Baking

I have always been a burger loving lady. When I was a kid, my favourite meal out was a burger from this great diner near our house. My dad would take me on weekends -- it was our special thing... I haven't eaten red meat in about ten years, but I eat burgers all the time! Bean burgers! Last night was one of those times. I knew I wanted a burger, but I wanted to try something a little different. Intrigued by a recipe from one of my favourite bloggers -- Minimalist Baker -- I decided to throw some kale in my burger mix. Dana from Minimalist Baker threw some collard greens in her falafels and they looked awesome so I wanted to see if kale would work in my bean burger. It totally did! It also made them much healthier. I search for vegan burger recipes semi-regularly online. I'm always curious what others are doing since there are so many variations on veggie burger ingredients (mushrooms, nuts, beets, quinoa, beans, tofu and on and on...). I have tried my hand at a few and I alw...

  Who doesn't like mac and cheese (or shells and cheese in this case)?  I have spent a lot of time trying to create great stove-top vegan mac and cheese that doesn't involve soy, commercial vegan cheese products, gluten or nuts. I think I finally have a winner in this fairly easy recipe. Most vegan mac and cheese recipes out there involve one or more of the following ingredients: soy, cashews or other nuts, potatoes. I am allergic to soy, sensitive to nuts and find potatoes on top of pasta a bit too starchy for my taste. My new simple stove-top mac and cheese recipe is loaded with healthy veggies and good-for-you omega fats. Instead of cashews in this recipe I opted to use hemp hearts. Hemp hearts are a superfood. They offer the optimal balance of omega fatty acids. They are also high in fiber and quite delicious! Blended together with steamed veggies (cauliflower, butternut squash), nutritional yeast, mustard, lemon, spices, coconut oil, olive oil and rice milk, they create ...