It’s always a good time to bake (and eat!) lemon bread, and my vegan grain-free lemon loaf is a perfect way to indulge. Made in one bowl (no mixer required), it is packed with lemon flavor and has a fine texture that you are sure to love. A New Approach to Making a Lemon Loaf …
Lemon
Lemony Brussels sprouts salad is the fresh and crunchy dish your winter meal needs. Plus, you only need 3 ingredients to make it! A Most Excellent Winter Salad Option Salad. And February. They don’t always go together. But they can, so long as it’s the right salad. For example, one that is crunchy, tangy, and, …
Easy, fresh, 5-ingredient beet salad with lemon & mint. Perfect in the summer (or switch the fresh mint to dried herbs in the winter), the salad is naturally vegan and Paleo-friendly. I love beets. My husband does not. We have nevertheless managed to make our marriage work. And yet, he now likes–make that really likes–this …
Moist, lightly sweet, and lemon poppyseed almond flour bread! It is naturally grain-free, vegan, oil-free and made in 1 bowl (with ease!).Hello and Happy Friday, everyone! This week has been bittersweet. I love being able to spend more time with my son during the summer, but I am looking forward to the return to schedules …
Get your instant energy boost with these easy-to-make lemon & strawberry puffed millet bars! They are vegan, nut-free, gluten-free and made without baking. No-Bake Strawberry Energy Bars I have not posted an energy bar for awhile. Also, I have not cleaned out my pantry for awhile. The latter led to my discovery of a package …
Lemony celery crunch salad is a fresh mid-winter salad that will awaken your taste buds while energizing & nourishing your everything else :). Vegan, keto and low in calories, it’s a great make-ahead salad, too, ideal for several days worth of lunches or side-dishes. Celery! YES!!! That was your reaction, right? 🙂 No? If it …
Spicy, citrusy, mustard greens pepita pesto, the perfect midwinter, superfood sauce for pasta, or as a spread or dip. Bonus: the ingredients also make it an ideal exercise recovery food! I am pretty sure that what I am about to say has never been uttered or written before now: Pesto is an ideal exercise recovery …
Grain-free vegan lemon poppy seed muffins, made with a combination of chickpea flour and coconut flour! They can be made oil-free, too, with one simple swap. Healthy Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins (Vegan & Grain-Free) I worked, part-time, as a barista between college and graduate school. I love coffee, so the prospect of unlimited coffee drinks …
A new riff on classic Lara Bars: 3-ingredient lemon apricot bars, made with coconut flour! They are nut-free and seed-free, as well as vegan, paleo, grain-free and gluten-free. Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I wrote this post about how to make your own Lara Bars. It now seems hard to comprehend, but at …
Say hello to the best ever vegan mayonnaise: it’s my 4-Ingredient Vegan Chickpea Flour Mayonnaise ! It is soy-free, cashew-free, frugal, and very easy to make, too. The Best Ever Vegan Mayonnaise I’ve never been much of a fan of jarred mayonnaise (I avoided it like the plague throughout childhood), but homemade versions–whether you call …
Good morning, everyone! I hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving and, if you traveled, a safe journey home. I spent Turkey Day with my husband’s family in Arkansas; it rained and rained, but we were cozy with lots of bustling with lots of extended family members and. of course, heaps of food. After a few days of …
In many ways, my parents fit the 1970s, San Francisco bay area stereotype of hippy living. My dad drove a a VW camper (pop-up top), my mother made most of her own dresses, they bought groceries from the Co-op, and grew copious quantities of vegetables, fruits, and herbs in our backyard garden. But more than …
The best vegan cashew cheesecake is also one of the easiest desserts you can make! No cooking required, it is grain-free, gluten-free, & Paleo, too. Cheesecake, Made with Neither Eggs nor Dairy Cheesecake. Vegan. These two things do not go together. Unless, that is, you blow up the rules for what a cheesecake should be. …
Lemony arugula walnut spread made in minutes with white beans Loaded with superfoods, it is naturally gluten-free, grain-free and vegan. Arugula is one of my touchstone ingredients. If it is featured on a menu, I will invariably order whatever it is on, I throw handfuls of it on pizza (even ordinary delivery versions), and …
Happy National Spinach Day! Who knew? I certainly wouldn’t have, were it not for an email alert from one of the Health websites to which I subscribe (I love that I was alerted about spinach). Almost every day is a spinach day on my menu–I stuff it into blueberry smoothies, layer it in sandwiches and …
You have likely heard the adage that the only certainties in life are death and taxes. I have one more to add. My husband will never request spelt for dinner. Ironically, he likes spelt for dinner. He is a health-conscious eater, avid exerciser, and (reasonably) good sport abut trying my many recipe concoctions. He uses …
I’m going to bowl you over. With teff. Teff is an itty bitty, teeny tiny grain–considered the world’s smallest grain–that has a nutty, subtly sweet flavor (no bitterness). I am falling for it, hard! I am confident you will too. It’s indigenous to Ethiopia, and, if you’ve eaten at an Ethiopian restaurant, you’ve likely enjoyed …
Do you ever find yourself staring at the contents of a high-end salad bar and thinking “That’s so easy–why don’t I make that at home?” It happens almost every time I travel, and very often at a certain little store by the name of Whole Foods. So many of the offerings are stunning in …
I had no plans to post this pasta recipe. I have been getting a lot of feedback from all of you that you love the gluten-free, Paleo and vegan recipes I post, and this is none of the above. Experimenting with healthy ingredients and techniques is what makes this (cooking, blogging, recipe development, cookbook-writing) exciting …
I’ve been in a state of denial about the coming of our Texas summer. It’s been a spring of multiple cold-snaps and intermittent days of cool breezes coupled with sunshine. I was lulled into complacency, even going so far as to make crock pot meals and stews as late as mid-May (almost unthinkable in years …