
Chocolate-Covered Cheesecake Bites with Madecasse Chocolate
If you know me from my blog posts, then you know I’m not a huge fan of chocolate and sweets. I’m much more of a savory girl. But if there were a chocolate that could change my mind, Madécasse is the company that makes it. The story of Madécasse is enough to make you fall […]
Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Marshmallow Fudge
This may be the shortest recipe I’ve ever posted. Unlike most of my savory dishes, it doesn’t have a dozen herbs and spices. And unlike many of my recipes, it has only 4 rather than 40 ingredients (5 if you count the cooking oil spray which is optional). Even my dessert recipes usually have a […]
Purim Lessons and Vegan, Gluten-Free Hamantaschen
Purim is coming! Purim has always been my favorite Jewish holiday, probably because it’s one of the few where you can make noise in synagogue and it’s not only ok, it’s encouraged. Everyone gets noisemakers called groggers and you can stamp your feet loudly. It’s the most fun you get to have in temple. Over […]
Flourless Nut Butter Cookies and Tofu in Spicy Peanut Sauce Plus a Review of Once Again Nut Butters
I do not like peanut butter and jelly. Nope, never have, never will. It’s probably because I don’t have a sweet tooth. I do, however, love peanut butter and cream cheese. When I was in grade school, every Friday the cafeteria would be closed for the upcoming Shabbos and each classroom would get a tray […]
Vegan Caramel Popcorn and G.H. Cretors Popped Corn Review
You know the saying on the potato chips commercial about how “you can’t eat just one”? Well, I’m sure they wrote that for me because I love salty, crunchy snacks and when I get near a bowl or bag of potato chips, it won’t last very long. My best defense is to not buy any […]
VeganMoFo #15: Vegan Products I Love – The Vegg Baking Mix & a Recipe for Chocolate Chip Cookies
Welcome to another day of VeganMoFo, the vegan month of food. VeganMoFo is an annual event where bloggers from all over the globe dedicate their time and posts to the delicious topic of vegan food. This year The “V” Word’s theme is “Vegan Products I Love.” These are products worth writing about, reading about, buying, […]
VeganMoFo #12: Vegan Products I Love – Artisana Nut Butters & a Recipe for Vegan Truffles
Welcome to another day of VeganMoFo, the month of vegan food. VeganMoFo is an annual event where bloggers from all over the world dedicate their time and their blogs to writing about vegan food every weekday for a month. This year The “V” Word’s theme is “Vegan Products I Love.” All month I will be […]
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I know I always said desserts were not my thing and there was a time I swore I couldn’t bake to save my life. But times change and I have challenged myself again and again to get in the kitchen and learn how to make delicious desserts. It’s especially challenging because I make mostly gluten-free […]
Gluten-Free Cookies For Santa: Chocolate Hazelnut Drop Cookies and Chai Spice Cookies
Did you hear the news about Santa? If the word on the strip mall circuit is correct, Santa has gone gluten-free! Apparently, all the flour from all the cookies all these years has taken a toll on his intestines. Maybe Santa’s round belly is filled with more bloating gases than jelly. I also hear that […]
Peanut Butter Glazed Banana Doughnuts
I made the most amazing doughnuts today, even more delicious than the last ones I made. While I could go on and on about how much I love banana bread and how that led me to want to make banana doughnuts and how only a peanut butter glaze would be the perfect topping, I […]
Chocolate Hazelnut Rugelach
I know Chanukah is supposed to be a holiday filled with fried foods but you can’t fry cookies, can you? And I had to make rugelach for Tom. When we lived in the Bronx, I used to buy rugelach from a Kosher restaurant, probably THE Kosher restaurant, on Lydig Avenue. Then we became vegan […]
Product Review: Beyond Eggs for Cookies and Just Mayo (and a recipe!)
There are 2 new products from Hampton Creek Foods that are going to change the way we eat and cook: Beyond Eggs for Cookies and Just Mayo. If there was ever a vegan product that I have been waiting for, it’s one that replaces eggs. Usually, I use flaxseed to replace eggs in baking […]
VeganMoFo Day #11: Chocolate Pudding
Welcome to another day of VeganMoFo, the month of vegan food. Discover lots of great new blogs as a thousand dedicated bloggers dedicate this whole month just to vegan food. When I was a kid, I loved Snack Packs. Remember those? The little cans of chocolate and vanilla pudding with the pop tops? […]
VeganMoFo Day #6: Sweet Dessert Challah with Chocolate Drizzle
Today winds up the first week of VeganMoFo 2013. VeganMoFo is the amazing celebration of vegan food where hundreds and hundreds of bloggers commit to posting about delicious vegan food everyday for a month. Check out some of the fabulous participating blogs. Rosh Hashanah is just about over and I’ve got one more […]
Gluten-Free Carrot Cake with Walnuts and Cream Cheese Frosting
Carrot cake has always been my favorite cake. I could live the rest of my life and never have another thing for dessert so long as I can have carrot cake. But it has to be good. I have a very high standard. Carrot cake has a place in many of my memories. […]
Vegan Challah
When I was a little kid, I used to make challah with my mother. This was a big deal. My mother didn’t let anyone help in the kitchen – we just got in the way and would do everything wrong anyway. But making challah was something she and I did together. She would rip open […]
Chocolate Peanut Butter Black Bean Brownies
This week is Valentine’s Day and that means chocolate. What could be more romantic than making your Valentine a delicious treat that’s homemade? Making one that’s not only homemade but vegan, gluten-free and healthy (relatively) too! These brownies are made with black beans, peanut butter and cocoa. Instead of flour, this recipe uses oats. That’s a […]
Struffoli Fried "Honey" Balls – Regular and Gluten-Free
This could be proof the world is going to end – I’m posting 2 dessert recipes in a row!! Something is definitely up with the universe. But it’s Christmastime and I’ve been thinking about this treat that my mother always made for the holidays. Struffoli are little fried dough balls that are topped with honey […]
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Pie with Gingersnap Cookie Crust
We all know desserts are not my thing but every once in a while I make something worth sharing. This is one of those desserts. One of my very favorite desserts is my No-Bake Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Pie with Pretzel Crust. I really don’t like sweets but between the peanut butter, the cream cheese, […]
VeganMoFo: Nadia G. and Halloween Treats: Eyeballs, Coffin Sandwiches and Witch Fingers
Hello Boys and Ghouls! The “V” Word continues its celebration of VeganMoFo, the month of vegan food, with its theme, “If TV Celebrity Chefs Went Vegan.” Today we have Nadia G. of Cooking Channel’s Nadia G’s Bitchin’ Kitchen and some of her favorite Halloween recipes. As many of you know, Nadia G. and Bitchin’ Kitchen […]
VeganMoFo: Jennifer Esposito and Celiac Disease/Gluten-Free Living
The “V” Word continues its celebration of VeganMoFo, the vegan month of food, with a bit of a twist. All month the theme has been “If TV Celebrity Chefs Went Vegan.” Today I’m writing about a celebrity who is not a chef, per se, but she does do a lot of cooking and posts recipes on […]