Red Currants are native to Eastern Europe and have been a banned crop in the US since the 20s due to a blight. You’ll be lucky to even find REAL imported dried currants in US. Guaranteed all you’ll find are Zante…
In the early stages of planning my Harry Potter Vegan Month of Food, I came across these delightful pumpkin shaped dinner rolls and thought they would make a great addition to a grand Hogwarts Feast! Though, I had some definite…
I don’t believe there is anything more quintessentially Harry Potter than Pumpkin Pasties. It may surprise some of you that I have been making vegetarian cornish pasties for ages, long before I picked up The Sorcerer’s Stone, you’ll see a…
I may be a Disneyland girl through and through, but I have to say I’ve been horribly tempted and torn by all the images of Diagon Alley at the Wizard World of Harry Potter in Orlando Florida! Apparently, Hollywood will…
Skipping ahead a little, this retro Sweet Potato Bake fits into the 70s perfectly with a beautiful array of orange and brown! I was a little daunted to take on this recipe, not because of difficulty in veganizing, but it…
Though often (and mistakingly) called yams, Candied Sweet Potatoes are a traditional southern dish. Until a few decades ago you would see this throughout the year. Now it seems to be reserved only for Thanksgiving. No wonder! If the name…
I made these a for some friends and were such a hit I just had to share the recipe. Going off the same basic Icebox Cookie dough as my Chocolate Pinwheel Cookies you fill the dough with cinnamon and sugar…
It seems like ages since I started writing and planning this video. Now thanks to Follow Your Heart for awarding me 1st place in their recent Gourmet Vegan Shreds Recipe Contest and Monkey Man for all his help, I’m able to produce…
Any of my friends can tell you about all the homemade liqueurs that is to be had at our parties. I’m always distilling or infusing something. I’ve made lemoncello with every type of citrus out there; fruit liqueurs with everything…
Vegetarian-since-birth, I spent a large portion of my childhood marmallow-less. We’d make do with marshmallow fluff and we’d fine creative ways to make s’mores with banana chunks or melting caramels over the fire. On road trips we’d sometimes pass a…