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
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