Imagine a peanut butter chocolate chip cookie topped with a peanut butter cup with creamy frosting on top of that. Then imagine promising yourself you won’t eat 10 of them! PS. I created this recipe for an Earthbalance contest, so I featured their products but substitutions work just fine. Peanut Butter “Cookie” Cupcake Recipe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ … Continue reading
Nightshade-Free Chili
I love bean chili. I had a version of this that I made with salsa which I made several times a month before giving up nightshades. This is is not only a great substitute for that chili but also well-loved by my daughter. I know this ingredient list is long, I apologize for that, but … Continue reading
Peanut Butter, Caramel, Chocolate Bars
I love candy bars. I love Snickers Bars. I don’t eat them anymore. But I don’t mind, because I know how to make my own delicious chocolates! I use the chocolate recipe from my cookbook, but you can use melted semi-sweet chocolate. For the caramel, the recipe is also in my cookbook or you can … Continue reading
Nutty Mushrooms
This is an adaptation of a recipe from “Mollie Katzen’s Sunlight Cafe”. Her recipe, Nut Crusted Mushrooms, is so clever and delicious, but it contains dairy. So we modified it a bit, but all the credit goes to her for these tasty morsels. I was trying to decide how to incorporate these into a cute … Continue reading
Pumpkin Bars
I have eaten pumpkin pie every thanksgiving for my whole life. I can’t remember my mother ever making it any other time. She always made the crust with whole wheat flour, the pie from a whole pumpkin, and sweetened with maple syrup. When I was a kid I added an equal portion of whipped cream … Continue reading
Pistachio Pesto Pasta and Scary Monster Bento
Maybe I went too far. I didn’t realize how scary this was going to look! A few years ago my oldest daughter forbid me from making scary bento, so I haven’t until now; but I just felt so inspired! I put the vegetables on the bottom, pasta on top, cut the mouth out of a … Continue reading