Tag: vegan entertaining

Birthdays, Brunch, Desserts, Father's Day, Fruit, Summer Holidays

Maple Glazed Peach Galettes

Maple glazed peach galettes are the perfect summer dessert! Serve them warm with vanilla vegan ice cream on top and your friends and family will be in heaven. What a nice reminder of your family’s peach pie recipe you had in summers past! If you are in a hurry, you can always use premade pie […]

charred corn salad
Entrees, Gluten Free, Lunch & Dinner, Oil Free Recipes, Salads, Sides, Summer Holidays, Vegetables

Charred Corn Salad

At my house, we are crazy about charred corn salad. I came across this recipe on Leite’s Culinaria. I adapted it a bit and now we’ve added this super tasty salad to our regular meal rotation. The original recipe is “nearly vegan,” but I substituted unsweetened plain cashew milk yogurt for the Greek yogurt. To […]

Cajun Cuisine, Gluten Free, Lunch & Dinner, One Pot Dishes, Sides, Southern US Cuisine, Stove Top Dishes, Summer Holidays, Vegetables

New Orleans Maque Choux

A favorite southern side dish, New Orleans maque choux is comfort food you’ll want to make year round. The recipe name is pronounced “mock shoe,” and the name is thought to be a French interpretation of a Native American name for the dish. This favorite Cajun dish is perfect for celebrating Mardi Gras. This year, […]

chocolate mini bundt cakes
Birthdays, Desserts, Fall & Winter Holidays, Father's Day, Oven Dishes

Death by Chocolate Mini Bundt Cakes

I like calling these “Death by Chocolate Mini Bundt Cakes” because they are *killer*: little (maybe not little enough) mini bundt cakes of chocolate cake, loaded with chocolate chips and topped with a rich, thick chocolate glaze. Keep the almond milk handy! You’ll need it. You can find the recipe for the chocolate frosting/glaze here. […]

vegan chocolate frosting icing glaze
Birthdays, Desserts, Sweet Sauces

Chocolate Frosting, Icing and Glaze

One of these two chocolate frosting, icing and glaze recipes can be used as a thick frosting (or icing) or can be warmed up and thinned into a glaze. The other recipe is a thin powdered (confectioners’) sugar chocolate glaze. Both are very sweet and yummy! I was experimenting with making chocolate glazes for Mr. […]

skillet tomato cornbread
Breads, Father's Day, One Pot Dishes, Oven Dishes, Southern US Cuisine

Skillet Tomato Cornbread with Onions

For all those gardeners (and their friends and families and neighbors and coworkers) trying to use up all those baskets of tomatoes from their harvests, I give you skillet tomato cornbread. I love this recipe! Who doesn’t love a thick, sweet skillet cornbread with a sautéed onion bottom and roasted tomato top? Bring me a […]