posts tagged "vanilla extract"
Blueberries and Cream Cupcakes
Posted on May 21, 2010
The idea to make these gluten free Blueberries and Cream Cupcakes came from the book Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes. You can view her original recipe over at ivillage.com. While testing, the boys and I were referring to these yummy little gluten free treats as blueberry shortcake cupcakes and as you can imagine, the 3 of us
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Flourless Chocolate Cupcakes
Posted on May 14, 2010
Here’s a quick and easy dessert that will wow your guests whether they’re gluten free or “full of gluten”. This Flourless Chocolate Cupcake recipe is dark and rich –my husband absolutely loved it. He is really benefiting from the Elana’s Pantry month of cupcakes, given that he is my primary taste tester. And thankfully he enjoyed this
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Jelly Donut Cupcakes
Posted on May 4, 2010
In honor of Celiac Awareness Month, I have decided to make May my own personal cupcake month. Today’s post is Jelly Donut (or Doughnut) Cupcakes, and I’m going to attempt to do a gluten free cupcake recipe every time I post in May –wish me luck! These gluten free Jelly Donut Cupcakes are filled with
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DIY Coconut Milk
Posted on April 13, 2010
I hadn’t thought of making coconut milk from shredded coconut until I read Sarma Melngailis’ book Living Raw Food. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Sarma has great recipes and tons of fabulous information for everyone –you don’t have to be raw to enjoy this book. I also want to recommend Sarma’s products from
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Lemon Poppy Seed Bunny Cookies
Posted on April 2, 2010
The idea for these delicious gluten free Lemon Poppy Seed Bunny Cookies for Easter came from Gluten Free Foodie Heaven and her Lemon Poppy Seed Bunnies recipe. Even though we don’t celebrate Easter, I thought they were very cute and springlike and had to make some of my own with the usual favorite ingredients that
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Whose Recipes are they Anyway?
Posted on March 26, 2010
Did you know that recipes are not copyrightable? It is very challenging to copyright a recipe. That said, I have found that 99.99% of food bloggers and others in the industry give credit where it is due. On that note, I especially enjoy Lillian’s interpretation of my recipes via video on her site Lillian’s Test
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Chocolate Espresso Power Bars
Posted on March 23, 2010
Vegan Chocolate Espresso Power Bars made with pecans, dates and decaf espresso. Who doesn’t enjoy a good power bar? One that is easy to travel with and renders a healthy snack on the go? These gluten free Espresso Power Bars have a delicious espresso-chocolate-vanilla-ish flavor that makes them equally satisfying as a snack or dessert.
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Magically Moist Cherry Apricot Cake
Posted on February 9, 2010
My husband loves this simple, moist gluten free Cherry Apricot Cake. I make sure to use organic dried fruit in this dessert since pesticides levels tend to be high in conventional cherries and apricots and more concentrated in dried fruits. I often purchase my organic dried fruit at the local health food store, Vitamin Cottage;
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Pancakes Revisited
Posted on January 26, 2010
These gluten free, grain free and dairy free pancakes are a healthy breakfast treat. The feedback pertaining to the Pancake and Flapjack recipes on my website has been interesting to watch. Many people have loved and had great success with these recipes and many have had trouble with them as well. Since these 2 recipes
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Vanilla Almond Butter
Posted on January 22, 2010
The creation of this delicious, homemade vanilla almond butter is hardly my own. One of my favorite readers, Courtney, over at benefityourlife.com, gave me several amazing presents during the holidays and one was a bottle of super tasty vanilla almond butter from the lovely Katie Kearney over at naturallynutty.com. Yum! This is a great product, and
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Cinnamon Bun Muffins
Posted on December 16, 2009
These gluten free muffins taste like cinnamon rolls and make the perfect breakfast treat! One of my favorite readers Courtney recently suggested that I create a gluten free cinnamon roll recipe. She said it would be perfect for Christmas morning. Being smack in the middle of Hanukkah that wasn’t something I had thought about. Thanks Courtney! So, here’s
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Vegan Eggnog
Posted on November 13, 2009
I can’t count the number of times I’ve been asked for a vegan eggnog recipe. This gluten free, dairy free (egg free) eggnog is not too challenging to make and full of filling rich yumminess. Unlike other eggnogs, it’s not too sweet and has a nice delicate nutmeg flavor. If you want to decrease the
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Go Ahead Honey, It’s Gluten Free! Cupcakes
Posted on October 30, 2009
I am more than happy to be hosting this month’s Go Ahead Honey, it’s Gluten Free!, blog carnival! For this month’s theme, I’ve chosen grain free cakes and cupcakes. I’m really looking forward to all of the delectable gluten free, grain free treats that people will submit for November. And of course, I want to
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Cranberry Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies
Posted on October 7, 2009
This scrumptious fall twist on the classic chocolate chip cookie is a big hit in my household. The tart dried cranberries and nutty, roasted goodness of walnuts, along with nutrient dense almond flour turn a plain old chocolate chip cookie into an antioxidant rich, nutritious treat. Cranberry Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies 2 ½ cups ½
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Cranberry Walnut Bread Revised
Posted on September 24, 2009
After receiving this comment about my gluten free Cranberry Nut Bread from a reader named Caroline I became somewhat concerned about the recipe. I proceeded to test it several times in response. First, though, before I share my results with you, here is Caroline’s comment: Hello – I have just made your cranberry walnut bread
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Peach Almond Ice Cream
Posted on July 31, 2009
Peaches are in high season here in Colorado and we are making the most of it. This week I made a gluten free (of course), fruit sweetened, dairy free, vegan Peach Almond Ice Cream. To increase the peach factor, I diced up more fresh peaches and mooshed them into the ice cream after it came
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Roasted Banana Coconut Ice Cream
Posted on July 13, 2009
The catalyst for this naturally sweetened, vegan, gluten free ice cream (don’t be scared by all the descriptors) is a recipe from Karina’s Kitchen for Maple Roasted Banana Ice Cream. Thanks Karina, your creativity, spunk and inspiration continue to be contagious! This ice cream is not the easiest to make, given that there are a
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Strawberry Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
Posted on June 18, 2009
My boys love this vegan Strawberry Ice “Cream.” I made a batch and it was gone in a couple of hours. So I made more and my husband got in on the act, consuming his share. It is made with a coconut milk base and I added quite a bit of vanilla, in hopes of
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Dina’s Delightful Cookies
Posted on June 10, 2009
These delicious cookies, chock full of coconut, walnuts and raisins are the product of our very recent visit to my parents. Today the boys and I returned home to Colorado from visiting them in California. We went to have some family bonding time and distract them from a health issue one of them has been
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Vegan Vanilla Ice Cream
Posted on May 23, 2009
This is my favorite ice cream. It’s vegan. It’s vanilla. And it’s yummy. I’ve been making this ice cream for the last couple of years. Way back when in my New York days, my raw food friends turned me on to the fact that cashews make an amazing substitute for dairy. While I love this
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