With Christmas  around the corner, the atmosphere is so festive that the urge to bake a cake is just irresistible! This is another version of chocolate cake that I have been making over the past six years- one with maple syrup that makes it so moist that it is hard to believe it is
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  Yay! I have been able to make creamy almond milk in just 20 minutes- no blending, no messy straining with cheesecloth overnight, and no nut-milk maker. Just used my Omega 8006 juicer! One more reason why an Omega juicer is totally worth it- making mess-free nut milks. If you are looking to buy a
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  I’m so excited to be participating in the Virtual Vegan Potluck,a yearly online party for vegan-friendly bloggers. This is their 5th Potluck party and the first one for me! Annie, the blogger at An Unrefined Vegan organizes this event and my entry is in the Desserts category. Do check out the other entries using
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Whenever I get to read a really good book on food and nutrition, I write a review of it. Recently I found Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s “The End of Dieting” in the New Books section in my library. This book has made a great impression on me, and answered some questions I had in my mind
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  A simple, yet filling curry from south India. A comfort food in the cold winter days, yes that’s what we need now, isn’t it? All you need is bell peppers, toor dal (split pigeon peas) and chana dal, oil and simple Indian spices. Jhuls, my friend over at “The Not So Creative Cook” (that’s
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  I have been very busy the past six days, baking for an event that I volunteer at, in my child’s elementary school. They have a Santa Shop every first week of December where kids shop craft items donated by parents and all the proceeds go to the school. This is the second time I’m
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  The cold weather calls for some savory snacks at tea time. I bake more in the winter just because the warmth of the oven and the goodies inside keep me motivated and happy. Here is a totally guilt-free and easy-to-make biscuit/cracker recipe! I recently bought some vegan cheddar cheese at a health store. While
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  Sometime ago, my dear blogger friend Sonal of Simply Vegetarian 777 posted a recipe to make kadhai  masala from scratch. A spice mix for any dry curry made in a wok. Her pictures had me drooling! This yummy mix seemed to be so easy to make too, with just regular Indian spices. I made
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  Have you heard of Whoopie Pies? They are a sandwich of 2 “cookies” with cream filing. The cookies are soft and have more of a pie or cake consistency. A very American dessert, originally from Pennsylvania/ New England. According to historians, Amish women packed these in the farmer’s lunches and they would shout “whoopie!”
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  It was time to pull out all the carrots from the garden. This is my first time growing carrots in the garden, and I found that they took a very long time (almost 5 months) to get to a decent size. Although I cannot boast about getting very fat ones, they are tasty and the
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