I love making granola. I started making my own granola when I was the Head Chef at a raw vegan restaurant a couple years back. If you’re familiar with making granola you know there can be two major hurdles to overcome one being oil and the other being excess sweeteners. The main reason I started…
Category: Sweet Treats
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate chip cookies are hands down the number one cookie made in my house. A close second are snickerdoodles. I keep a couple of go-to recipes for chocolate chip cookies depending on my mood. Sometimes I want chewy ones, sometimes the big ones that seem to not want to spread and the extra thin and…
Dye- Free Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
Let me start off by saying this started out as a total experiment for me. It was something that popped in my head it went straight into my recipe journal and I got to work. Now this is just an adaption to my standard chocolate chip cookie recipe Just with the addition of the infused…
Spiced Applesauce Cake
Oh the art of baking. Baking isn’t something I preplan for me it’s a mood. I wasn’t naturally drawn to baking as I was cooking. In fact I hated it. I really didn’t come into my own with baking until after years of forceful practice, a lot (and I mean a lot) of patience, and…
Creamy Lemon Bars
These are THE creamiest lemon bars I’ve ever eaten. Lemon bars were probably the first thing I baked when I first started out. They were also the first recipe I got comfortable enough with to start tweaking and experimenting. One of my early experiments included using sweet and condensed milk and since then I never…
Chocolate Chip Muffins w/ Crumb Topping
You know what I hate about misplacing kitchen appliances or equipment? Its wondering where the heck it could have gone and wondering what whomever took it is doing with it. This was the case with my muffin pans. Why is there only one? I coulda sworn I had more. What could’ve happened? Although this mystery…
Black Peppercorn Shortbread Biscuits
Highschool was my first time outside exposure to cooking that wasn’t just cooking from the comfort of my own home. One of the first recipes we learned to make was pound cake topped with strawberries, black pepper and a balsamic reduction .Fun Fact: It was also my first time making a balsamic reduction so I…
Raw Vegan: Peanut Butter Granola Bars
This is my absolute favorite granola recipe. It checks all the boxes it is soft and chewy but sturdy, not too sweet, and crunchy. Often times when you get a granola recipe its followed up by coating everything in canola or vegetable oil and baking it. That’s not for me for two reasons. The thought…
KETO: Puppy Chow
I don’t know about everyone for me this was a childhood staple. I think most people have a idea what puppy chow is but for those that don’t allow me to introduce it to you. Traditionally puppy chow is Chex cereal coated in peanut butter and chocolate then tossed in powdered sugar. Sounds amazing right?…
