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Spicy Vegan Chorizo Sausage Crumbles

April 5, 2017 by Kristina Sloggett 12 Comments

Spicy Vegan Chorizo Sausage Crumbles – a spicy and versatile plant based recipe for flavorful tacos, scrambles, stuffed peppers – the ideas are endless!

Oh, Mama.

I’ve been holding out on you all. A phenomenally good chorizo spiced “meat” crumble? I cannot even.

I made this recipe and we had a side by side comparison with our favorite soyrizo. Just for flavor comparison really, because I already love the consistency of the crumble. I researched chorizo spices a bit, found some dried chiles like the favorites I experienced in Mexico, and well, we’ve been enjoying tacos more than usual around here.

And some pretty spicy spaghetti with meat sauce. Ha! It’s really good.

The main components in this recipe …

Dark Chocolate Dragon Fruit Coconut Treats

April 3, 2017 by Kristina Sloggett 8 Comments

Dark Chocolate Dragon Fruit Coconut Treats – a light sweet and bright pink treat that is quick and easy to make with just a few ingredients.

You guys, I finally found Pitaya Plus locally.

Okay, I think it’s always been here, I just had to track it down at a store I don’t often visit. I have been making up for lost time with smoothies and bowls and eating the cubes raw and pink fingers and all the dragon fruit things.

Then I combined the pitaya with coconut and dipped it in chocolate.

Prior to …

Speedy Black Bean Burgers

March 29, 2017 by Kristina Sloggett 4 Comments

Speedy Black Bean Burgers – this quick and easy burger recipe holds together well and is mild enough to pair with all kinds of flavors!

Speedy is no joke here, guys – these burgers really are so quick and easy. Chopping the vegetables took the most time – you can have these whipped up in the time it takes for your oven to preheat. If you are baking them, that is – these can also be pan fried. That’s how we like them!

These tasty burgers are …

Vegan Cheesy Crackers

March 26, 2017 by Kristina Sloggett 5 Comments

Vegan Cheesy Crackers – a quick and easy recipe for a crisp and tasty cracker that is great for all kinds of appetizer boards, spreads, and dips!

We always have at least one kind of cracker in the house, to go with the dips, cheeses, and spreads we snack on. While these are often our favorite store bought snacks, I sometimes make crackers from scratch. These Vegan Cheesy Crackers are the latest favorite, and they could not be easier to make.

This recipe is …

Retro Citrus Jello Salad

March 23, 2017 by Kristina Sloggett 4 Comments

Retro Citrus Jello Salad – a light and bright fluffy dessert that just might remind you of childhood. a mildly sweet dish for holidays, potlucks, anytime!

This “salad” was a holiday staple when I was a kid – gracing every Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner table. While it is sweet, and definitely a dessert, this was not our dessert. This was served with dinner – dessert happened several hours later, right? That is still how things are – dessert happens about the time cocktails and rummy card decks make an appearance…

This recipe goes way back to my Grandma Edie. Okay, my grandma’s jello salad was always lime. I changed the flavor this time for a couple reasons – one, I wanted a bright and sunny orange flavor, and two, I cannot find a vegan gelatin substitute in lime flavor. Other than the jello flavor, everything else is essentially the same. Well, a vegan version of the same….

Hatch Chile Avocado Cream

March 22, 2017 by Kristina Sloggett 2 Comments

Hatch Chile Avocado Cream – this quick and easy cream is a cooling topper to a spicy dish, with layers of flavor from rich cashews and mild chiles.

I noticed a thing.

Ever since I shared my Smoky White Chili with Hatch Avocado Cream, there have been a bunch of search queries for the Hatch Avocado Cream recipe. It always comes up in the top searches list like, near the top if not first.

I make this Hatch Chile Avocado Cream sauce often. It is a nice cool contrast to our favorite spicy hot dishes – which, let’s be real, is often. It makes a whole new Avocado Toast.

You can make a whole dish around this sauce too, like these simple Hatch Chile Avocado Burgers, which are literally a …

Tangy Buffalo Chickpea Chili

March 15, 2017 by Kristina Sloggett 2 Comments

Tangy Buffalo Chickpea Chili – a quick and easy chili recipe with the flavors of everyone’s favorite tangy hot sauce. Mildly spicy with a ton of flavor!

The tangy flavor of buffalo hot sauce has been a longtime standard in this kitchen. Especially when it comes to football season and game day food plans – I first made this recipe for our small Superbowl party earlier this year. I figured after making it a few more times, I should get around to sharing. This chili makes great leftovers, we like it over rice…

This Tangy Buffalo Chickpea Chili tastes great when …

Jackfruit Chile Relleno Pot Pie

March 13, 2017 by Kristina Sloggett 2 Comments

Jackfruit Chile Relleno Pot Pie – a mildly spicy comfort food entree with the flavors and components of chile relleno – a good recipe for Pi Day or a random Tuesday.

Pi Day is here again, my friends. As a former accountant and math nerd, I have an irrational love of this day. Heh. Also, I apparently like to make shamelessly bad jokes.

Also, pie.

This year I once again chose savory flavors. This is more a deconstructed chile relleno, but it does incorporate all components – poblano peppers, cheese, egg. I added …

Smoky Rich Double Layer Rice Paper Bacon

March 8, 2017 by Kristina Sloggett 1 Comment

Smoky Rich Double Layer Rice Paper Bacon – a savory nut butter version of a totally unique vegan bacon concept. Quick and easy recipe with great flavor!

Vegan Goat Cheese Bacon Wrapped Dates

I really dislike that phrase life changing when it is used to describe something that is most decidedly not.

I am not going to, but if I were to utter the phrase, this would be the time.

I have been mostly vegetarian from a young age. Like, way before the Hot Dog Incident even. Before making that conscious decision to not eat meat, one thing I enjoyed the flavor of was bacon. I loved the flavor, I loved the smell – that’s about it. I rarely ate it.

In the last year, I have eaten more of this bacon than any real bacon ever. and I have been making all kinds of things with it – like wrapping it around stuffed dates. Mmm.

Let me tell you – when you cook this bacon? Your kitchen smells. like. bacon. Actual bacon. This also …

Whipped Lentil Chipotle Dip

March 6, 2017 by Kristina Sloggett 6 Comments

Whipped Lentil Chipotle Dip – this incredibly flavorful dip is so smoky smooth! a super quick and easy recipe for an appetizer or sandwich spread!

If you have been wanting a unique and incredibly flavorful dip and spread, search no more. I know I often say things like this recipe has been made multiple times (three so far, for this particular dip), it has amazing flavor and everyone will love it (it does, and so far several folks will agree), and so on. I know… how can I say that about every recipe?

Well, you know by now I am enthusiastic about food, sometimes animatedly so. Still – please believe me on this one – not only is this a quick and easy recipe, it has a sweetly smoky flavor and a light, whipped texture. This Whipped Lentil Chipotle Dip is perfect for dipping all manner of crackers and crudité, and it makes a great sandwich spread too!

This rave worthy recipe is …