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Day 1 of the Best Giveaway Yet: NuNaturals Products! Plus Mint Chocolate-Mint Pudding
NuNaturals is one of the most generous companies that I know. Not only have they sponsored the Virtual Vegan Potluck and donated a whole lotta goodies to the “best of” winners, they’ve given me new products …
View FullHeart-shaped Cherry, Chocolate, & Almond Ricotta Hand Pies
Valentine’s Day recipe number two! To my mind, mouth, and tummy there isn’t much better than juicy fruit wrapped up in a buttery, crumbly, flaky crust. Especially when half of that crust has chocolate in …
View FullBeer with Breakfast: Mexican Chocolate Waffles
I’m not going to waste anyone’s time here today. These are waffles. They’ve got chocolate and beer in them – but no oil and no sugar – and they are good. Now go and spend …
View FullChocolate, Cherry, and Nut-Stuffed Braid
Sigh…I’m still basking in the glow of all of your thoughtful, insightful, and encouraging comments on last week’s post, You’re Only As Good As Your Last Post. You reminded me of why I’m doing this …
View FullChocolate Sweet Potato Spice Cake
Chocolate cake reminds me of my mother, who in my humble opinion, baked the best chocolate cake on earth. It was coated in a creamy, buttery frosting that wasn’t too awfully sweet. This cake is …
View FullQuick Chocolate Chip Banana Squares (only on Vedged Out)
Woohoo! Today is the second anniversary of An Unrefined Vegan and I would really love to be celebrating in person with my friend, Somer, instead of virtually – but the next best thing is guest-posting on …
View FullVegan MoFo 8: Chocolate Peanut Butter & Jelly Muffins
Twelve years ago today I was sitting at my desk at Harvard Law School where I worked as a faculty assistant for Elizabeth Warren when my mom called to tell me that a plane had …
View FullVegan Mofo 7: Peanut Butter & Jelly Chocolate Bars (or Bark)
As much as I love how the salty creaminess of peanut butter whispers sweet nothings to the fruity innocence of jelly, it’s peanut butter and chocolate that really gets me hot and bothered. PB & …
View FullVegan MoFo 6: Chocolate-Peanut Butter Smoothie with Strawberry Creme
And so we come to the inevitable (if not enviable) smoothie entry. The peanut-butter-and-jelly smoothie came in at Numero 7 on - say it with me - 29 Ways to Honor the Glory of Peanut Butter and …
View FullVegan MoFo 3: Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cupcakes with Orange “Marmalade” Frosting & Chocolate-Peanut Butter Drizzle
Don’t be fooled by the diminutive stature of these cupcakes. They are studly in flavor: chocolate, peanut butter, and tangy orange. My jumping off point for these cupcakes came in at Number 4 on BuzzFeed’s 29 …
View FullMint Gone Wild: Cocoa-Coconut-Mint Smoothie
The tiny mint plant was so cute, so cheerfully green and enchanting-smelling that I had to get it. It was barely 3″ high and had such delicate and tender little leaves! But a shadow hung …
View FullChocolate-Mint Mousse & Berry Mousse Parfaits: Recipe on One Green Planet
This dessert and I had a few go-rounds – mostly involving tofu and lots of strawberries. All of the versions tasted good, but I just wasn’t satisfied, so I decided to go back to the …
View FullChocolate Cake Banana Splits, Oil- & Gluten-free; A Xylitol Review & Mini-Giveaway
Xylitol Canada was kind enough to send me some freebies (with absolutely no expectation of a review, let alone a positive review), including a bag of their Xyla crystals. I baked a chocolate cake (recipe …
View FullGluten-Free Chocolate Granola Pancakes w/ Chocolate Coconut Sauce. Sugar- and Oil-free.
My continuing gluten-free story…over the past few months I’ve been trying out more GF recipes and using different mixes to see how they bake up. I’ve found that – for me, at least – GF …
View FullOne Dough, Three Loaves
My head has been so full of other kinds of recipes that my breadmaking time has shrunk to nearly nothing, so when I make the time for kneading, rising and baking, I go for a …
View FullGluten-Free? I Can Do That! A Guest Post at Vegan Richa
Some have said, “An Unrefined Vegan? Yeah, girlfriend can’t do gluten-free!” Well, I’m here to tell you not only that I can, but that I AM doing GF over at Richa’s blog today. That’s right …
View FullNasoya Nayonaise & NayoWhipped Sandwich Spread Review (& Some Recipes)
When I was growing up there were two distinct camps: the Mayonnaise camp (in my neck of the woods, Hellman’s brand) and the Salad Dressing camp (Miracle Whip). It all depended on what your mom …
View FullChocolate Mint Cream Cheese Muffins
Christmas and mint. How did they become an item? The red-and-white-swirled candy canes dangling from stuffed stockings? The tiny pastel-colored, melt-away candies piled in bowls that appear only in December? The Santa- and snowman-shaped chocolate …
View FullVanilla Chai Truffle Cakes (aka Black & White Cakes)
Much more prim and proper than their deep dark chocolate cousins, these vanilla cupcakes with a chai truffle center also pack a less powerful caloric punch. The cupcake is based on a recipe from The …
View FullDeep Dark Chocolate Chai Truffle Cakes & The Giveaway Winner
I once worked briefly for an Army Colonel. He could’ve stepped off of the movie set of Apocalypse Now: tall and wiry with a stiff and graying crew cut, a brisk manner and a lopsided, …
View FullVeganMoFo: Cocoa PB Balls
Sigh. The last peanut-milk-meal + chocolate post of the 2012 MoFo season! This recipe is based on Cookie Bites by Erika over at Good Clean Food. With my first taste of those nutty-chocolatey bites, I knew …
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