Vibrant Plant Based Recipes
Fluffy Vegan Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins – mildly sweet zucchini muffins dotted with chocolate chips, these are a great gluten free breakfast or snack!
Growing up in a family of basketball fans, it is no stretch that March Madness is one of my favorite sports events of the year. There is something about college ball that is so fun to watch – they still have the passion and drive!
Heh. Drive.
Pun intended? *Groan*
One of my favorite …
Vegan Vanilla Crescent Cookies – perfectly sweet buttery richness in an updated, plant based version – free of dairy, eggs, soy, and gluten, and just as tasty as the original classic!
Do you have a favorite cookie? Like, all time favorite, a thing that began in childhood?
Crescent Cookies would be mine. Mildly sweet, buttery, simple. Like a soft, fluffy shortbread, covered in sugary powder. Mmm. Now they are Vegan Vanilla Crescent Cookies, and they are divine. Gluten free too, and still they have the same flavor and feel. Perfect.
When I was little, my mom had this baking cookbook. It had a recipe for a flour mixture, then each recipe called for a certain amount of that flour mixture. You had to have the flour mixture to make the recipe. We rarely baked from that book.
That is where her crescent cookie recipe came from.
I have a few favorite gluten free all purpose flour blends, so …
Fluffy AF Chocolate and Carob Chip Cookies – these cookies are crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside, and the carob chips melt and caramelize for one great cookie!
These cookies are fluffy AF, but in this case, AF refers to aquafaba.
Okay, maybe not fluffy – because really, how can a cookie be fluffy? Crispy and chewy perfection, more like. and if you enjoy this cookie dough without ever baking one single cookie? The dough is fluffy. AF.
Remember when I told you all about the new phenomenon in the vegan world? Using aquafaba – the liquid from chickpeas – as an egg replacer?
While I still have not made too many recipes where you whip the aquafaba (for a meringue or French macarons), I have been using it a lot in things like pancakes, waffles, and cookies.
This is a fairly simple recipe, based on the classic that we all grew up with. My other change is that I have added …
Bright Lemon Raspberry Cookie Stacks – a vibrant flavorful update on a classically retro recipe – bright lemon cookies stacked with cool raspberry whip cream!
When I was a kid, there was a dessert my mom made that my brother and I always wanted.
That we sometimes were able to have.
She only made these desserts for her bunco group, or some other fancy party my parents were having or attending. I am talking about a very retro recipe – mini icebox cakes made from those Famous Chocolate Wafers. This is one of those oh so simple but fun and tasty desserts – as far as I can recall, it is wafer cookies and whip cream. Cookies and whip that gets to hang out in the fridge, stay cool, and soften.
So.
Today’s Vegan MoFo prompt is Most Retro Recipe. I immediately thought of those Famous Icebox Stacks. Then I looked for the cookies, found out they contain egg, thought well, I’ll make my own!
Then I started thinking about changing the recipe, of course. I thought of different flavors of whip, different kinds of cookies.
One day I may even make the chocolate version.
Another fun thing about this recipe is the use of a newish ingredient called…
Raspberry Protein Breakfast Custards – crunchy granola, sweet berries, and protein pumped custard make this a brunch perfect dish everyone will love!
That day I recently spent at Oregon Fruit Products?
You may remember my Savory Sweet Summer Rolls with Raspberry Ginger Sauce…?
Yes.
I am still having fun playing with all the product they sent me home with, and will be sharing the goodness with you. Their Pourable Fruit product is genius, and it will be a regular item on my shop list.
I have already used two bottles of the raspberry flavor. Raspberries are by far my favorite fresh summer fruit – I wait for them all year – so this will be a great stand in for the rest of the months when the beautiful farmers market flats are unavailable.
This is a unique recipe, in that we have enjoyed them as …
Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Granola – a quick and easy five ingredient granola that tastes just like the classic cookie! enjoy a bowl with chilled cashew milk, sprinkle over coconut yogurt, or just eat by the handful!
Last week I had a granola craving.
I also had a cookie craving, which is rare. I am not so much a cookie fan. Even more, it was a specific cookie craving – I wanted an Oatmeal Raisin Cookie.
So, I made a batch of granola, and rolled some of it into cookie balls.
Most of it was made into granola, though – and this recipe could not be easier.
Another rarity – I was able to reserve a double court the other day – we played tennis …
Can I just tell you, I am over the moon excited for my friend Dreena’s latest book, Plant Powered Families: Over 100 Kid-Tested, Whole-Foods Vegan Recipes:
Most know Dreena from her well known Plant Powered Kitchen, and from her other great cookbooks – Plant Powered Families is her fifth!
This book has more than 100 whole food vegan recipes, and is an excellent resource – with tips for prepping a plant based kitchen, hosting and attending kid’s parties, kid’s lunchbox solutions, and even a sample meal plan – packed with great information, this is a great read. You know I love to sit and read my new cookbooks…
The book opens with an endearing look into Dreena’s story, and how she found the new world of plant based cooking – easy, playful, and not restricted but expanded!
Throughout, you have Dreena’s spirited and enthusiastic personality, sweet photos of her whole family – cat included – and …
Fudgy Cardamom Squares – incredibly flavorful with a fudgy consistency, these warmly spiced bars will disappear fast – you should just make a double batch.
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I have been a fan of Vegan Richa for years – drawn in with her stunning photography, I keep coming back for her inventive recipes using complex layers of flavor and bright colors. I love the flavors of Indian foods – Jason and I both do – and have a few favorites that I make often. Richa’s recipes are not only delicious, they are approachable as well.
Also, have you ever seen a Richa burger? They are epic.
Lately, Richa has been very hard at work on a grand project – Vegan Richa’s Indian Kitchen: Traditional and Creative Recipes for the Home Cook:
Just like her blog, Richa’s book is a welcoming and beautiful journey through the savory flavors of Indian cooking. She demystifies spices and ingredients unfamiliar, transforms traditional recipes in a modern way, and leaves vegans happily able to enjoy a vast variety of fantastic recipes.
Richa breaks down pantry staples, fresh ingredients and kitchen tools. She has …
