A vegan take on a baked oatmeal recipe I came up with in late October, I took out the eggs and swapped in flaxseed meal, used raisins (Costco lately has had some very lovely organic ones!) and used a 1/3 less sugar in my efforts to make our baked oatmeal healthier, slowly but surely! I… Continue reading Vegan Harvest Baked Oatmeal
Category: breakfast
Vegan Carrot Cake Cupcakes
This was my first run at making a vegan friendly carrot cake cupcake and I was happy with the turn out. I would consider them a blend of a muffin and cupcake, they are not overly sweet. Add some frosting and they would go over to cupcake land, otherwise you could serve them for breakfast… Continue reading Vegan Carrot Cake Cupcakes
Brown Sugar Frappe
It isn't easy making a frappe if you want it somewhat creamy, low-fat and not full of non-dairy creamers (which while they produce a very creamy frothy drink they are not very heart healthy). So while this doesn't have one swooning and saying "Oh Starbucks I will never visit you again" it does cure the… Continue reading Brown Sugar Frappe
Orange-Strawberry Smoothies
Kirk and Walker are fighting icky colds so I made up a smoothie based on my Faux Orange "J" drink recipe for him. Orange-Strawberry Smoothie Ingredients: 1 cup orange juice (preferably not from concentrate) 1 cup low-fat milk 6-8 large strawberries, rinsed and hulled 6 Tbsp powdered sugar 4 tsp Meringue Powder 1 Tbsp pure… Continue reading Orange-Strawberry Smoothies