Strawberry Cocoa-Avocado Mousse – the PERFECT summer dessert! The combination of avocado and cashews gives it a creamy, decadent texture, and the dates sweeten it naturally. Strawberries are the obvious summer buddy to this chocolatey dessert. Transform it in to a delicious fruit dip, use slightly less “milk” and chill until nice and thick….
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Berry Soft-Serve (3-ingredients, vegan)
I cringe at the common assumption that a plant-based diet is all salads, lawn clippings and deprivation. I also cringe every time I have no choice but to reinforce this false belief at social events when a sorry-ass veggie tray is the only vegan option. There I stand munching on some limp celery and dusty-looking carrots (you…
Cocoa-Avocado Mousse
I despise the deprivation mindset that dominate this time of year. Deprivation is dangerous. It grows from a place of “I’m not enough”. It sets you up to feel unfulfilled and punished. Not good. Since an estimated 73% of us tend to give up on our resolutions, I think we need a new approach. This…
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins (Vegan)
In my family, the designated pumpkin pie baker was my Great Grandma Pope. She always arrived to Thanksgiving dinner with a tin carrier stacked with freshly baked pies. Every year, without fail, she plopped her homemade pies down on the dessert table and exclaimed “they’re probably not fit to eat.” Boy, was she wrong. They…
Inside-Out Apple Crisp with Vegan Cinnamon Ice Cream
I recently finished the book Edible Memory by Jennifer Jordan. Jordan’s musings about the deeply intertwined relationship between food and culture spoke right to my soul. She dives deep into the psychology, sociology, and history of the human connection to flavors in foods- the way we attach so much meaning and memory to the food…
Two Ingredient Banana Ice Cream
This one is too easy and too delicious not to share. Kiss those dairy-laden indulgences goodbye- you won’t be needing them anymore. Say hello to your new best friend: banana soft-serve. Frozen bananas mock the creamy texture of ice cream beautifully. When combined with a little nondairy milk in the blender, they whip up into…
Raw Lime Tarts
Last week, I hosted the first of many Foodie Club events at TechArtista. Every month we will gather together with a different local chef, food expert or maker to learn, connect and dine together. (Subscribe to our newsletter at the bottom of the post to be alerted of new events). At this month’s gathering I…
Cocoa Fig Truffles
We are currently having a fig moment at our house. Fig bars, fig jam, fig chutney, fig smoothies… and these. Cocoa Fig Truffles. Eat them as a snack, for a sweet treat, freeze them for later, or wrap them up and gift them. They get a little gooey at room temperature, but I think that…
Cocoa Cashew Cream
Sharing. Why are we so hesitant to share? Whether it’s possessions, money, ideas, time, compliments… our inclination is to hold on for dear life. To protect our supposed finite resources. I work at a place where giving is the rule, not the exception. The unspoken tenet is “if you have something, give it.” Oh my,…
Happy Hippie Cookies
A few weeks ago we went to the Seed Festival at Baker Creek and it did not disappoint. Crunchy-granola people are my kind of people. The founders of Baker Creek are vegans, so there was plenty of tasty, plant-based food– including Happy Hippie Cookies. Oh. em. gee. These babies were nutty, seedy, chewy, sweet- everything…