Who doesn’t love a good family tradition? One of ours is mince pies at Christmas and the New Year, and what decadent treats they are! Traditional mincemeat has beef products in it, so here’s a version that even your vegan cousin Larry can eat! If you need a recipe for Read more…
Vegans have a heck of a time finding appropriate pie crusts that actually taste good. This recipe is both flaky and able to brown nicely (especially with a nice nondairy milk glaze!). Try this recipe the next time you have lots of quickly-ripening fruit that you have to use up! Read more…
For me, it’s always the parties. You’ve got this idea for great cocktails you can serve, so you grab lemons for garnish. But then you get distracted trying to stash the cat in someone’s bedroom before your guest goes into full-blown allergy mode, or you have to pull out the Read more…
We’ve all been there: that gorgeous loaf of bakery-style bread that looked so tempting in the grocery has been forgotten. It’s dry and generally unappealing and making you want to simultaneously weep and kick yourself in the pants. I get it, trust me. Enter the noble crouton! Croutons are, by Read more…
It wasn’t until I started making my own almond milk that I realized I didn’t need to buy almond flour at the bulk food store. It’s quite easy to make your own, especially if you’re already making homemade almond milk! This recipe works to dry any kind of pulp from Read more…
I totally know your pain. You got that cream on sale and you were stoked that you’d be able to make some decadent treat with it, but now it’s sitting in the fridge, well past its best before date, and starting to separate. “How could I let this happen?” you Read more…
It’s the never-ending plight of the foodie cook to have a ton of vegetable scraps lying around. If you don’t want to just throw them away, you can reduce to food waste and make them into a nutrient-rich vegetable broth! I’ve been saved many times by this noble ingredient. It Read more…