this recipe started as a far cry from what it ended up as. it began with a gingerbread persimmon upside-down cake that was a true disaster. all the persimmons stuck to the pan, the cake wasn’t sweet or moist enough, and most of all it had no chocolate. but 4 or 5 tries later and [...]
i spent a lot of time playing around with recipes for a turkey substitute. the idea of a tiny seitan loaf stuffed with tasty stuffing and surrounded by roasted vegetables excited me to no end. i thought i would finally find a lovely way to bring the whole vegan thanksgiving dinner together with a main [...]
ginger has been used for thousands of years in chinese medicine to treat stomach disorders like persistent nausea, motion sickness, morning sickness, loss of appetite or anorexia. but it also treats mild lung disorders, like upper respiratory tract infections, bronchitis or a simple cold and cough. it reduces toxicity which means it is anti-bacterial, and [...]
last year i made homemade pumpkin applesauce, a real fall favorite. packed with cinnamon, vanilla and brown sugar, it was a decadent traditional treat made fresh with organic ingredients. but i’m on a low sugar kick lately and wanted to make a much lighter version.
instead of brown sugar, i sweetened it with the fresh juice [...]
summer is the season of iced tea. and what better than a naturally sweet, caffeine-free tea that’s easy to make on the cheap. all you need is a few sticks of cinnamon, some water and some time on the stove.
depending on how much sap the cinnamon bark contains, the tea will vary in sweetness. experiment [...]
i’ve been working at my local juice bar for a few months now where we make all the milk for our smoothies fresh daily. we make coconut milk by blending the meat and the water – we make almond, oat and buckwheat milks by simply soaking, blending and straining the grains or nuts.
the pulp that’s [...]
i first learned how to make my own bread when i worked in an italian restaurant in portland. i would make pizza dough fresh every morning so it had plenty of time to rise before we topped it with sauce, cheese, and toppings and popped it in the oven for lunch time.
sure it takes hours [...]
when i think valentines day, i think chocolate. it’s inevitable. if you have someone to share the day with you spend it feeding each other decadent chocolate treats all day. if you don’t you try to forget by treating yourself with as much chocolate as you can possibly eat.
ever since my local grocery store started [...]
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 [...]
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 celebrating [...]