This is a great holiday recipe that is completely vegan and gluten free. Homemade marzipan is actually very easy to make – the element of skill required in this recipe is tempering the chocolate. I’ve made chocolate covered confections back when I didn’t know what I didn’t know – that is, that just melting chocolate…
Darlene’s Fruitcake
Darlene was a good friend of Grandma Donna. Of my grandma’s few fruit cake recipes, I chose to try this one first because it required the fewest ingredients and had the shortest baking time. I like that’s it’s lighter and less fussy than traditional fruit cake, something I would enjoy for breakfast with a cup…
Fruited Holiday Nog Bread
I thought it might be fun to try a recipe with holiday nog as an ingredient because I always loved eggnog growing up. Although my family currently consumes eggs, we’re very picky about the source of the eggs and real eggnog would source its eggs from concentrated factory farms, which doesn’t fit with our ethos….
Butter Tarts
These butter tarts, along with whipped shortbread, are my family’s two most beloved Christmas recipes. There are two major factions of butter tart lovers out there – the type who love raisins and/or nuts in their butter tarts and those who hate them. We’re clearly in the raisins and nuts camp. My mom also sometimes…
Sugar Cookies
These are another Christmas staple in our family – I’ve thrown many cookie decorating parties among friends and am now happy to continue the tradition with my kids. This batch is a special edition from my dino-loving 3-year-olds. Ingredients 1/2 cup Earth balance 2/3 cup granulated sugar 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla 1 3/4 –…
Donna’s Brownie Squares
These squares are a perfect and irresistible marriage of shortbread and brownie. I don’t actually remember having these growing up, which is surprising because you’d think Grandma Donna made these often if she named them after herself. Grandma’s recipe calls for a possible addition of frosting on top but that seemed too indulgent for my…
No-Cheddar Broccoli Soup
This is such a delicious and hearty soup for a cold day that’s also gluten and nut free. This is one of my own inventions. Ingredients 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil 1 medium onion, diced 3 garlic cloves, minced 4 large carrots, chopped 3 medium potatoes, chopped 6-8 cups vegetable stock 1/2 cup nutritional yeast…
Dilly of a Bread
When I first saw this recipe in my grandmother’s collection, I wasn’t sure if I had ever tried this bread before. But as soon as I started beating the wet ingredients and the smell of the dill and onion hit me, the memories of my grandmother’s house came rushing forward. I remembered waking up in…
Aquafaba Whipped Cream
This recipe produces an adequate substitute for conventional whipped cream with the added bonus of being healthy-ish (no actual cream in this recipe) and you’re able to whip it up in minutes (whereas a coconut whipped cream requires several hours forethought). Despite these plusses, I’m not going to disappoint you by having you make this…
Chip Oatmeal Cookies
These cookies are simply delicious with a glass of oat milk. Bake 5-8 additional minutes for a more crispy cookie than pictured. Ingredients 1 cup Earth balance 1/4 cup Granulated sugar 3/4 cup Brown sugar 1/2 cup Boiling water 1 tsp Baking soda 2 cups Rolled oats 1/2 tsp Salt 1 1/2 cups Flour 1…
