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Cocoa Black Bean Chili with Roasted Potatoes

Vegan Cocoa Black Bean Chili with Rosted Potatoes is hearty, filling, oil-free and loaded with black beans, red bell pepper, spices and cocoa powder for a rich depth of flavor! Today I am combining 2 of my favorite things….cocoa and chili. I’m sure most of  you have seen chili with chocolate in it before, I…

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Vegan Oil-free Zucchini Fritters

These Vegan Oil-free Zucchini Fritters are not only oil-free, but baked, not fried and also gluten-free and just 8 easy ingredients and topped with a Creamy Lemon Pepper Sauce! VEGAN OIL-FREE ZUCCHINI FRITTERS Finally! You can eat a vegan corn zucchini fritter without oil or frying them. There are a bazillion zucchini cake or fritter…

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Healthy Valentine’s Day Candy-Strawberries

Instead of processed candy, instead make these Healthy Valentine’s Day Candy from fresh strawberries and vegan chocolate. They are impressive and delicious! The perfect recipe just in time for the big V Day are these Healthy Valentine’s Day Candy! Ok, so this is probably not even a recipe, but more like an idea for Valentine’s…

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Raw Vegan Nutella Brownies

What are the 2 main ingredients you see in every raw vegan brownie recipe? Well, besides cacao powder, that is? Dates and lots and lots of nuts. Well, I’ve mentioned before that dates aren’t on my favorite list. They are ok, but I need an additional sweetener or for them to be camouflaged really well within a recipe….

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Vegan Almond Butter Chocolate Chunk Blondies

These Vegan Almond Butter Chocolate Chunk Blondies are incredible! Gluten-free, oil-free and just 8 ingredients! Made with oat flour and almond butter! Use sunbutter for nut-free! VEGAN ALMOND BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHUNK BLONDIES My husband had a birthday last week. So, to celebrate, I created these Vegan Almond Butter Chocolate Chunk Blondies. He turned 45. Wow! For…

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Smoky Chickpeas with Olive-Cado Relish….and my thought process on writing recipes!

When I shared a prior post on My Story, I got several questions from readers, a few of them asking how I come up with my recipes. I will try to explain my style and process a little bit on this post. Having a blog that focuses on creating recipes with just 8 ingredients or…

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Vegan Bloody Mary Swirl Cheesecake

Crazy. Just go ahead and say it, you think I’m crazy and off my rocker. Well, I just might be! Bloody Mary Cheesecake?? But wait, before you run away, I have a really, really good reason for coming up with this recipe. Read on my friends, read on. I wrote it for none other, than…

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Vegan Mocha Black Forest Cheesecake

I’m super duper excited about this post today for 2 reasons! One…I mean, look at these. These are to die for. Two…I’m guest posting over at one of my favorite blogs, Vegan Miam. Rika is a sweet friend of mine that asked me to write a guest post and I was super thrilled about it. I…

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oil-free barbecue pesto in white bowl with fries

Oil-free Vegan Barbecue Pesto

Say whattttttt?! Barbeque pesto?? YES. Forget traditional basil pesto, I have created a new kind of pesto. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love classic pesto, but I love barbeque sauce and the idea of creating a pesto/sauce out of homemade barbeque sauce sounded really good to me. Guess what…it is delicious and I’m sharing…

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Vegan Lemon Bars with Spiced Tahini Caramel

I’m letting you in on a little secret. Caramel goes really, really well with lemon. The tartness of lemon is an amazing contrast to the sweet, spiciness of this caramel. Not just any caramel either, I created a spicy, sweet tahini caramel. So amazingly, delicious. One bite into these beauties and you will be shaking your head in disbelief…

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