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Vegan Cherry “Jello”

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Today’s Vegan MoFo prompt is “Most retro recipe”. When I think of retro, I think of jello. Lots of jello. Little hot dog weenies in jello, marshmallows in jello, jello with whipped cream and pineapples and olives. (Yuckity, yuck, yuck). However, as you may know, jello is not vegan. This popular wobbly foodstuff is made of gelatin, which is derived from the skin, bones and connective tissue of animals, such as cows, chickens, and pigs. As a vegetarian, I do not consume jello either. Therefore, it’s been a pretty long time since I’ve had any of this fun flubbery madness. After learning about agar from the ever-wondrous Amy Chaplin, I figured the latter could make a good jello substitute. It turns out that *ding ding ding* I was correct. So what is agar? Agar is a flavorless seaweed that gels. It is often used as a vegetarian substitute for gelatin, and to make desserts in Japan (such as kanten). It can also be used in the biology lab as a growth medium. Pretty wild, huh? …

Vegan MoFo 2015: Oatmeal-Stuffed Peaches with Cardamom and Cinnamon

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Hello, beautiful people! The Vegan Month of Food (MoFo) 2015 has finally arrived. That means I am back at it creating healthy, vegan dishes each day for the entire month of September. My goal is to try and post 5-6 times per week. This year, the organizers changed up the structure of the event, by providing prompts for each day. This allows for vegan / vegan-friendly social media folk to participate in MoFo without having a set theme. However, I will still have a theme (because themes rock, lezbereal). This year’s will be Half-Marathon Training Fuel. I am currently training for the Rock ‘N Roll Philadelphia Half-Marathon on Halloween, so I am going to provide tips and recipe ideas for accomplishing a half-marathon propelled by plants. I also wanted to mention that I am actually not vegan! I support veganism, and eat vegan ~70% of the time, but am just a vegetarian. I love participating the MoFo because it challenges me not only to create a slew of recipes, but also to eat even more …

Vegan, Dark, and Handsome Chocolate Pie

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Another (rockin’) recipe in my 2015 Valentine’s Day recipe series. This Vegan, Dark, and Handsome Chocolate Mousse Pie is creamy and decadent, and completely dairy- and gluten-free. It is also no-bake, and comes together in a snap.  I am a confessed choco-holic, while my beau is more of a fruit ‘fficianado. For holidays like this, I admittedly get a bit sad that we won’t be sharing any chocolate-packed desserts. But if I adapt a glass half full approach, I do get this entire little pie all to myself. *cackle, cackle, cackle* And, guys, it’s already gone from my freezer. I ate the entire thing. The ingredients are all things I have in my pantry: oats, cocoa powder,  pecan butter (you can use almond / peanut butter as a sub), maple syrup, a touch of vanilla and sea salt, and some unpictured cashews and cornstarch. First, you make the crust, which is a mixture of pecan butter, oats, cocoa powder, and maple syrup and vanilla and press it into a small dish. My dish is approximately 6 inches …