This is an adaptation of Betty Crocker’s Bonnie Butter Cake, which appears in her classic cookbook. I’ve amended the dairy ingredients as necessary. Ingredients: 2/3 cup Earth Balance butter sticks 1 1/3 cups sugar 3 tsp Energy Egg replacement 4… Read More ›
Recipes
Easy Kale Salad
Kale salad is probably one of the fastest, easiest, and best bang-for-your-buck meal. There’s no oil-based dressing, but the avocado acts as a creamy dressing itself – and it’s better for you than oil! I love the combination of the… Read More ›
Vegan Beef Stew
Snow and freezing cold weather really got me in the mood for stew. This is strange, because I never actually liked stew during the very few years that I ate meat. The smell of the cooking beef always made me… Read More ›
Vegan Vegetable Ragu
I love a good tomato sauce. As a vegan, I love to make one-pot kind of meals, whether it’s a stew, casserole, sauce, or chili — that combines protein and vegetables and as much color as possible. This sauce is… Read More ›
Vegan Italian Pesto Pasta Salad
Italian Pesto Pasta Salad I wish I had come up with this recipe myself, but I did not. It came from Better Homes and Gardens, whose recipes I really love because they are simple and do not require tons of… Read More ›
A Blast from the Past: Katy’s Oscar Brownies
Happy Oscar Sunday! I hope everyone will be tuning in to the 85th Academy Awards today at 7 pm EST. The Oscars are my favorite Award show. Every year, before I was vegan, I would make what were known as… Read More ›
Weekly Work Salad
For the past 7 years or so, I have made a weekly salad for myself every Sunday night. I started doing this when I went on the South Beach Diet in 2005, since so many of those meals feature a… Read More ›
Orecchiette Salad
Happy Summer! This cold salad is perfect to bring to a summer picnic, or for a brown bag work lunch!
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
This week, I found myself with a bunch of overripe bananas on my hands. I hate throwing any food away, so I decided to make banana bread. I found this recipe on About.com, which was taken from the Compassionate Cook Cookbook…. Read More ›
Cherrybrook Farms Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes
Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the Library I love baking. Especially cakes. Give me cake for the rest of my life, and I’ll live on it happily. I’m one of those people who will buy a cake for myself and… Read More ›