This Chocolate Mousse recipe was influenced by JL Fields and The Great British Baking Show. For the past few months, I haven’t felt like doing much of anything. I have recently been watching old episodes of GBBS and feeling inspired to start getting back into the kitchen. Following a binge watching session of GBBS, I pulled out my copy of JL’s book Vegan Baking for Beginners and made her recipe for Meringue Drops. I successfully completed that challenge (although I do need to work on my piping). Following my success, I felt energized to take it one step further. I realized I could use JL’s meringues as a base to make a vegan version of my old chocolate mousse recipe. Before I get to the recipe, I want to add a New Year’s Day thought. We see so many people waking up on January 1st saying things like, “this is
Sweet Potato Doughnut Holes are a great treat any time of the year, but with the cinnamon and nutmeg, they seem particularly well suited to the fall.
Here is how a simple shopping trip led to the creation of a recipe. Our Loaded Crispy Rice Treats are a direct result of grocery shopping. While Ethan and I were shopping at our local Whole Foods we saw a package of “Crispy Treats,” also known as Rice Krispie Treats, but without paying for using the name. Hoping that these might be vegan, Ethan picked them up and checked the ingredient list. in light of the fact that the store carries Dandies and Sweet and Sara* marshmallows, it was not completely unreasonable to think that these could be vegan. Well, they aren’t. Check out the 3rd line. At least Whole Foods had the courtesy of letting us know that not only do these contain gelatin, but the gelatin comes from pig bones. Lovely. By this time however, the genie was out of the bottle and we were wanting crispy rice treats. We
Our Bailey’s French Toast turns a breakfast classic into a dessert sensation. However, if you want to have it for breakfast we are cool with that. In fact, invite us over.
Our Caramel Oat Bars give our S’more Cookie Bars a run for the money. Creamy caramel and rich chocolate between two layers of crisp oatmeal cookie make these bars hard to resist. You can use any caramel sauce you like, or you can make your own with our simple recipe. These bars taste so decadent, but no one needs to know how easy they are to make. These do need time to cool in the refrigerator before cutting, so be sure you allow time for that. Prep Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 25 minutes + cooling time Yield: 20- 24 bars 2 cups Quick Cooking Oats 1 ¾ cups All Purpose Flour 1 ½ cups brown sugar 1 teaspoon baking soda ¼ tsp Salt 1 cup vegan butter, melted 2 ½ cups vegan semi sweet chocolate chips, divided 2 ½ cups vegan caramel sauce, slightly warmed so it is easy to spread
A mug of hot chocolate is the perfect treat for a cold winter day. Forget about using a store bought powder. Once you make it from scratch, you will never want it any other way.
These Vegan Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are a vegan version of the Food Network’s Chocolate Crinkle Cookies.
These Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies are a vegan version of the recipe from the Food Network’s 2015 12 Days of Cookies collection. If you like peanut butter, these are for you.
Our Sweet Potato Pie Martini uses the syrup from canned yams to make a drinkable version of a holiday favorite. Garnish it with a toasted vegan marshmallow for the full sweet potato pie effect.
