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Little steps toward happiness, health, and balance
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      • Juice and Smoothie
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Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies: For Serious Peanut Butter Lovers Only!

These are not your normal, everyday sort of peanut butter cookies.  These are packed ...

vegan gluten-free matcha shortbread cookies

Matcha Shortbreads (Allergy-Friendly!)

These matcha shortbreads were a purposeful endeavor to create some cookies (of this ...

soy-free vegan chicken wings

Barbecue Cauliflower, Better than 'wings'...

Especially with summer just around the corner, sometimes, that barbecue flavor just ...

thai basil flat rice noodles - vegan & gluten-free

Savory Thai Basil Flat Rice Noodles

This dish is an attempt to bring home the flavor of a rice noodle dish we’ve ...

vegan almond butter cookies

Vegan almond cookies with almonds…amazing, really, with or without an added almond on top (although adding them makes the cookies super cute!) I love shopping discounts, and for some reason, that has resulted in a situation where I have a ton of almond butter sitting around the house.  Almond butter […]

Vegan Almond Cookies with Almonds (gluten-free, soy-free)

These are not your normal, everyday sort of peanut butter cookies.  These are packed with the maximum amount of peanut butter that a cookie can still hold, and on top of that, these soft, moist ball-shape cookies melt in your mouth and are amazing fresh out of the oven or […]

Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies: For Serious Peanut Butter Lovers Only!

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vegan gluten-free matcha shortbread cookies

These matcha shortbreads were a purposeful endeavor to create some cookies (of this exact flavor) that are vegan, gluten-free, soy-free, and nut-free.  I was pretty excited at first, starting with my regular recipe of matcha shortbreads (not published) and deciding how it might make sense to de-allergy-fy it.  Four attempts […]

Matcha Shortbreads (Allergy-Friendly!)

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vegan oatmeal raisin cookies

I’m constantly curious to see what happens when adding carefully selected but out-of-context flavors together.  These masala oatmeal raisin cookies were born out of that curiosity! Soft and tender, the masala flavor is very subtle–you’ll miss it if you’re not careful!  These bake up nicely and quickly and don’t require […]

Oatmeal Maple Masala Raisin Cookies (Vegan)

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chocolate marble shortbreads soy free vegan

My soy-free friends have often complained that having chocolate is a near impossibility, because in just about every type of chocolate, there’s some sort of soy, even if just soy lecithin.  Having made chocolate myself and knowing it’s totally possible to make without soy, this was sort of a revelation […]

Chocolate Marbled Shortbreads (Allergy-Friendly)

raspbery jam gluten free vegan heart shaped cookies

Love is always in season! Originally conceptualized for Valentine’s Day, these little raspberry jam hearts are perfect for any time of year! Slightly crunchy with just the right amount of sweet, the only special tools you need for these are two heart shaped cookie cutters that fit inside one another. […]

Gluten-Free Vegan Raspberry Jam Heart Cookies

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savory chard with curry tomato - allergy friendly

I wasn’t sure exactly what to call this recipe, since although it’s been a perennial favorite for the last three months around here, I don’t have a title for it worthy of the powerful taste this dish (quite literally) brings to the table. It’s the result of initially endeavored to […]

Gnocchi with Savory Chard in Tomato Curry Spices

vegan thai green curry

So, disclaimer, I’m not Thai 😀  But I am a lover of flavor, and some variation of this vegan Thai green curry dish has been a favorite for many years. When I was in college, a curry similar to this one was one of the first Thai dishes I tried…ever.  […]

Vegan Thai Fusion Green Curry

oil-free tomato basil eggplant

When making oil-free dishes, it’s not as simple as omitting the oil: Instead, a new flavor has to be created.  In this case, the dish inherits a savory flavor from the combination of tomatoes and tahini, and a multidimensional feel from the addition of basil and coconut aminos.  The result […]

Oil-Free Tomato Basil Eggplant

soy-free vegan chicken wings

Especially with summer just around the corner, sometimes, that barbecue flavor just CALLS…but lucky for us, there are healthier and kinder alternatives to chicken…and no, I’m not even talking about fake meat here (although you’re welcome to go that route!) I’m talking about the type of alternative that’s not only […]

Barbecue Cauliflower, Better than ‘wings’…

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thai basil flat rice noodles - vegan & gluten-free

This dish is an attempt to bring home the flavor of a rice noodle dish we’ve found at Thai restaurants a handful of times…with my own twist, of course!  This dish is, like many of the other authentic tasting Asian dishes on here, one that might require either a trip […]

Savory Thai Basil Flat Rice Noodles

matcha banana ice cream

I have a confession…I have a mega sweet tooth.  BUT, I don’t really eat a lot of sweets.  I do bake a lot of sweets, usually for events, friends, and family, but the type of sweets I generally indulge are those which are made of fruit…like this one! “What?  I came here […]

Matcha Banana Nice Cream in 5 Minutes

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