I had bought a large bag of dried mangoes from Costco. I know many folks love them but I just cannot eat them plain. They just have an odd smell to me. But if I cook with them I love them. Oddly enough in a slow cooked rice pudding they come to have the texture… Continue reading Dried Mango Rice Pudding
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Raw Cocoa Bars
Many months ago I had seen a copy of The Complete Guide to Vegan Food Substitutions: Veganize It! Foolproof Methods for Transforming Any Dish into a Delicious New Vegan Favorite, after it had just come out. I had a chance to read the book again and adapted the Cocoa Bar recipe on page 191. I… Continue reading Raw Cocoa Bars
Blueberry Banana Bread (Vegan)
Hard to wrap around but this year I was picking fresh blueberries in the second week of September! I had been so worried that my blueberry crop was going to be lost to our cold summer but I was given a happy ending - and we had actually a pretty good year! The hot week… Continue reading Blueberry Banana Bread (Vegan)
Chocolate, Cranberry and Oat Bars
This was a regular recipe converted to vegan. At first I wasn't so sure about the bars. For one it was so hot here that the bars were gooey even when baked (the chocolate chips couldn't get hard!) and crumbled badly. I ended up refrigerating the bars and the next day tried them again and… Continue reading Chocolate, Cranberry and Oat Bars