Happy Friday! I used to love midnight milky way bars. I’m crazy for caramel and nougat. However, once I decided to eat plant-based, I became an avid ingredient-checker and discovered that milk and eggs are hidden in everything, including my beloved milky ways. I was up to the challenge of creating my own. This homemade version is kind to the...
Happy Friday! Shortly after I moved ‘up north’ to Normandy Isle in Miami Beach two years ago, I was introduced to the small but amazing Upper East Side farmers’ market at Legion’s Park run by the Urban Oasis Project. One of the best ways to get to know a place is to visit the local farmer’s market. Vendors are generally...
Happy Friday! I hope you are enjoying the Live Vegan Vibrantly Summit (if you signed up;-). The Day One interviews with Ingrid Newkirk and Dr. Neal Barnard were great. In fact, I will listen to the Dr. Barnard one again and take notes. Such good info. Everything is recorded and available for 72 hours. If you still want to register...
This recipe is so easy. You literally use whatever vegetables you have on hand and it works. It’s the cashew cream broth that ties it all together and makes everything taste creamy. As soon as I got home, I put a cup of organic, raw cashews in spring water to soak. In the words of my favorite vegan food guru...
Happy Friday! So I panicked last week. I threw a pre-Christmas party in Miami before heading up north to the cold and was freaking out about what to make as the guest list grew. Normally, my dinner parties are intimate and pasta with nutty ‘bolognese’ sauce, mushroom with cashew cream soup, fried rice or homemade veggie hot dogs work well...
Happy Friday! Only 10 more days until Christmas and 5 days left of Hanukkah. We are in full winter-mode here in Florida. We’ve had a number of ‘cold’ fronts which keep us chickens (aka me) inside with the heat on. Pathetic I know. This soup was put together without much thought – I just used the ingredients I had on...
Happy Monday! I forgot to include a super easy mushroom gravy recipe from Isa Chandra Moscowitz’s cookbook The Super Fun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook in my last post. I went to a pre-Thanksgiving party this past Saturday and made this gravy to go along with my mashed potatoes. I was rushing around to get everything done and made the gravy right...
Happy Sunday! I’m writing this post early considering the Thanksgiving holiday this week and the fact that many of us are preparing the menu for this day of over-eating and elastic waistbands. Surprisingly, Thanksgiving is one of the best days for the veggie-inclined eaters like me. I did not realize until I stopped eating Turkey nearly 30 years ago that...
basic ingredients for this easy recipe HERBED CASHEW SPREAD I replaced the ricotta cheese with my own version of herbed cashew cheese which contains healthful ingredients like cashews, nutritional yeast, apple cider vinegar, lemon juice and herbs- foods which contribute to increased energy and clear, radiant skin. Whenever I eat dairy, I am invariably stuffed up the next day and my...
Happy Friday! Chocolate lovers – this one is for you. This is the fourth time I have made these vegan (don’t let that word scare you- read on!) chocolate coffee cupcakes and each time I am modifying the recipe a little bit to make them tastier, healthier and easier. I’m really happy with this batch. They are incredibly moist, not...
