Review: Roasted Cauliflower with Medjool Dates, Olives and Rosemary
Tami of the fabulous food blog Runing With Tweezers has come up with a delicious way to enjoy cauliflower. This is a wonderful combination of sweet dates with salty olives and pungent rosemary brought to the lovely nutty flavor roasted cauliflower. What a dream. It was very easy to make this a vegan recipe by [...]
Tasty cream horns
A lovely treat for the holidays are home made cream horns with a chocolate chestnut or a pumpkin filling. Yield: 8-10 cream horns (with either the chocolate chestnut or the pumpkin filling) Ingredients: for the chocolate chestnut filling: 1 cup chestnut puree *1 3/4 cup soy milk (or rice, oat, almond milk) 1 cup granulated [...]
Mediterranean Kuskus Salad
This is a really delicious salad. We really enjoyed it and are looking forward to having the leftovers for lunch tomorrow, when it will be even more flavorful. Ingredients: 1 cup Turkish kuskus (or similar large couscous) 2 & 1/2 cups water 1 teaspoon vegetable bouillon powder 2 carrots, peeled and cut in small pieces [...]
Pumpkin, Red Lentil and Date Soup
This is a lovely, sweet thick soup to enjoy on a chilly day. It’s not particularly spicy, that’s up to you how hot you’d like it. The dates give it a nice subtle sweetness. Serving Size: 4 Ingredients: 100 grams red lentils 500 grams pumpkin, de-seeded cut in pieces 250 grams (1 can) crushed tomatoes [...]
Sweets for My Sweetie – Chocolate Walnut Date Tarts
These pretty pastries are very easy to make. They are quite sweet, so not much is needed other than a bit of chocolate as a drizzle or decoration. Serving Size: 2 Ingredients: 2 sheets puff pastry, thawed 1/2 vegan dark chocolate bar 1 tablespoon vegan margarine 12 dates, de-seeded and chopped 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped [...]
Golden macaroons
These are yummy and really like the “other” kind of macaroons. You don’t taste the carrots, they just give a lovely shredded texture and golden color, and of course a bit of vitamins along the way too. Yield: 12 Ingredients: 1 cup grated carrots 3/4 cup water blended with 1/2 cup chopped dates 3 teaspoons [...]
Delightful cookies for a vegan Christmas
Rum Balls Recipe updated on December 3rd, 2006 Ingredients: 3 cups vanilla wafer crumbs or digestive biscuits 1/4 cup cocoa 1 cup pecans or walnuts, finely chopped 1/2 cup rum or bourbon 1 cup confectioners’ sugar 1/3 cup corn syrup Directions: The trick to keep this vegan is to make sure the cookies are vegan. [...]
