Review: Roasted Cauliflower with Date Syrup
We found this delicious recipe at the site of the Bon Appetit Magazine. Tahini and dates really blend well and bring out the lovely sweet nutty flavor of roasted cauliflower. If you can’t find date syrup, you can cut open a few dates, discard the seed, add a bit of hot water and whiz in [...]
Review: Vegan Apple Date Muffins
Champa of the Versatile Vegetarian Kitchen blog has come up with a very tasty apple date muffin recipe. We still have some apples from last year and gave it a try for Sunday morning breakfast. It’s totally vegan and very easy to make. The nutmeg gives a nice “nutty” flavor to the recipe. The recipe [...]
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. [...]
