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Nutella Brownies....well, almost. - The Sensitive Pantry - Gluten-free, Egg-free, Dairy-free, & Vegan Recipes. Abby Dodge.

Nutella Brownies....well, almost. - The Sensitive Pantry - Gluten-free, Egg-free, Dairy-free, & Vegan Recipes

If you met her you’d swear you know her from somewhere. She’s one of the neighbors you haven’t had a chance to get to talk to yet—the one that smiles a lot. The one that brings the fabulous desserts to all the neighborhood parties and picnics. Yep. That’s Abby Dodge. Abby is all that and more. Abby’s latest book is soon to be released—Desserts 4 Today. So, you know what this post is about. Abby’s brownies contain only 4 ingredients: Nutella, an egg, flour and hazelnuts. So, I played with the recipe a little. Alice of Savory Sweet Life has posted the original Nutella Brownie recipe and a review of Abby’s book. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Here’s what you’ll need: Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Muffins - The Sensitive Pantry - Gluten-free, Egg-free, Dairy-free, & Vegan Recipes.

It’s Labor Day Weekend.

Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Muffins - The Sensitive Pantry - Gluten-free, Egg-free, Dairy-free, & Vegan Recipes

The official (but not really) end of summer. A summer filled with memorable moments—some heartbreaking and some heartwarming. Earthquakes, hurricanes, 5-day power outages, and monumental personal loss for many of my food blogger friends. Foodbloggers uniting in a way that helped bolster my faith in the goodness and charity of people.

Many, many 8-second hugs. There were many moments to cherish. Local travel took me to the Big Summer Potluck in rural Pennsylvania to spend a very cleansing weekend with friends—now more than just Twitter acquaintances—from across the country. Doing all that and submerging myself in my day job consumed most of my waking minutes. Truth be told I needed to focus on some other things so no regrets. I’m enjoying my third season as a Community Supported Garden member. {raw vegan recipe} Stars & Stripes Raw Tiramisu (yup, raw, vegan, yummy Tiramisu!) This tiramisu recipe comes to us from Karolina Eleonóra, whose recipes always come out sooo beautiful and yummy!

{raw vegan recipe} Stars & Stripes Raw Tiramisu (yup, raw, vegan, yummy Tiramisu!)

This one, however, I’m honestly not sure how it would turn out if I did it up properly. Probably even better than my cheaped out and simplified version of it. I really butchered her recipe… but… it was STILL good. lol! 3/4 cup almonds 1/4 cup macadamia nuts 2/3 cup water 1 pinch Himalayan salt 1/4 teaspoon real vanilla 2.5 tablespoons raw cacao powder 2.5 tablespoons agave nectar 2 tablespoons coconut oil In a food processor, grind the nuts into a flour and add the rest of the ingredients. 1/2 cup pecans 2 pinches Himalayan salt 1/4 teaspoon real vanilla Arrack essence to taste (alternatively some cognac or coffee) Pulse the ingredients in a mixer to create crumbs.

{recipe} Chocolate Mint Ice Cream Sandwiches. This raw dessert recipe comes to us from Julie Morris.

{recipe} Chocolate Mint Ice Cream Sandwiches

INGREDIENTS (FOR ICE CREAM) 1/2 cup hemp milk, almond milk, or other non-dairy milk beverage 2 frozen bananas 1/2 medium-sized Hass avocado 2 Tbsp agave nectar 1/2 tsp peppermint extract 1 Tbsp minced fresh mint several drops of liquid chlorophyll (optional – enhances green color) INGREDIENTS (FOR COOKIE) 1/3 cup raw cacao powder 1 cup almond flour (ground almonds) 8 dates 1/4 cup agave nectar 1/3 cup raw cacao nibs, plus a little extra for rolling INSTRUCTIONSBlend: In a blender, combine non-dairy milk of choice, bananas, avocado, agave nectar, mint extract and fresh mint.

Blend until smooth. Stir in liquid chlorophyll if desired. Freeze: Freeze the ice cream for 1-2 hours. Mash: Combine all of the cookie ingredients in a food processor, and process until thoroughly chopped. Assemble: Use a muffin tin, and line 6 of the muffin molds individually with saran wrap or tin foil. Chantal's New York Cheesecake Recipe. Raw cheesecake recipe. Raw, Raw & Mo' Raw Food.

Breakfast: Strawberry Watermelon Smoothie half a small watermelon, cut up into chunkstwo handfuls of strawberries, hulledraw sweetener (to taste) Toss everything in the blender and enjoy!

Raw, Raw & Mo' Raw Food

Lunch: Simple Salad with Raw Sun-Dried Tomato Dressing My salad contained: broccoli, orange bell pepper, daikon, carrots, sugar snap peas, celery and lettuce (pretty much all the veggies in the fridge that I needed to use up). Donut Holes by Ani Phyo - Raw Freedom Community. These were a real hit!

Donut Holes by Ani Phyo - Raw Freedom Community

A keeper for sure. Here's another variation I just tried today. Ani Phyo's Banana Nut Donut Holes Posted in VegNews magazine "These 'donut holes' are amazingly delicious and totally guilt-free, providing protein, calcium, potassium and plenty of B vitamins. They double as dessert and breakfast treat. " Serves 6. Raw Experimentation Part 1: Raw Chocolate Donut Holes. Chocolate Hazelnut Pie. Well..my five weeks of bliss with my family has unfortunately come to an end.

Chocolate Hazelnut Pie

We had a wonderful time together eating, laughing and shopping our way around L.A, and I am so grateful to have had this special time with them. But in true fashion, I wanted more time. It took all of my father's strength to pry my co-dependent hands from around my mother's neck. So there I was, after my best "desperate monkey routine" bawling like a baby frantically waving good-bye to my parents as they disappeared behind the security area. Talk about ripping my heart out of my chest... After drowning myself in cheesy 80's love songs (my go-to antidote of choice when I find myself in the depths of self-pitying misery) as I drove bleary-eyed all the way home down the 405 I still found myself in desperate need of comforting. "Hello, my name is Tess and I am a chocoholic…and I must admit to suffering a relapse brought on by my broken heart".

You can make this blender pie as rich, sweet and decadent as you like.