Gluten Free & Vegan - Pumpkin Pie!

 



Happy Thanksgiving!  I ended up making pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving instead of Christmas!  It's only taken me oh... two years of egg-free baking to get up to this, as I had very strong opinions about what My Mom's Pumpkin Pie should taste like.  There could be no tofu, as we are soy-free.  I didn't want to use flours like buckwheat or millet or even flax to thicken it - I wanted to to be as

Gluten Free & Vegan - Pecan Pie!

Here it is - my second pecan pie ever, and my first gluten free and vegan one!  I have got to run out the door to get to work, but I wanted to post this quickly before Thanksgiving.  I have never before liked pecan pie, it was always much too cloyingly sweet for me.  This pecan pie is sweet, but not overpoweringly sweet.  It is really, really good.  This pie was a team effort - the girls

White Bean Soup with Sweet Potatoes

We are gearing up for Thanksgiving in our house.  By gearing up I mean, I'm working longer hours at the store because 'tis the season, I have not gone grocery shopping or thought too terribly much about Thanksgiving dinner, and I keep fantasizing about making a gluten free and vegan pumpkin pie that does not rely on a lot of flour of any type to thicken it.  I doubt the pumpkin pie will happen

Kitchen Sink Bean Soup

This year finds me talking to high schoolers about the importance of living within a budget, and making meals in a snap from everyday items found in the pantry.  This weekend found me in a time crunch (okay, every day finds me in a time crunch, but that is besides the point), without the wherewithall or desire to run to the store to get some supplies for dinner.  In my bare kitchen were frozen

Homemade Vegetable Stock

Here is a good recipe to use up vegetables that are just past their prime. If you don't have as much as you need at one time to make vegetable stock, throw them into the freezer until you have all the ingredients you need. This is a great way to cut down on waste and make something healthy at the same time. You don't have to have all the vegetables listed below- use whatever you have on hand

Double Chocolate Cranberry Pancakes

 


I am not working this weekend, the first weekend off I've had in many months.  It is lovely to wake up slowly and not have to run out the door in a panic to punch in and work on my feet all day.  I made a leisurely pancake breakfast for the girls, lighting a candle on the table and glowing warm inside with their smiles.  Now they are outside raking the leaves for fun.  It has been a perfect