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Cranberry-Carrot Cake from Vegan Holiday Kitchen. Six years ago, I was honored to work with Nava Atlas, taking the photos for her book Vegan Holiday Kitchen.

Cranberry-Carrot Cake from Vegan Holiday Kitchen

It was a gorgeous hard-backed book, and I’m happy to announce it’s just come out in an equally beautiful paperback version, with full-color photographs on heavy, high-quality paper. To celebrate, I asked Nava if I could post one of her recipes from the book, and she said yes. I’ve also begun giving away some of the copies that the publisher sent me, and I’ll tell you more about that in a moment. For now, let me tell you about this delicious cranberry-carrot cake. Avocado, Chocolate, and Sea Salt Cookies. OK, so this recipe is neither gluten-free nor dairy-free, but it’s seriously delicious and way healthier than any salted chocolate cookie out there.

Avocado, Chocolate, and Sea Salt Cookies

To clean things up, we sub in creamy avocado for half of the fat and use spelt flour (which many people who are sensitive to gluten can tolerate) instead of all-purpose. Makes 12 cookies 4 tablespoons softened unsalted butter ½ cup ripe avocado, very well smashed or puréed ½ coconut sugar ¾ cup spelt flour ⅓ cup sifted cacao powder ¾ teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon kosher salt. Easy Vegan Brownies Recipe. Easy Vegan Brownies with Walnuts.

Easy Vegan Brownies Recipe

All whole grain brownies with walnuts. Makes 1 8 by 8 inch brownie pan, 16 pieces. Vegan Brownie. Palm oil free Recipe. Pumpkin Rugelach with Sage and Walnuts recipe from Food52. Author Notes: My hearty little sage plant was the sole survivor of the long hot Texas summer.

Pumpkin Rugelach with Sage and Walnuts recipe from Food52

I'm constantly looking for ways to use the sage, and the idea for this savory rugelach struck me at 4:30 in the morning, when baby Henry woke up and needed a cuddle. This Genius Loaf Cake Is Everything That’s Good About Scones (And Nothing Bad) This charming loaf may look like a pound cake, and act like a pound cake—and travel well and make sweet gifts like a pound cake.

This Genius Loaf Cake Is Everything That’s Good About Scones (And Nothing Bad)

But it's quite a different little number, and thanks to a slew of hidden perks—it's better. It takes all of 15 minutes to throw together the dough (in fact, the faster—and colder—it is when you slide it into the hot oven, the better). Carrot and Rosemary Cake with Labneh Frosting and Cacao Butter Frosting. Serves 12 3 ¼ cups peeled and grated carrot 1 cup grated red apple 1 ½ cups walnuts, coarsely chopped 8 Medjool dates, pitted and coarsely chopped 3 large eggs ⅓ cup maple syrup ¼ cup macadamia oil, plus extra for greasing 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar (unpasteurized)

Carrot and Rosemary Cake with Labneh Frosting and Cacao Butter Frosting

Pistachio-Cardamom Bars Recipe. Roasted Grape and Goat Cheese Crostini. This post was originally published here on September 13, 2013.

Roasted Grape and Goat Cheese Crostini

Roasted Cranberry and Goat Feta Focaccia – SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL EATING. Cranberry Brie Puffs with Candied Walnuts - Shared Appetite. How To Make the Best Flourless Chocolate Cake. Hibiscus and Passion Fruit Cocktails Recipe. 40 Vegan Christmas Cookies Recipes. Lire.amazon. Gluten-free lemon, ginger & almond cookie recipe {guest post} Today I have the pleasure of doing my first guest post, over at Healthy Alternatives New Zealand.

gluten-free lemon, ginger & almond cookie recipe {guest post}

Chicken Liver Pâté with Dill-Pickled Green Beans. Ingredients For the Chicken Liver Pâté: 1 pound chicken livers, rinsed under cold water and patted dry 2 teaspoons kosher salt, plus more to taste 2 tablespoons canola oil 1 small shallot, thinly sliced 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced 1 teaspoon fresh thyme 2 tablespoons, plus1 teaspoon, brandy, divided.

Chicken Liver Pâté with Dill-Pickled Green Beans

Kristen Kish's Stuffed Cabbage Rolls Recipe on Food52. 4 Hearty Middle Eastern Recipes From Sofra Bakery & Cafe. Preparation 1.

4 Hearty Middle Eastern Recipes From Sofra Bakery & Cafe

Preheat the oven to 375°F. Brush a 9-inch-square baking dish or an 11-by-7-inch baking pan with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. 2. Put the carrots in a heavy saucepan over medium heat and cover with water. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. COOK'S NOTE: The carrot puree can be made up to 3 days ahead so that the assembly goes faster. Yotam Ottolenghi’s beetroot recipes for autumn. Beetroot can be a bit divisive. Depending on how you look at it, its deep purple colour is bold and beautiful or, quite literally, a bleeding nuisance.

Its smell and earthy taste are just as controversial: “It tastes of soil,” say those who think that’s a bad thing. “It tastes of soil,” say those who think it’s a good thing. Predictably, I side with the latter. I love beetroot, because it tastes of the earth and its colour makes total sense at this time of the year. There’s also a huge range size-wise, and those earthy notes become more pronounced the bigger the bulb gets. And that’s just the beginning. Gluten-free spiced orange chocolate chunk cookies recipe and a bunch of Christmas links... For those observant ones amongst you, yes these cookies have already appeared on here, albeit a slightly adapted version of them. But when a friend of mine asked if I would like to contribute a recipe for her online gluten-free Christmas magazine it was these cookies that instantly jumped into my mind to share.

Lightly spiced, orange zest flecked and studded with generous amounts of chocolate chunks I feel that these babies are worthy of a second chance, don't you? Christmas Gingerbread Cookies — Luna Wellbeing. Soft + Chewy Molasses Cookies » Faring Well. I was going to save this recipe to post tomorrow morning, but I just couldn’t keep it from you one more day. Snow clouds are blanketing the sky this morning. I can feel the flurries excitement as they bounce around in the clouds above, ready to shower me with winter magic and turn my window into a snow globe.

WE LOVE SNOW. It has been a long, painful month since our last snow storm. We have been waiting, and we are so ready. How to Make a Fig and Raspberry Galette. Ingredients For the Dough: 1 cup all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon sugar Pinch of salt. Vegan Fig Anise Cookies - Happy Hearted Kitchen. Whiskey recipes.

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