This super easy vegan chocolate pudding came about when I discovered our Safeway carried frozen young Thai coconut meat. That’s right. Sixteen ounces of delicious fresh (but frozen) coconut meat. My heart. I don’t live in Portland anymore so finding a treasure like this in a small Eastern Washington town feels like a miracle. Feels …
Today’s recipe for sweet and salty cinnamon popcorn +chocolate drizzle+ satisfies my inner child. Who else has memories of devouring your favorite popcorn section from one of those aluminum barrels? Switching between the cheddar and caramel covered. Sometimes appreciating the hybrid section. Utilizing Earth Balance’s Sweet Cinnamon culinary spread, regular popcorn goes from boring kernels …
It was Wednesday or Thursday morning last week and I really just wanted chocolate for breakfast. You know those days slash times of the month. Miraculously there weren’t any ready to grab bars, candy, or semi-sweet chocolate chips. So I made the responsible choice to have oatmeal. Oatmeal doesn’t have to mean rigid, restrictive, or …
RECIPE Buying reduced bananas has its perks! Not only are they cheap but they are rarely too bad for ‘regular’ consumption. They are the perfect ripeness for snacking, smoothy-ing and have reached maximum nutritional value. Since we noticed our co-op has the best ripe bananas we’ve been trying to buy them there. On our last …
I’m back! With a new post! Chocolate PB Rice Cake snacks! Happy mid-January! I will share more about the top-secret not so secret project I’ve been working on the last several weeks coming up this weekend. But for now, I have an awesome little snack that saves me all the time. It’s like a healthier …
If you have shredded coconut on hand for making desserts or homemade coconut butter, I’m thrilled to share yet another useful way to use shredded coconut; you can make homemade coconut milk! We will then use that beautiful creamy coconut milk to make the best damn dark chocolate hot cocoa. All you need is a …
How many of you have seen the banana ghosts float around Facebook and Pinterest? I have—about a million times to be exact—but I’ve never actually made them! They are pretty cute and all you need is a ripe banana and a few chocolate chips (dairy free). Break the banana in half and push the chocolates …
These chocolate pretzel spider webs are the first of many fun Halloween ideas that will creep out until the end of the month. Make them for a party or just for fun! Find some vegan pretzels and chocolate chips. My co-op didn’t have a wide selection of pretzels so I’m not sure what brands …
Who else could munch on a plain steamed sweet potato? I know I could! Today’s quickie post adds a tiny bit of dessert naughtiness to our favorite sweet potato. I know it will inspire you to go out and eat a delicious and very nutritious tuxedo sweet potato snack. Sometime this week. Do it! Steam, …
The ever wonderful strawberry is in season. The batch we picked up proved to be just as succulent and juicy as ever! Full of flavor, color, vitamins and antioxidants. So. It might just mean that you should go buy some so you can make these delicious peanut butter stuffed chocolate covered strawberries. A mouthful for a mouthful. …