This set of recipes was inspired by the first, Spiced Pumpkin Cream Cheese. I was going through a review copy of 150 Best Grilled Cheese Sandwiches and saw it in the condiments section on page 196. A pumpkin cream cheese spread in a book on grilled cheese? Yes, and as always I picked a recipe to review that… Continue reading Pumpkin Bagels with Spiced Pumpkin Cream Cheese
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Chickpea Patties and Spicy Creamed Corn
Inspired by a very fatty recipe for creamed corn, I set out to make it vegan. The recipe originally called for ¼ cup butter and ¾ cup heavy cream (whipping cream). Eek! I am sure that would taste all fantastic...but hey, lets not go all crazy. The results were delicious. Honestly? I could have eaten the pan for dinner.… Continue reading Chickpea Patties and Spicy Creamed Corn
Lemon Lavender Chocolate Chip Cookies
Kathy Hester (You might remember me mention meeting her last summer at Vegan Con in Portland. She has a new cookbook coming out next summer but for now, check out her current cookbook - The Vegan Slow Cooker), posted a recipe recently for vegan cookies made with avocado. I adapted the recipe a bit, using whole wheat pastry flour, upping the… Continue reading Lemon Lavender Chocolate Chip Cookies
Saffron Cauliflower with Penne Pasta
The recipe I based this off seemed interesting enough but was poorly written, the directions were vague at best. I came across it in the October issue of Every Day With Rachael Ray. I decide to play with it and see if I could it get it to work, and as well make it vegetarian (it had… Continue reading Saffron Cauliflower with Penne Pasta