Category Archives for "Dessert"

When you really want to knock the socks off of your less-than-healthy friends and family who demand the most sugar-filled, butter laden holiday desserts (and always manage to steer clear of your kale salad and raw pecan pie), you make Bourbon Butterscotch Custard Pie! Because who doesn’t want their dessert spiked? And who can resist the sweet buttery flavor of butterscotch? Or custard? And to be truthful, the holidays are just cold, dark, sad winter days if […]

Long ago – I believe I was 9 or 10 years old – I had a terrible car sickness experience that involved a long drive home from Wisconsin, extreme nausea, and the overwhelming aroma of caramel corn as the rest of my family crunched on it. To no surprise, I developed a strong aversion to caramel corn. And it lasted a whopping 15 years. Sad story. I know. The good news: Horacio found some popcorn […]

Question: What do you get when you blend the BEST SWEETENER with the ULTIMATE FALL DESSERT? Answer: A totally epic & orgasmic treat that makes dreams come true. I took my passion for pecan pie and love affair with maple syrup and concocted Maple Pecan Pie Bars, because it’s the holidays! Let’s be honest. Indulgence is going to happen every damn day from now through New Years, so don’t fight. Just make it with super clean […]

Raise your hands HIGH if you’re a pancake fan!!! Yes, yes you are. Excellent! I recently realized that I haven’t posted a pancake recipe in years. So wrong of me. Please accept this recipe as a sincere and amazingly delicious apology. As much as I love ALL things pumpkin, pancakes have to be one of my top pumpkin indulgences, because maple syrup (dancing emoji) and loads of toppings (double-high five emoji). That’s why. And in […]

From farmers’ markets to pumpkin patches, apple cider donuts are a thing. Irresistible during the early weeks of fall, they are perfect paired with a steamy beverage on weekend mornings. When we change to a plant-based diet, there are certainly sacrifices and challenges along the way, but forfeiting donuts or apple infused comforting desserts should not be one of those sacrifices. So I created a gluten-free, soy-free, refined-sugar free, vegan alternative full of nourishing ingredients […]

Sunshine. Ocean water. Fruity cocktails. I am totally into anything that evokes feelings of tropical paradise. Beachside vacations are not something that any of us get enough of, so we just have to pretend. Thus, I created a dessert that takes us on a mini vacation, far, far away. It’s a parfait, because I love , LOVE layered desserts. Each bite tastes a little bit different, and parfaits are just overall fun to eat and […]