vanilla
The Double Chocolate “Everything” Cookie. Gluten- and Oil-Free.
Another cookie recipe hiding out for months in my Draft folder… Inspired by the everything-but-the-kitchen-sink, soft, toothsome cookie from Maggie’s Vegan Bakery in Cleveland, this gentle giant contains all kinds of good things, but shuns …
View Full
Humble Pie: Chai-Spiced Oatmeal Tart with Warm Coconut-Vanilla Sauce
When one is a blogger (and aren’t we all?) sometimes strange ideas come – often while on the treadmill at 6 in the morning. Like, why is it so often the case that in a …
View Full
Guest Post on The Sweet Life: Ginger Green Matcha “Panna Cotta”
Before I send you off, I want to say thank you for the enthusiastic response I got for my Help Me Choose My E-book Cover post. That was really cool. Here’s how the voting sussed …
View Full
The Great Vegan Bean Book Tour: Enchanted Vanilla Pancakes w/ Chai-Spiced Peach Compote (and a giveaway)
I love the noble sound of Kathy Hester’s newest cookbook, The Great Vegan Bean Book. I know beans are considered to be one of the humblest of foods, but considering how often I eat them …
View Full
Red Velvet Waffles with Cream Cheese Sauce
This recipe comes thanks to my friend, Angela, at Canned Time. Angela puts me to shame when it comes to Pinterest so I often poach ideas straight from her – like this recipe. She’d pinned …
View Full
Creamsicle-Coconut Cookies
The inspiration for this crumbly, buttery cookie came from Whole Food’s winter coupon book. Their cookie is also vegan, but called for mandarin oranges – which I couldn’t find that particular shopping day – a …
View Full
Vanilla 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 Full
Deep 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 Full
VeganMoFo: 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 …
View Full
A Month of MoFo: Banana Bread Pancakes with Cacao, Pecan & Walnut “Butter”
So a month of VeganMoFo begins. I’m imaging the Internet staggering under the blow of vegan bloggers submitting their first posts today and I kind of like the thought. I’m aiming for 20 posts this month, …
View Full
Chocolate-Cherry-Banana (Green) Smoothie
A few days ago while doing a sort-of, kind-of inventory of my canned goods, I noticed four cans of tart cherries staring back at me. Wow. When did I buy those?? I grabbed one and …
View Full
A Real Orange Julius is Green
Sometimes after dinner on summer evenings, when the days stretched into 9 pm, mom and dad would herd us kids into the burgundy-colored station wagon and we’d drive the 15 miles or so over to …
View Full
Vanilla Creme Pie with Toasted-Pecan-and-Chocolate Crust
A luxurious companion pie to the Chocolate Creme Pie posted earlier. This is for those of you who are all well and good with chocolate, but really prefer the taste of vanilla to be the …
View Full
If you order by clicking on any of my links and have never ordered from Tropical Traditions in the past, you will receive a free book on Virgin Coconut Oil, and I will receive a discount coupon for referring you.
