Vibrant Plant Based Recipes
this Green Chile Corn Tamales recipe is our go to for New Years celebrations and dinners all year long! vegan and gluten free with simple tasty ingredients. Stovetop or Pressure Cooker!
My New Years Tamales tradition began in college with …
this comprehensive list of Party Treats and Snacks To Ring In the New Year is everything you need for a party ANY time of year!
aaaaand here is where I am a complete cliché and exclaim HOW IS IT ALMOST 2019?! Can you even believe it?! Where DID the time go?!
Right now I am equally reminiscing over the rollercoaster that was 2018 and making grand plans for 2019. I don’t necessarily make resolutions at the new year, because (another cliché here?) I generally have goals and plans and projects and all of that all year long.
One thing I do fully embrace is celebrating the year end. We rarely go out on this night, and if we do, we hire a Lyft and are often home before midnight.
I like to make a few fun snacks, plan a cocktail that is champagne friendly – because champagne IS a must this night. For me, anyway.
If you are …
a colorful platter of Herb Cheese Peppadew Sweet Peppers makes great party snack! super flavorful single bite appetizers everyone loves!
(Way) back in college, I hosted a lot of dinner parties.
While I now love spicy heat of peppers, I wasn’t always this way. But the peppadew – that is a sweet flavorful pepper I could always get on board with.
Back in those days, I’d …
have holiday leftovers? these Tasty Vegan Recipes Using Cranberries and Cranberry Sauce have it sorted for you. so good you may just make more cranberry sauce!
Who doesn’t love that tart and sweet holiday condiment? Deliciously homemade or a wonderfully wiggly can shape, I love it all!
For many years, I have made the same…
Best Vegan Cookies and Candies for Holiday Gifting – the essential list for all of your holiday baking and cookie trays! gluten free too!
One part of the holiday season that I always look forward to?
Baking.
Well, cooking all the festive foods, really.
But baking all …
this vegan Warm Caramelized Onion Bacon Dip has been our go to appetizer for years! everyone loves it and it will quickly become your favorite, too.
Just in time for holiday parties, game day, and this coming Tuesday, I am bringing you my favorite dip!
I wish I was actually bringing it to you, that is how much I know you’ll love this dip. This has been a go to appetizer for years, based on a cheese and mayonnaise based classic from way back in the day.
This one is packed with …
adding these Easy Vegan Candy Cane Truffles to your holiday cookie trays is a good idea! these cool minty chocolates are easily impressive.
Just slightly more work than my Chocolate Covered Pretzel Reindeer, these festive pops of peppermint are an impressive addition to your holiday baking gifts.
Everyone loves a truffle, and when I show up to parties with them, people always exclaim, “you MADE these?!” because the general consensus is that truffles are difficult.
I am here to tell you again:…
these salty sweet Chocolate Covered Pretzel Reindeer will bring smiles and fun to your holidays! a fun kid friendly craft for your cookie gift trays!
About this time in the holiday celebrations, I am spending my days baking. I gift cookie and candy trays to a long list of loved ones. I also bring bakery boxes to parties, deliver to the cancer tower at the hospital, and I cannot forget the mail person and delivery drivers.
Each year, it seems I attempt to outdo my previous plates of treats. Adding last minute recipes as I think of them, forgoing the …
a Spicy Chipotle Kabocha Dip recipe made from everyone’s favorite squash! spicy, sweet, savory – serving it right in the kabocha shell is a fun detail!
In another chapter of Bringing Party Food That I Can Eat, I give you my latest recipe I am loving. This was my contribution to a recent holiday party, and everyone loved the presentation!
I actually love parties where guests bring food, potluck style. Being vegan, I am always guaranteed I will have something to eat.
I do have to say, I am so appreciative of so many friends who do make a point to have vegan options. At a BBQ last summer…
getting your hands on homemade Vegan Caramel Twix Cookie Bars is easier than you think! this updated version improves on our original recipe. gluten free!
(recipe for Peanut Butter Twix)
Way back in college, one of my desserts classes had a “copycat” assignment. We were to create a …
