Sometimes I take recipe requests. ;) When a friend of mine asked me to create a grain-free version of some key lime white chocolate cookies, I couldn't resist! But I decided to go in a very different direction to make them mini "cheesecakes" of puréed cashews. They're a no-bake treat in addition to being dead simple and grain-free, because who wants to turn the oven on i[...]
Yes, I know some of you are thinking have you succumbed to pumpkin mania already? To that I say no, because it can't be pumpkin mania when pumpkin is torturing me. More specifically, every time I go to the coffee shop for my usual unsweetened cold-brew the pumpkin pastries torment me. So, this Pumpkin Espresso Hazelnut Fudge is my attempt to get a little of my own back in a way that won't ma[...]
This recipe was 100% the impulse of a moment. When the calendar flipped to August a few days ago, I happened to think "I wonder which weird holidays happen in August?" You know, weird holidays in the International Bacon Day or National Donut Day category. Well, the first one I found was National Raspberry Cream Pie Day! Too hilarious to pass up. So, I invented this recipe late July 31st.[...]
Oh, you guys. Can something taste beautiful? If anything does, it's this cashew cheesecake. In fact, I had to work hard to make the cake look as lovely as it tastes. The combination of whipped cashews, saffron and rosewater with a pistachio crust makes for a dessert out of The Arabian Nights. It took me ages to work up the courage to attempt a cashew cheesecake. Or, "cheesecake",[...]
This recipe is an allergy-friendly recreation of Sex in a Pan, which is traditionally layers of pudding, cream cheese, and whipped cream stacked on a sweet crust. I changed the ingredients to be dairy-free and grain-free, but still accomplished six layers of decadence. The cashew butter can be easily substituted for sun-butter (sunflower seed butter) and the pecans for shredded coconut to make it[...]
I haven't posted many salads on this site, in fact, this may be the first one ever. It makes use of one of my favorite ingredients: shirataki noodles. They're thin, translucent, gelatinous traditional Japanese noodles made from the konjac yam (devil's tongue yam or elephant yam). The word "shirataki" means "white waterfall", describing the appearance of these noodles. L[...]
This is the first raw recipe I've ever posted to the blog, I think. It isn't that I don't eat raw foods regularly, but they're mostly vegetables foraged hurriedly from the fridge: broccoli florets, rounds of zucchini, slices of tomato. These raw energy bars are something else entirely, of course, and a more satisfying snack. Sweet, with chewiness from the dates and coconut paired with the cru[...]