One of the challenges of making vegan chocolate is to get it in a creamy consistency. You can make it dark, sweet, any shape you want with the regular ingredients, but to make it just like milk chocolate, it just needs that extra…creamy ingredient? Well, I think I may have found the perfect answer for
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For Santa this year, we made some festive cookies with a cookie press. The kids enjoyed making fun shapes- Christmas trees, snowflakes and wreath shaped ones! These spicy cookies will be enjoyable for any time of the year, especially in Fall and winter. The essential oils take it up a notch with the aroma and
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I have had the cooking oil dilemma for a long time; this is not the first time I have been writing about it. I thought I had found an answer 3 years ago, but since then I have been learning a lot more about this issue:  what is the best oil to use for various
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Last weekend, I had a great opportunity to bring two of my passions in life- teaching and cooking together in one place. A few months ago I met Nisha Bansal, an ayurvedic practitioner at Exhale With Hope, our local wellness center. Nisha conducts workshops to spread awareness about Ayurveda and nutrition. She had planned a
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Folks, remember the giveaway that I announced last week in my Cranberry Orange Chocolate Bark and extended the date in my Coconut Almond Chocolate bark post? Well, the results are here! And the winners are: Sarah (olso5801) and Kelsea Nixon. Congratulations to both of you!!! I will send you an email to get your address,
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It has been almost a year since I went to a self-hosted blog site, in early 2015 and what a year it has been! A lot of time spent in learning healthy cooking methods, food photography, making new virtual friends… It has also been a year when I got into creating recipes for a cause,
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One more cranberry recipe, the third one in a row! This is the last one for this season, I promise.  A healthy dressing recipe, just in time for Meatless Monday this week! We have the very popular “raspberry vinaigrette dressing” that you can see in most salad bars. The red sweet and sour dressing is
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I have been thinking of writing this post for a long time, since some readers ask me why I post recipes labeled “gluten free” in this blog. Is gluten-free diet just a trend or fad? Is there more to it? Read on… What is Gluten? Gluten is the protein (a long chain of amino acids)
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Celebrate Father’s Day with DFT Team with healthier and diabetes friendly desserts, this week. “Kesari” is the ubiquitous dessert that you would find at any south-Indian celebration. The easy-to-prepare sweet is made with rava or semolina. Adding pineapple is a variation that adds a new dimension to the flavor taking it to a new level.
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It has been a while since I posted anything on the blog, I can’t believe it! Life does sometimes get in the way of wonderful hobbies. Harsh winter weather does not help either. I got so busy, that at first I just kept postponing writing, and when I finally got time to breathe, I realized
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