C'est La Vegan

This is the Rosemary Focaccia from “Veganomicon”, by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero.  While this recipe does take some time since you have to let the dough rise twice, it was actually really easy to make.  I used to use a Jamie Oliver focaccia recipe that I’d printed off the internet years ago, [...]

Ryan’s brother is getting married this weekend so I thought I’d take a break from food and give Dane and Amy a wedding shout out.  Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Dane Suffern!

These cookies are awesome.  They’re almost like a little brownie bite covered in powdered sugar.  We made a non-vegan version of these at Leda’s, but never ended up doing a vegan version.  I thought it was time to remedy that and added them to my menu.  They’re based on this recipe from good old Martha [...]

This soup is from a cookbook that was pretty life-changing for me – Marilu Henner’s “Healthy Life Kitchen”.  I stumbled upon it at a book store years ago, and found the information it contained fascinating.  It’s not a vegan cookbook – but it is dairy free.  There are recipes for chicken and fish (which we [...]

We normally don’t make a special dinner for St. Patrick’s Day but for some reason I felt like doing it this year.  I made the Irish soda bread recipe from Have Cake Will Travel.  It was super easy and very tasty, especially slathered with Earth Balance.  And like promised, it’s not at all dry. (UPDATE: [...]

I hosted a girls night and made these cupcakes as one of the desserts.  These are the basic chocolate cupcake with vanilla frosting from “Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World”.  The first time I made these I think my oven must have been too hot because the middles sunk.  I have a hard time accepting [...]

Ryan and I just got back from the Planned Parenthood Food Fare where I gave out samples of snickerdoodles, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate almond and pistachio anise seed biscotti, and fudgy brownies.  I baked almost 1200 samples!  Needless to say we’re pretty exhausted, but it was a fun day, and we met some great people.  [...]

I made this dip when we had friends over the other night.  I usually use an Alton Brown recipe that I veganize, but I found this recipe on Martha Stewart’s website and thought I’d give it a try.  People liked it a lot, but to be honest I didn’t get a chance to try that [...]

A good friend of mine was an associate producer on an independent film called “Mother and Child” that just finished shooting, and she ordered my cookies for their wrap party.  I ended up making over 400 cookies!  It was pretty exhausting, but Ryan and I got to go to the party, and I have to [...]

I made these peanut butter cookies along with the chocolate chips for my friend’s wrap party.  I really love peanut butter.  A lot.  I love it on sandwiches, with apples, sometimes spread on pieces of dark chocolate, sometimes all by itself…  I could go on.  My main peanut butter weakness is Peanut Butter and Co.’s [...]