Recipe: Hazelnut Chocolate Cream Pie (from Cafe Gratitude’s recipe book “I am Grateful”) Summary: Raw desserts ROCK! And this one is a prime example. Any chocolate lover will be drooling over this decadent pie. Ingredients FOR THE CRUST 1 cup hazelnuts 1 cup macadamia nuts ¼ tsp. vanilla 1/8 sea salt 2 ½ ounces finely [...]

Recipe: Healthier, Nuttier Pecan Pie (adapted from Todd’s Pecan Pie recipe posted at Post Punk Kitchen) Summary: Most pecan pies are mainly sugars and sweeteners with just a few pecans thrown on top. Not this one. It’s all about the nuts with this one. They are piled on, with the sweeteners on the healthy side [...]

Recipe: Blueberry Pie Summary: This is my favorite fruit pie of all time. Simple, easy to make and completely delicious. Escpecially when topped with vegan vanilla ice cream or vegan whipped topping. Ingredients One 9 inch deep-dish Pie Plate – (grocery stores sell both disposable pie pans and glass pans. Get the deep type! One [...]

Recipe: Cocoa Cookies Summary: Chocolate Heaven! That might be just the way to describe these cookies that not only taste fabulous, but have some pretty healthy ingredients as well. Ingredients 1.5 C. Whole Wheat Pastry Flour ¼ cup Oats ¼ cups Flax Meal 1 tsp. Baking Soda 1 tsp. Baking Powder ½ tsp. Sea Salt [...]

Recipe: My Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies Summary: I’ve been tweaking and modifying this cookie for years. It’s gone through a bunch of revisions and additions, I think I’ve got a pretty impressive cookie here. Ingredients 1 cup Earth Balance Natural Buttery Spread Soy Free 1/2 cup Date Sugar or Rapadura Whole Cane Sugar 1/2 cup [...]

Recipe: Chocolate Chip Cookies With Spelt Flour Ingredients ½ C Earth BalanceNatural Buttery Spread – Soy-Free ¾ C Date Sugar, Rapadura Organic Whole Cane Sugar, Turbinado, or Sucanat 1 Egg Replacer (Ener-G) 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract 1/8 C Canola Oil 1/4 – 1/2 C Non-Dairy Milk ½ tsp Baking Powder 1 ¾ C Spelt Flour [...]

Recipe: Shockingly Fantastic Oatmeal Cookies Ingredients ½ C. unsalted butter or non-hydrogenated butter substitute (I use Earth Balance Soy Free) ¾ C. light agave nectar Egg substitute like Ener-G, the equivalent of 2 eggs 1 tsp. pure vanilla 1 ½ C. spelt flour 1 ¾ C. regular rolled oats (not quick cooking) ¼ C. flaxseed [...]