These cookies are technically flourless since one of the main ingredient besides peanut butter are ground almonds.  You can buy these in flour form, which just means exactly: ground blanched almonds. Bob's Mill makes a reasonably priced bag found at most natural food markets such as Whole Foods. The blackstrap molasses in this recipe add calcium and iron and combined with the almonds, you have a super power cookie. Peanut Butte...

I Love creamy sweet things.  This pudding is a chocolate kiss in your mouth, sweet and irresistible and awesome for a spring/summer treat.  And my toddler loves it too!  You can substitute the coconut milk with any non-dairy milk that suits you best.  The coconut milk just gives it extra richness.  See two photos of pudding: first one shows the pudding after it has set in the refrigerator, and the second depicts how the pudding loo...

This is a great dish that can be easily made from leftover risotto.  You'll find that risotto turns into a sticky blog the next day, so risotto cakes are a great transformation to an elegantly recycled meal. And, of course, this meal is vegan and gluten-free. Risotto Cakes 4 cups of cooked risotto (cold) olive oil for the pan and extra for drizzle on the cakes 1 teaspoon of Earth Balance spread Work the cold risotto w...

These caramelized apples are light yet sweet and satisfying.  They also make a beautiful, quick and elegant dessert for a dinner party.  Because of their consistency, caramelized apples keep very well in the refrigerator for a few days for snacking or to serve to an unexpected guest. Definitely a healthy treat for both kids and adults. The cardamom and cinnamon in the mix give the caramel complexity and a zingy bite.   I have tried d...

Most people think of risotto as a special occasion dish because the perception is that it takes a long time to make and a ton of stirring. It takes a bit of time and a little stirring but not as much as we tend to do here in American versus Italy, where it is a popular everyday dish.   I use to slave over risotto as well until I watched my friend's mother who was visiting from Italy make a most effortlessly and delicious risotto. The k...

I like a fresh fruit crisp but few ripe fruits come our way to Boston during the winter months.  So I do the next best thing and use frozen organic fruits, which are not too shabby and work very well for baking.  This crisp is made with a gluten-free and vegan granola by purely elizabeth (not capitalized), which is created by Elizabeth Stein, a certified holistic nutritional counselor.  The granola I used here is a cranberry pecan bu...

Winter makes me crave warm and creamy soups.  Years ago I had a tomato soup recipe that required my time enslavement and then a wait period of simmer that by the time the first spoon went in my mouth I was so hungry that I scarfed the soup down without actually enjoying the taste. After experimenting with fresh tomatoes, and pomi tomatoes and all types of tomatoes, I found a recipe that calls for fire-roasted tomatoes that are full of ...

My lovely friends who are now spending the winter in Cape Town, almost always serve us yummy vegan or vegetarian and gluten-free dishes when we have dinner at their home.  It is through one of these amazing dinners that I learned about Soba noodles and that there is a gluten-free buckwheat noodle that I can buy and have a scrumptious quick asian/latin fusion meal.  The lima beans (habichuelas), red onions and cilantro give this dish t...