Our guests oohed and aahed until someone asked how I’d made such a delicious, creamy, dairy-free chocolate frosting.
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When I first started baking challah, it came out looking like pita. I was pregnant and we’d moved to Colorado Springs. I had to go to the library to look up high altitude baking (this was in the eighties) and while I was there, I picked up an old book on a display shelf.
“There are only six sweet potato muffins left,” said Alene.
“That is because no one wanted the ugly ones,” said Ruthie.
She opened the refrigerator and freezer, mulling her options. Lemon-leek Chicken seemed like a good idea.
I was out of oil when I made this on Friday so I blended a seeded Gala apple with the beer until it was beer-applesauce, then mixed it together with the dry ingredients. The cake still turned out great!
Ruthie dropped off a tray of frozen sweet potato-black bean empanadas with fresh garlic bread, a big salad, and a jar of her homemade, garlicky salad dressing.
She blended a white gazpacho and served it with homemade rolls for lunch, then let the kids lie in her bed watching a movie while Cal enjoyed yet another Cubs game in the living room.
½ cup shelled pistachios ½ cup shelled pecans ½ cup almond flour or 1 piece of any kind of bread 1 tsp each: dried basil, garlic powder, cumin and turmeric 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, pounded about 1 inch thick 2 TBSP Dijon or other grainy mustard 1 egg 1 TBSP olive oil Olive oil […]
1 cup Almond or Peanut Butter (smooth or chunky)½ to 1 cup packed dark brown sugar (optional, really)1 egg (or a flax egg, or whip up half the liquid from a can of chickpeas) 1/2 tsp vanilla 1/2 tsp baking soda1/4 tsp salt1/2 package semisweet vegan chocolate chips Line two baking pans with silicone baking […]