Monthly Archives: December 2008

homemade pumpkin applesauce

i’ve been wanting to make my own apple sauce ever since i made those delicious sweet potato latkes and vegan sour cream but ended up using plain old store-bought apple sauce. luckily, when i went home for christmas, my mom gave me my great grandmother’s apple sauce maker.  the thing must be at least 90 [...]
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garlic green beans

with all of the recipes i’ve already posted here, i have yet to include one that utilizes beets or green beans.  ironic, i know.  so i decided when i finally did one, i had to do it up right. if you fry green beans raw, they shrivel on the outside but are still under cooked [...]
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simple black bean soup

in the past few days i have definitely had my fill of sweets.  so i’m taking a break from my christmas-cookie-blitz with some hardy, filling and simple black bean soup. i know that making a batch of soup can sometimes seem like an undertaking, which is why i’ve tried to make this soup as simple [...]
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christmas cookies: ginger snaps

we are in the holiday home stretch!  and while christmas baking it truly meant for, well, christmas, it can be liberally extended to new year’s day ( just like keeping your tree up).  so get all of those purely-decadent-and-much-too-sweet-for-the-rest-of-the-year recipes in now while you still can! here at sweet beet & green bean i’ve been [...]
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sweet potato latkes with vegan sour cream

i know i’ve been going all out with christmas cookies this month, but the time has come to celebrate the other delicacies of the season.  and though i’m not jewish i can appreciate a good latke when i taste one. here, i toyed around with the recipe to come up with a not-so-traditional version of [...]
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christmas cookies: chocolate candy cane chews

nothing says christmas like candy canes.  and nothing goes with candy canes quite as well as chocolate.  just think of twirling a candy cane in a hot mug of cocoa. to make these treats you’ll just need a little peppermint extract, some cocoa powder and a food processor to grind up the candy canes.  the [...]
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a few tips on measurement

one fourth, Eduardo Mueses | CC BY-ND while i often like to eyeball all my ingredients, it’s important to get your measurements correct when following a new recipe or when you are halving/doubling a recipe. i’ve compiled a few tips that will help you accurately measure ingredients for all of your holiday cooking. enjoy! there [...]
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soynog

nothing makes me think of christmas more than eggnog.  but the idea of a tall glass of milk and eggs doesn’t appeal to me much anymore – thankfully, a little soy milk and tofu does the trick just fine.  season with cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and just a pinch of turmeric to give it a yellow [...]
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gooey pumpkin cranberry bread

when i think of pumpkin cranberry bread i think of a christmas party i threw 3 years ago – it involved a chirstmas tree, christmas music and a full spread of seasonal treats.  probably one of the most popular items on the menu was pumpkin cranberry bread. 3 years on, i’m going back to that [...]
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raw cinnamon sunflower seed milk

you can make milk out of nearly any seed or nut. i decided to use sunflower seeds for this recipe, but you can use almonds, cashews, oats, sesame seeds, hemp seeds, rice or buckwheat – it just requires a little soaking, blending and straining. the result might not taste exactly like milk but makes a [...]
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