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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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Pumpkin Pie Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Sandwich

This is how you break into Fall. Pumpkin Pie Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Sandwich. Yeah. If you really want to go all out this season, make a giant ice cream sandwich. You get the flavors of pumpkin pie + a chocolate chip cookie + ice cream. Holy moly. This ice cream sandwich is loaded with flavor and…

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Vegan Sweet Potato Caramel Chocolate Chip Blondies

Vegan Sweet Potato Caramel Chocolate Chip Blondies. Vegan, gluten-free and oil-free and just 8 ingredients! You knew this was coming. Get ready for a lot of sweet potato caramel creations. Sometimes, when I get an idea in my head for a recipe, I think it will be simple. Reality sets in and 8 or so…

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Blogger Recipes To Share

In addition to all of my own recipe creations, I have been busy making other blogger’s recipes that I just haven’t been able to resist. While there are many, many more that I have printed out, there is only so much time in the day and these are the ones I’ve made lately. I wanted…

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overhead shot of baked vegan pizza

Potato Pizza Crust

This is an incredibly easy gluten-free Mashed Potato Pizza Crust that will suit almost anybody with allergies. Yes, you can make pizza out of a potato pizza base! It is vegan, oil-free, and has a slight, cheesy and nutty flavor and a crispy edge that bakes up beautiful and golden! POTATO PIZZA CRUST This is…

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Pecan Pie Crostinis

Pecan pie for breakfast? Don’t mind if I do. I wrote this recipe back in July and was waiting for the perfect time to post it. Seeing how summer is ending, I figured a pecan pie recipe would be a great way to get us in the mood for all the seasonal recipes headed our way….

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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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Roasted almond butter on toast

Homemade Cinnamon Ginger Almond Butter

A Homemade Cinnamon Ginger Almond Butter that is rich in spices, aroma and sweetened with coconut sugar. This stuff is so delicious, contains no added oils and is incredible on toast! Two things today: My favorite way to make nut butter and a little insight to how and why I write my blog. Sorry, I…

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