The Gluten Free Vegan

This is not my doing. I didn’t make this particular apple crisp. Levi did. I came home from my night class (Biology!!) and he had a bowl waiting for me. He doesn’t blog. He doesn’t take pictures of himself making stuff. He doesn’t really care if you all get to see the step-by-step process of [...]

The folks over at Da Capo Press (Perseus Books) contacted me to see if I wanted a free copy of the newest cookbook from Susan O’Brien called Gluten Free Vegan Comfort Food. Naturally, I said yes. The recipes in this book are right up my alley. They aren’t outrageous and do not require a ton [...]

We have moved to a house of our own and finally our lives are routine enough to get back on track with baking and experimenting with gluten-free and vegan goodies again. Levi baked a loaf of bread in the bread machine, and for some reason it flopped.  So, I decided I’d bake it the traditional [...]

I’ve never made shortbread before … ever. I have eaten enough of it to know what good shortbread is like, so I was eager to give it a try myself.  I wanted to bake something today because I haven’t had much to share on this recipe blog and I hate neglecting my projects. I asked [...]

Right now fresh kale is in abundance in the grocery store, and it looks so tasty right now. I picked up a bunch and was planning to simply saute and serve with some vegan butter, but I woke up this morning feeling like I could go for a hearty soup/stew. A quick Google search revealed [...]

OK, so every once in a while I’ll crave some good old fashioned Ukrainian prairie food.  And, I can honestly say that in some cases it might be difficult to veganize and deglutenize some of the classic recipes I’ve made in the past. I have my grandmother’s cabbage roll recipe, passed on to me by [...]