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Heavenly Cheesecake From Vegan Pie in the Sky

chow — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:28:40 +0000

I’ve been pretty much overdosing on sweets lately with the holidays and all. But since I recently received Vegan Pie in the Sky by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero to review, I absolutely had to try a recipe or two. Unable to decide on which cheesecake to make, I half the recipes and [...]

Sugar Plums

chow — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:56:40 +0000

It’s that time of year for visions of sugar plums dancing in little heads. Only to be surprised to find there’s really no sugar or plums in said sugar plums. It’s actually a dried fruit and nut ball rolled in coconut. Apparently, way back when, “plum” used to mean any dried fruit. Super easy to [...]

Homemade Peanut Butter Cups

chow — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:40:11 +0000

After a prolonged hunt for Cleo’s Peanut Butter Cups and a comment about making homemade ones from Jes over at Eating Appalachia (one of my favorite blogs), I turned the kitchen into a little candy workshop. Ever since I made the Chocolate Candy Cups from Raw for Dessert by Jennifer Cornbleet, I like the raw [...]

Halloween Cookie Sandwiches From Zest Bakery

chow — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:50:55 +0000

Just in time for Halloween, bat-shaped cookie sandwiches from Zest Bakery, a gluten-free bakery in downtown San Carlos (a small town on the SF Bay Area peninsula about halfway between San Francisco and San Jose). They’re spooky good! Kinda like an Oreo in that it’s a chocolate sandwich cookie with a creamy filling. But so [...]

Black Velvet Cupcakes From Vegan Desserts

chow — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:29:25 +0000

Before summer gives way to fall, I just had to try the Black Velvet Cupcakes from Hannah Kaminsky’s Vegan Desserts. These cupcakes came out perfect! Moist. Fluffy. Yummy. It’s a baking miracle! It really is. You have no idea what horrible baking disasters have emerged from my oven in the past. Located in the summer [...]

Vegan Desserts Is The Bombe

chow — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:32:50 +0000

After a wayward trip crisscrossing the nation courtesy of the postal service, I finally received my order for Vegan Desserts by Hannah Kaminsky (she’s the brains and talent behind one of my favorite blogs, BitterSweet). Being a non-baker of the highest order, I eased into the cookbook by trying a non-baking recipe, Watermelon Bombe. Not [...]

Mini Raw Caramel Apple Bites

chow — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 04:10:10 +0000

After getting fuji apples weekly at the local farmers market, it’s finally coming to the end of their season. For a last hurrah, I decided to do a little extra something with them. I made mini raw caramel apple bites. For the raw caramel, I adapted the recipe from this vegan life. The taste is [...]

Almond Dream Bites

chow — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 05:48:14 +0000

Forget Valentine’s Day candy. How about little bite-sized morsels of ice cream covered in chocolaty goodness? You know I’ve always had a thing for mini food. Almond Dream Bites are basically a non-dairy, gluten-free version of a bon bon with no trans fat or highly refined sugars. Spot-on and so very good – the almond [...]