Category Archives for "Recipes"

Anyone else craving hearty comfort food now that we’re in mid-October? For me, pasta is my first choice for a stick-to-your-ribs meal. As much as a like having fun adding a bunch of colorful veggies and healthy ingredients to my pasta, lately I have been working on making healthy versions of the classics. Building amazing flavor does not require a long list of ingredients or expensive, unrecognizable plant-based foods. It doesn’t have to be intimidating! […]

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 […]

Follow my blog with Bloglovin I generally have no problem saying “No” to fried foods. I mean, sure. I love a certain level of grease just as much as the next person, but I have found that nut butter and coconut oil based treats usually satisfy my craving for fat. And avocados. Always avocados. Ohhhh, and Spaghetti Aglio, because you can’t beat pasta smothered in superb olive oil and sooo much garlic. Anyway, I can […]

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 […]

Cheesecake is kind of a big deal. I mean there’s an entire restaurant named after it that probably makes billions of dollars a year. And let’s just say I have created another, “Cheesecake Factory” of sorts, in my freezer because making healthy, plant-based cheesecake is my ecstasy! I have made dozens of varieties from caramel apple to orange fig to turtle. Best part about raw cheesecakes: No baking required. Which means, no water bath or risk […]