Vibrant Vegan Food in Portland
Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies – a Vegan and Gluten Free version of a childhood favorite! chewy soft with fluffy buttery frosting and sprinkles – just as you remember!
Soft and fluffy cookies. Who doesn’t like this classic cookie, right?
Jason brought a cookie home from his dentist appointment last week. An Easter cookie. A soft frosted sugar cookie, Lofthouse style.
I immediately had a craving, and looked through my old recipes from college….
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….
Cool Vegan Dill Pickle Dip Bread Bowl – perfect for a potluck, holiday party, or game day – this cool and tangy dip will be a crowd favorite!
I seem to be going totally retro with my holiday recipes, right? First a Spiced Pumpkin Basil Cheese Ball, now an old school, church basement potluck, good old fashioned Dill Dip in a Bread Bowl.
Jason asked me to make this. He randomly said to me “you know what I haven’t had in a long time, that I really want this year? dip in a rye bowl!” The grandson of a Methodist minister, he says they always had these.
When he described it to me, it reminded me of a dip I made all the time in college, and always around the holidays. Back then, my favorite Nordstrom store (the one downtown) would …
Sparkly White Chocolate Cinnamon Crunch Bark – this quick and easy four ingredient bark is the perfect last minute sweet treat for parties and cookie trays!
I love holiday cookies and treats!
We bring them to parties, I make them for friends and neighbors, and they are added to the gifts for all the fine folks who make deliveries to our house, nearly daily.
We have been stuck in the house for five days, since we live on a hill and it just snowed a fair amount in Portland. I have spent these snow days making all kinds of treats for my cookie boxes and plates, including this Sparkly White Chocolate Cinnamon Crunch Bark. So good.
This flavor combination has been …
Spiced Pumpkin Basil Cheese Ball – this is an easy recipe for an impressive appetizer that brings layers of rich flavor – the hit at any party!
This is where I describe the huge party we had, and the several cheeseboards we offered, just like this one. Well yeah – only it wasn’t. This cheeseboard was for a Saturday afternoon at home, when Jason returned from a haircut and errands all morning. We had our neighbors over for wine.
We were basically celebrating …
Sweet Holiday Nog Pancakes – these quick and easy pancakes are sweet and fluffy and taste like a sugar cookie! Perfect for a snow day, or any day!
Today is a snow day in Portland! Jason is working from home, Rosemary and I are bundled up in front of the heater, and we enjoyed a late brunch this morning. We started with Holiday Nog in our coffee while I impatiently stood at the window like a ding dong, waiting for snow.
Then I made Sweet Holiday Nog Pancakes.
These are sweet like a sugar cookie, with a slightly crisp edge around super fluffy insides. The key to a fluffy pancake is …
Vegan Goat Cheese Bacon Wrapped Dates – tangy rich and smoky sweet, these bite size gems are always welcome at the party table! plan on making a double batch, at least.
We had a small cocktail party before the Melvins concert last week, and these Vegan Goat Cheese Bacon Wrapped Dates were the star. Well, my dachshund cocktail napkins were the real star.
Food wise, bacon. dates. sweet salty tangy savory goodness. A perfect party bite that …
Five Ingredient Peppermint Patties – cool and minty and coated in rich dark chocolate, a refreshing vegan twist on the classic candy favorite!
Are you guys tired of hearing me talk about the weather?
Because in Portland today, we had another near perfect spring day. I say near perfect because … seasonal allergies. Yeah.
But the sun was out this weekend, perfectly warm and we went for a couple great walks. Getting up and out early to grab breakfast and coffee at six am on a Sunday means your day is super long and awesome.
After errands have been done, groceries put away, dog walked and second breakfast done and it is still only nine am?
Plenty of time to make double batches of Classic Vegan Pickle Potato Salad. and second batches of these Five Ingredient Peppermint Patties, because the first batch disappeared way too fast.
This cool minty recipe is …
