Earlier this year, I decided to try to make cookies using butternut squash. After I baked them and gave one to Brian, he said “wow, these are tasty… but I think they’d be better as muffins!” and thus my Butternut Pecan Muffin recipe was born. As with all of our recipes, these muffins are completely oil-free and plant-based. Continue reading
You might remember that when I made my Super Chocolately Nice Cream Shake a few months ago, Brian said he was working on his own shake flavor. Well, he finally put one together that was more in his “style,” and even though it’s getting colder, we thought we’d go ahead and share it! It’s summer somewhere, right? Continue reading
As long as I’ve known Brian, he has wanted me to bake him a pie for his birthday, but I never have. It has become kind of a tradition that I don’t bake him a pie, so I thought I’d continue that this year and make him a super fancy spumoni “nice” cream cake instead! Continue reading
Get ready for another THROWDOWN! We’ve been talking about this one for a while… basically ever since Brian got me a Yonanas for Christmas last year. Today we are going to have a battle between the Yonanas and the Vitamix to see which can make the best banana nice cream using only ONE ingredient – bananas! Continue reading
Popsicles are the best summertime treat, but the ones I ate growing up were full of… well, actually, I’m not sure what! They were usually sugar free, but I’m sure the ingredient list was a mile long. I got a craving for popsicles a few weeks back, so I decided to experiment with making my own. Continue reading
About six weeks ago, I recorded a video of my “confession” that I had gotten completely off track with our whole food, plant-based (WFPB) diet. As of that day (March 15, 2020), I am proud to say that I have been completely back “on track” with our WFPB lifestyle! One of the things that cause my downward spiral was definitely CHOCOLATE. So when I decided to get back on track, I had to find a way to not completely eliminate it but also feel good about eating it. Enter… chocolate “nice” cream milk shake! Continue reading
One of my long-term goals is to figure out better ways to incorporate our new whole food, plant-based (WFPB) diet into our everyday lives. When we first started following this way of eating, occasions like Valentine’s Day would be an excuse to stray from the diet and have a “cheat meal” out at some restaurant we used to love. Continue reading
You’ve probably guessed by now that I love chocolate! Before we switched to a whole food, plant-based diet, I used to enjoy baking quite a bit. Over the past year and a half, I haven’t really experimented too much with baking for one simple reason… I tend to lack self-control around sweets. These days, when I do indulge in something sweet, it is usually my chocolate nice cream or a mug of hot chocolate, but I decided to try developing a cookie recipe for the holidays! Continue reading
It is no secret that I love chocolate! I’ve never been a coffee drinker, so for me there’s nothing better in the cold months than a nice mug of hot chocolate. Last winter, I tried to make a whole food, plant-based version, but I didn’t really know what I was doing. Now that I have another year of this lifestyle under my belt, I decided to give it another try! Continue reading
I love my sweets and anything with chocolate is at the top of my list! When we started on this whole food, plant-based journey, I thought I’d be giving all of that up, but this recipe proved me wrong! The best part is you only need THREE ingredients. It took me several tries to get the balance of ingredients JUST right – but I think I finally got it. I’d even pick it over “regular” ice cream! It’s that good. Continue reading
