World Famous My mom’s chocolate chip cookies were the best. Her secret was simple: she used the Nestle Tollhouse recipe, but with a slight tweak (which I won’t share!). Back in the day whenever I baked them, friends and co-workers would devour the chocolate treats and insist I bring them to future gatherings. The cookies became known as my “world …
Irish Whiskey Chocolate Cream Pie
Click here to watch my video on how to prepare this pie! Two Holidays, One Dessert Pi(e) day, March 14, and St Patrick’s Day, March 17, are just too close together to ignore. We got to wondering what recipe we could share that honors both the pie theme of Pi Day and the Irish theme of St. Patrick’s Day. Neither …
Peaches of Nazareth Cobbler
Peaches are now in season and if you aren’t so good with making crust for peach pie, a peach cobbler is definitely an easy alternative. We cobbled (ahem) this recipe together after being inspired by a Gluten Free Apple Crisp. You know, we do that a lot. In order to figure out how to veganify something, we often look at …
Vegan Mango Coconut Cream Pie
This sumptuous and creamy vegan mango coconut cream pie is a riff on a recipe I learned from a former co-worker. She would always bring her Mango Cream Pie to potlucks. It was delicious. Her recipe called for gelatin and cream. We’ve veganified it and substituted coconut milk for the cream. It’s delicious and a perfect cream pie for any …
Secret Chocolate Cake
This is a recipe I found in the cookbook Simply in Season Children’s Cookbook. The “secret” to this chocolate cake is that it contains beets! As a kid, I was not fond of beets (my mother served us canned beets which still makes me shudder), but this is a fun — if not sneaky — way to get them some vegetables in …
Molasses Spice Cookies
Everyone enjoys cookies around the holidays and Molasses Spice Cookies are a classic. We’ve reworked the recipe to make these traditional little sweets both vegan and gluten-free! Can’t eat nuts? No problem, the decorative pecans are optional and the cookies are just as cute without them. This recipe makes about 3 dozen small cookies. They pair well with coffee, hot …
Maple Cheesecake with Glazed Apples
Vegan cheesecake. Is there such a thing? Yep. This Maple Cheesecake with Glazed Apples is just what you need. Picture an elegant, beautifully decorated cheesecake. Now, imagine telling everyone you made it. Can you hear the ooh-and-ah from your mother-in-law? The way your boss smiles in admiration? Yep, it’s all for your stunning Maple Cheesecake with Glazed Apples. I can …
Halloween Cookie Cake
Everyone deserves a spooky treat on Halloween, so try our Halloween Cookie Cake. It’s bound to delight your little (or large) ghouls and the recipe won’t scare you to death. Even making the bat shape isn’t too hard – or you can make a witch’s hat or a ghost or just a big circle. No matter the shape, it’s going …
Chia Pudding
Check out all of our vegan lunch ideas HERE! What is lunch without pudding? Pudding cups are a decades-old lunch time classic. We say you can do better, though, than the pre-packaged styles at the grocery store. Get a set of re-usable pudding cups (shown, Preserve mini 8-oz. cups, made of recycled plastic) and make up batches of Chia Pudding …
Loaded Oatmeal Cookies
Check out all of our vegan lunch ideas HERE! You should feel great about all the foods going into your child’s lunch. Or your partner’s, or your own. These Loaded Oatmeal Cookies sound like a treat, but have the nutrition profile to really go the distance. Sneak in tons of fiber with 3 cups of oatmeal and a can of …