Baking

These vegan burgers accomplish a lot. They're comforting, nutritious, affordable, delicious and awesome. They may or may not have super powers. I thoroughly enjoy so many things about these bright red burgers. They're a good source of vegan protein, they're relatively innocent (low fat), and super cheap to throw together ($). They're filling,  comforting, light, fresh and healthy. Oh and they're gluten free, vegan, soy free and nut free! Winners. Soy (in it's many forms) finds its way into most vegan processed foods, particularly burgers. Most vegan and vegetarian burgers are made mostly of soy! For someone with a soy allergy (ahem, me!) that puts them off limits. The rest of the vegan packaged burgers on the market invariably involve wheat so if you are gluten intolerant (like me), they're off limits too! Luckily for me, my love for burgers outweighs my love for microwave meals and I don't mind taking a few minutes to whip up these healthy alternativ...

It's that time of the month again, the Recipe Redux Challenge! This month's theme was Food Memories made healthier. At first I was planning on making some shortbread cookies from my childhood. My Oma (grandma) used to bake them with me at this time of year, but I've been feeling a little too weepy about family lately having had a few deaths in the family in the past year or two. So instead I wanted to celebrate a childhood memory that involves a living relative, my Dad. Growing up my Dad cooked most of the daily family meals. He loves to cook. Technically my mom likes it too but Holiday celebrations are her domain while day to day was all my Dad. I loved to cook since I was very little so as soon as I was allowed, I would give him a hand whenever he would accept. He made wonderful stews, pastas, pizzas, salads, nachos (!) and so much more. For breakfast he was a bit of a creature of habit. Being Scottish, he grew up eating oats often. He still warmly recalls eating a bowl o...

I have a confession: When I create a new recipe that I like, I tend to eat it constantly until I'm sick of it.  Maybe its my way of convincing myself that it's awesome. Maybe it really is awesome! I think so either way, I hope you will agree. My obsession of the moment is this amazing dish:  Zucchini Noodles with Vegan Lentil Bolognese Sauce.  It all starts with a rich and "meaty" sauce... This sauce is so good. Its thick, creamy, hearty, meaty and totally reminiscent of real meat sauce with no meat in sight! Canned brown lentils are the star and help pull the sauce together in no time. Instead of slaving over a the stove for hours until your sauce is perfect (and you're a hot mess), this meal comes together in a few minutes.  Zucchini noodles make this meal light as a feather, not to mention save even more time in the kitchen. If you like the idea of zucchini noodles but find yourself too hungry after eating them with tomato sauce, this sauce will be the answer t...

It is with great pride that I report to you all that Baking Backwards won an award! The blog has been ranked #13 on a list of the Top 50 Gluten Free Bloggers ! This was a total surprise and I could not be happier about it.  I am so humbled by this award, especially after I took a gander at the other AMAZING blogs that were captured on the list... Green Kitchen Stories , My New Roots , La Tartine Gourmande and more blogging legends are on it and not even high on the list in many cases! That alone made my jaw drop a little since I have been following and looking up to those bloggers for YEARS. They are kind of my heroes so yes, wow, humbled. I wanted to bake something to celebrate the award but I have had a crazy couple of weeks including a death in the family so I just have not had the chance to get myself in gear. Sad news aside, I have a little more good news to share. I am in the concept phase of a new business venture!  All I can say for now is that I soon hope to be s...