The health food store near me ran out of vegan vanilla yogurt and I'm hoping that with a little tweaking, I can use vegan sour cream instead. The recipe is for Cherry Clafoutis ( Read more... )

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Hello vegan crowd,

It has been ages since I posted on here, I know. But for the past week I have been wondering how to vegan-ize one of my favorite desserts ever: lemon curd.

Today, google found me the alternative I wanted and saved me some time-consuming experiments. It is here: http://www.grouprecipes.com/38383/eggless-lemon-curd.html

And here 
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This ridiculously-simple-yet-elegant-looking dessert will have you licking your plate clean. So. Good.

• ripe nectarines (I'm sure peaches would work just as beautifully here)
• brown sugar
• vegan vanilla ice cream (I used Almond Dream. Delish.)

1. Set your broiler to "Low" and put a rack in the second-highest place.
2. Split nectarines in half, remove pits.
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my boyfriend's birthday is coming up. his very favorite food in the world is platanos maduros - the decadent, soft, sweet kind of fried plantains - and i plan to serve them at the party that i'm making for him. i could just offer up a dessert platter of plantains and vice cream, but i thought this would be a good opportunity to be creative. he was ( Read more... )

I'm absolutely in love with citrus and recently picked up some limes for jerk seitan. I was so excited about having these limes, that I went ahead and ate one raw (sans juice for the marinade). It made my mouth happy with its intense sourness, but my stomach was less than pleased. Let me get to my question ( Read more... )

I'm going to a brunch potluck tomorrow, where there will be at least one observant Jew. I have a message in to him to find out what rules he follows for Passover, but I need to start cooking--or at least preparing ingredients--soon. If I had to guess I'd say that he's Ashkenazi, and as I understand it, that means stricter rules. Could anyone in the ( Read more... )

Does any one have a fool proof recipe for vegan carmel apples?

i was at a family gathering yesterday and had a delicious desert. someone told me the recipe and, to my delight, found it was possible to veganise it. it can easily be halved - this was for a family function so there was *lots*!

no-name grape dessert4 pounds grapes ( Read more... )

[Repost due to my accidental last-minute posting in the wrong community - that'll teach me to be hasty, eh? *facepalms*]

Recently, I've made a few things that have caused people to ask me for the recipes. It's been a while but I'm finally getting round to writing them up;

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