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cakey cakey cakes!

On May 20, 2011 By

Okay, Treat of the Week is back in full force, folks!

First off, we have a new video. Fresh off the presses, it is part 2 of the cake dec­o­rat­ing piece I’m doing. In this episode we tackle split­ting a cake, fill­ing a pas­try bag, assem­bling a cake and gussy­ing it up.

And […]

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sometimes you feel like a nut…

On May 17, 2011 By

There is still one day to enter the draw­ing for a jar of Kelapo coconut oil!

All of your com­ments on last week’s post had me dream­ing about all things coconutty. One com­ment in par­tic­u­lar, by Ana, got me think­ing about mak­ing Almond Joy muffins.

If bak­ing is my art then muffins are […]

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a taste of summer and a new video!

On May 11, 2011 By

This post is chock full of tasty good­ness (a quick but sat­is­fy­ing recipe and a new video!) so let’s just jump right in.

First off, here’s the video. It’s the first in a two part series on cake bak­ing and dec­o­rat­ing. If you’re intim­i­dated by bak­ing a cake or just want to hear me blab­ber about […]

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tasty, yummy cookie bites…

On April 22, 2011 By

I have a dirty lit­tle secret.

I love Laura’s Whole­some Junk Food. Like, a lit­tle too much. Have you ever tried them? They were the first store-bought vegan cookie I ever tried and all these years later I still love com­ing back for more. They are a treat, but made with whole foods ingredients […]

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treat of the week– gluten-free brownies!

On March 25, 2011 By

My nutri­tion videos, along with other cook­ing show videos, are now avail­able in iTunes as a video pod­cast! Just search for “nom blog” and there they are! Higher res­o­lu­tion videos are always avail­able here on the blog.

I live and cre­ate recipes by 2 rules:

1. Recipes need to be acces­si­ble.  I work hard to min­i­mize the […]

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pretty please, with cherries on the bottom?

On March 18, 2011 By

Isn’t sac­ri­fice just the pits?

Sup­pose you need some­thing gluten-free, dairy-free and egg-free… how are you sup­posed to live? I mean, what are you sup­posed to eat?

Hmm… it’s not look­ing so shabby, actually.

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Treat of the Week– Fruit Juice Sweetened Cookies

On March 11, 2011 By

Wel­come to week 2 of Treat of the Week. As promised, here is my recipe for some lovely, choco­laty cook­ies made with the fruit juice reduc­tion we made ear­lier in the week. Sun­spire makes some grain sweet­ened choco­late chips, which are per­fect if you are look­ing to be com­pletely cane sugar free.

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this one goes out to the ones I love

On February 10, 2011 By

I am adrift in a sea of tem­plates, CSS and code. Alas, I am mak­ing progress on my awe­some new improve­ments to nom! nom! nom! and shall be debut­ing them soon.

In the mean­time, here is a recipe from my upcom­ing book Have Your Cake and Vegan Too. Out of all 50 recipes, this is […]

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