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Best Vegan Chocolate Fudge Frosting

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this vegan chocolate fudge frosting recipe is the best brownie frosting! rich, fudgy and just five ingredients, it will be your favorite too.

recipe originally published December 18, 2010

 

two mixer beaters with Chocolate Fudge Frosting on them, standing up in stiff peaks

 

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    1. Vegan chocolate fudge frosting
    2. How to make this frosting
    3. Icing vs. Frosting – make this two ways!
    4. Vegan frosted brownies
    5. Storage tips
    6. Vegan Chocolate Fudge Frosting Recipe

 

 

Quick, easy, and delicious

This vegan chocolate fudge frosting recipe is our go to for a reason: it is rich and delicious! Changing the amount of one ingredient easily changes the consistency, from a pourable, glossy icing for a sheet cake or brownies t0 a stiff frosting to pipe or spread.

To make this frosting, you need just five ingredients, a …

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Vegan Almond Crescent Cookies

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these vegan almond crescent cookies are the rich and buttery, light and crispy nostalgia of childhood holidays. the star of our cookie jar!

recipe originally published December 13, 2013

 

powdered sugar covered crescent shaped cookies on a baking sheet

 

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    1. Vegan Almond Crescent Cookies
    2. Crescent Cookie Ingredient Variations
    3. How To Make Crescent Cookies
    4. More Vegan Cookie Recipes
    5. Vegan Crescent Cookies Recipe
 

Quick and easy recipe

These vegan almond crescent cookies are perfectly sweet, buttery richness in an updated, plant based version. This recipe is free from dairy, eggs, soy, and gluten, and is just as tasty as …

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Crispy Vegan Stuffed Potato Balls

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these crispy vegan stuffed potato balls are a flavorful and fun food that works as an entree, side, or appetizer. use your leftovers: mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, even dressing!

recipe originally published December 6, 2015

 

an inside view of crispy vegan stuffed potato balls - sitting on curly kale on a white plate, this panko crusted mashed potato ball is cut in half to show the jackfruit filling

 

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    1. Stuffed potato balls
    2. How to make potato balls
    3. Recipe variations
    4. Vegan stuffed potato balls recipe
 

Recipes using leftovers

While the concept of “leftover mashed potatoes” is foreign to me, I’ll gladly cook up a new batch of potatoes specifically for these crispy vegan stuffed potato balls.

This recipe includes a super tasty maple mustard jackfruit filling. We also …

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Vegan Boursin Herb Cheese

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vegan Boursin style cheese is here! this garlic herb vegan cheese spread is a dairy free version of the classic French Gournay cheese.

recipe originally published March 28, 2012

 

vegan Herb Cheese spread in a white ceramic serving bowl, pretzels and vegetables for dipping

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    1. Vegan Boursin
    2. How To Make Vegan Boursin Cheese
    3. Vegan Garlic Herb Cheese Serving Suggestion
    4. How Long Does Vegan Cheese Last?
    5. More Dairy Free Cheese Recipes
    6. More Vegan Appetizer Recipes
    7. Vegan Boursin Cheese Recipe
 

Classic appetizer recipe

Who grew up with foil wrapped discs of Boursin cheese and tubs of Alouette in their fridge? 

Around the holidays, “the fancy cheeses” appeared, and among them, Boursin …

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Vegan Baileys Irish Cream

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this Vegan Baileys Irish Cream recipe is a quick and easy method make dairy free Baileys liqueur. a perfect drink for sipping or gifting!

recipe originally published September 27, 2010

 

vegan Baileys Irish Cream in a mason jar

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    1. Vegan Irish Cream
    2. Is Whiskey Gluten Free?
    3. How To Make Vegan Baileys
    4. How Long Does Vegan Baileys Last?
    5. Vegan Holiday Drink Recipes
    6. Vegan Irish Cream Recipe

 

 

Easy homemade liqueur recipe

One of my favorite sipping drinks is Baileys over ice. 

