When I was a kid, visiting some family friends, I discovered Nutella. It wasn’t something my mom would ever buy… it was too expensive and too high in calories. But there was something about that chocolate hazelnut spread that I found amazingly good. It was kind of like a Peanut Butter Cup, [...]

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This month the Daring Bakers Challenge was Cheesecake Pops. (This is cheesecake scooped into little walnut sized balls, stuck on a lollipop stick and then dipped in melted chocolate, and decorated as you desire.) Yum. But what to do about a vegan cheesecake? I’ve had a few successes with vegan desserts, but [...]

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Last week, Jane made Chana Masala for the first time. It’s a blend of spices and onion and tomato forming a delicious sauce, and chickpeas are added to that. It was really good, but Jane used dried chickpeas, and the cooking time in the recipe reflected the use of canned chickpeas. Even [...]

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Jane and I adore Indian cuisine. Lately, Jane’s been dabbling a bit in preparing Indian dishes. We bought dried chickpeas in the market last weekend and tonight when I came home there was the unmistakable aroma of something wonderful coming together in our kitchen.
Jane tried the Chana Masala recipe from Orangette’s blog. Orangette’s [...]

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Jane and I were out tooling around today and had a large lunch, so we weren’t very hungry for dinner tonight. Since it was a little damp and overcast, it was a perfect night for soup. The soup, Indian Spiced Carrot Soup, is from Epicurious.com with minimal veganizing. We replaced the yogurt [...]

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