Every May in Winston-Salem, the Greek Orthodox Church puts on a huge Greek Festival. Almost everyone I know goes, admittedly, for the FOOD. As a person who eats a plant-based diet, there isn’t much there for me. BUT I can always bend the rules a bit for a piece of baklava or something similar. Last week I came across a recipe for a cake with a nutty orange honey drizzle, and I knew I had to make a healthful version of a dessert with those wonderful Greek flavors. The result was surprisingly delicious! In fact, my daughter’s first bite of my Greek Orange Honey Cake made her eyes bulge with delight! …
Almond Butter Snickerdoodles
As many of you know, I am currently 22 weeks pregnant with my second child and am trying not to eat everything in sight. As with my first pregnancy, my cravings tend to center around starchy things: potatoes, bread, bread with potatoes on it, and sweet baked goods. If you put a cookie in front of me, I will eat it. So while I’m still making sure I eat super healthful plant-based meals to nourish the baby, my free time is spent looking through recipes and writing down ideas for baked goods that I can make and then shove into my face. I do need extra calories, after all!
A couple of weeks ago I was craving almond cookies, so I made some, tried them, and decided they weren’t very exciting. They needed more flavor and more sweetness, which is where the cinnamon and sugar come in. I love cinnamon and almond butter on toast or apple slices, so why not put cinnamon on almond cookies and call them snickerdoodles???…
Raspberry Almond Breakfast Cake
Nothing says ‘Easter’ quite like a pretty coffee cake served on dainty plates. And since we vegan and gluten-free people also want our cake (and to eat it, of course), I decided to alter this recipe for a Raspberry Almond Breakfast Cake so it’s also vegan. The result . . . delicious! …