Bailey’s over ice cream is also delicious, as …

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Vegan Cauliflower Steak

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How to make vegan cauliflower steak with egg free breading – with this quick and easy recipe, a delicious vegan dinner is 30 minutes away!

recipe originally published August 9, 2012

 

"how to make cauliflower steak" an image of two rustic grey plates with bright green broccolini, deep red cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, and golden breaded cauliflower "steak" (a one inch slice through the middle of a whole cauliflower)

 

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    1. Plant based steak dinner
    2. How to make this recipe
    3. Egg free breading
    4. Roasted, not breaded
    5. Cauliflower Steaks Recipe
 

Breaded Cauliflower

Whether you are planning entrees for your Plant Based Holiday or just planning Thursday night dinner, vegan cauliflower steak is a delicious option. This incredibly quick and easy recipe is …

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Vegan Holiday Recipes

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Vegan Plant Based Holiday Recipes have you set for the most wonderful time of the year! breakfast, appetizers, sides, entrees and desserts.

article originally published November 28, 2014

 

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Festive dishes to make all season long

Parties, getting together with friends for events, time with family all call for plant based holiday recipes.

I can safely say the food plays a pretty big part of our holiday events. I love to plan the menus, try new recipes to serve alongside the classics I cannot do without.

Like many things, half the fun is the planning. For more tips and tricks to planning a seamless holiday gathering, see our event planning tips.

Having been a …

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Ginger Cranberry Sauce

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replace the can with this quick and easy ginger cranberry sauce recipe! naturally sweetened with fruit for a no sugar added cranberry sauce.

recipe originally published December 19, 2011

 

two small glass serving dishes of Ginger Cranberry Sauce on a wooden table. blurred in background: serving bowls and whole spaghetti squash

 

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    1. Quick and easy cranberry sauce
    2. How to make no sugar cranberry sauce
    3. Can I add sweetener?
    4. Make ahead recipe!
    5. Can I freeze cranberry sauce?
    6. Ginger Cranberry Sauce Recipe
 

Quick and easy cranberry sauce

Cranberries are a classic holiday flavor. See more: Cranberry Recipes.

Kid Kristina always wanted to help “cook” at the holidays – my tasks included setting the table, preparing the classic Holiday Jello Salad, and plating cranberry sauce.

Even back then, I played up the irony of the canned sauce. I would leave it in can form and serve it in my grandmas crystal serving dish. I would carefully carry it to the table as the can shape slid and wiggled around the plate.

For years, I have been making this ginger cranberry sauce recipe and …

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Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes

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Pardon the turkey and enjoy these vegan thanksgiving recipes. Time tested and crowd pleasing, these delicious dishes are celebration ready! 

article originally published November 25, 2010

 

individual vegan portobello wellington served on a rustic plate with a green salad and bright homemade cranberry sauce.

 

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    1. Plant based Thanksgiving
    2. What to cook
    3. Make a schedule, have a plan
    4. Kid Kristina making pumpkin pie!
    5. more holiday ideas
    6. Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes
 

Vegan Thanksgiving

As much time as we spend planning menus, Thanksgiving isn’t just about the food. I won’t get into a Linus style soliloquy of what Thanksgiving really is, and the history which few focus on. Our modern gatherings on this day are far from that.

For some, Thanksgiving is about snacking on appetizers while watching football. It’s about card games and the annual family viewing of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.

It’s about getting up early to …

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Vegan Stuffed Acorn Squash

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this vegan stuffed acorn squash is an incredibly flavorful and cozy comfort food dish. also: how to cook amaranth.

recipe originally published November 5, 2014

 

stuffed acorn squash: an amaranth grain mixture stuffed into a half an acorn squash, served in a grey rustic shallow bowl, topped with cashews and chives

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    1. Amaranth stuffing recipe
    2. What is amaranth?
    3. How to cook amaranth
    4. Tips for the best amaranth
    5. How to serve stuffed squash
    6. Meal prep and storage
    7. Cooking with seeds – a complete guide
    8. Vegan Stuffed Acorn Squash Recipe

 

 

Amaranth stuffed acorn squash

This recipe for stuffed acorn squash makes a festive, meat-free main dish that tastes so good you won’t want to wait long to make it again.

The amaranth stuffing is incredibly flavorful, and …

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