This is one of my favorite easy comforting meals to make year round, but it is especially nice for the start of the year after all of the holiday indulgences. This simple dal is great way to recharge, nourish and restore. Make a big batch for weekly meal planning. It's ready in under an hour for … [Read more...]
Creamy Roasted Cauliflower Leek & Chickpea Pasta – Vegan, GF friendly
I know it's January and we're all supposed to cleansing and fasting but 2018 started out with two solid weeks of below 0˚F temps and I'm not about to deprive myself of the cozy carby goodness that is pasta. I just can't get down with that no-carb life. So if you, too, are all about comforting winter … [Read more...]
Vegan Chocolate Hazelnut Thumbprint Cookies with Mocha Ganache
How's everyone doing this week? 4 days til Santa comes down the chimney! Not that anyone's counting or anything. If you're still revving up those ovens this weekend I have one more cookie recipe for you. Santa will definitely love these babies too. Because chocolate. And coffee. And hazelnuts. See … [Read more...]
Vegan Apricot and Raspberry Jam Kolache (Kołaczki) Cookies
Soft crumbly slightly tangy pastry filled with sweet raspberry and apricot preserves, kolaches are traditional central and eastern European holiday cookies. Usually, they are made with cream cheese, but I subbed homemade strained vegan yogurt or labneh and the texture and taste are comparable to the … [Read more...]
Vegan Vanilla Crescent Cookies (Vanilkové Rohlíčky / Vanillekipferl)
I was inspired to make these traditional Eastern European vanilla crescent Christmas cookies by my insta friend Veronika's cookie posts from last year. Her traditional Czech vanilkové rohlíčky looked and sounded so good and after researching the recipes out there they seemed like good candidates for … [Read more...]
