Vanilla Balsamic Vinaigrette

You know what's really fun? When a friend beats down your door and says "taste this and help me replicate it!". The dish in question was a cobb salad from a local gluten free restaurant, but it was not the salad that was giving my friend fits. No, it was the dressing. We tasted and tinkered and tasted again, and eventually came up with something very close to the original. Surprisingly, I

Chipotle Shredded Pork

Here's another recipe featuring chipotles in adobo sauce! I begged this off my friend, who throws in a whole can of chipotles into this dish. I use half that amount because I just can't take that much heat. Serve over rice and with sliced avocados or guacamole, which will help cut the heat. Believe it or not, this is great served on a hot summer day. The kids will not go anywhere near this

Successful Gluten Free Vegan Cake!

The other day was Megan's birthday. All her 5 year old little heart wanted for her birthday was a doll, a dress, and a chocolate birthday cake. I was sweating bullets thinking about making her an egg-free cake. I tried last weekend to modify a cake recipe (Ina's, which looks delicious, flopped for me when I tried to replace the eggs and it went in the trash, ugh). This weekend I decided to

Spicy Chipotle Steaks with Chipotle Mashed Sweet Potatoes

I love Adobo Sauce. I'd eat it straight with a spoon if it didn't burn a hole through my tongue. Even though I buy the small cans of chipotles in adobo, I never use them all and I hate throwing the leftovers away. So here's a recipe designed to go together to reduce chipotle waste. If you have any leftover chipotles and adobo sauce, use them in this black bean soup!Spicy Chipotle Steaks6

Chocolate Chip Almond Butter Cookies (Gluten Free & Vegan)

(If you don't need to be egg free, see these chocolate chip cookie recipeshere and here.) Let me be honest with you. I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around my new vegan baking reality. I was okay with baking gluten free. After getting used to the way gluten free flours behaved, it was all good. And baking casein and soy free is no biggie. But it's a lot harder to replace eggs in

Chocolate Avocado Pudding

This velvety vegan chocolate pudding is made with avocados. And prunes. Yes, you read that right. I don't know how else to preface this recipe other than to say it's really good. The original recipe is by Rice of Life . ( I used prunes because they are easier to find than dates). My girls cannot get enough of this pudding, which is great because it's the only way either of them gets prunes