Recipe-testing is a fickle beast. Some recipes take trial after trial, after (painful) trial, to get right. Others come together easily, like it was meant to be. This is one of the lucky ones: Creamy Vegan Chimichurri Dip. If you’ve never made chimichurri, don’t worry! It’s not hard. In it’s most basic form, you are…
Snacks & Sides
Sweet & Smoky Flaxseed Hummus
I’d like to start off this blog post with a warning; this is NOT your average hummus recipe. It’s a “wow, oh my God, what is in this?” recipe. This Sweet & Smoky Flaxseed Hummus is bursting with flavor and packed with texture. Don’t get me wrong, I actually love my plain old “boring” hummus…
Creamy Vegan Mushroom Gravy
Mushrooms are one of those love-or-hate kind of foods. Growing up, I hated them. Now that I’ve been vegan for almost ten years, mushrooms have become one of my favorite foods. It’s funny how our palates change as we age and as our eating habits evolve. Raw mushrooms, sauteed mushrooms, mushroom ‘bacon,’ you name it,…
Superfood Goji-Cranberry Sauce
Confession: before recipe-testing this goji cranberry sauce, I had never cooked with fresh cranberries in my life. In fact, I don’t think I had ever even touched a fresh cranberry! I have always been intimidated by them, for no good reason. Deciding to make my own sauce this year was totally out of my comfort…
Habanero Roasted Pumpkin Wedges
When I say spicy, you say pumpkin! Spicy, PUMPKIN, spicy, PUMPKIN! Okay that’s corny but seriously, guys, this recipe makes me want to cheer from the mountaintops. We’ve all heard of “pumpkin spice” but this is something totally new and different. While brainstorming for this recipe, I first thought that spicy pumpkin wedges would be…